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Top Behavioral Health and Mental Health News for April 13 · Becker's Healthcare Behavioral Health

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  This is Randy Homan with Becker's Behavioral Health Podcast.
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  Here's your daily industry news brief for April 13th. First,
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  NYC Health and Hospitals is awarding $580,000 to 16 people
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  as part of its behavioral health loan repayment program.
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  The student debt relief is contingent on a three year commitment with the health
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  system. It's funded by an anonymous 1 million donation.
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  The system says the remaining $420,000 will be distributed this year.
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  Applications are open until May 1st.
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  Second, here are five states with the highest Medicaid reimbursement rates for
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  psychiatrists.
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  Medicaid reimbursement rates are set by individual states and can vary.
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  Wildly Nebraska's rates are the best in the nation at
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  167%,
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  the equivalent Medicare rate and more than double the national average.
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  On the opposite end,
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  Pennsylvania reimburses where Medicaid at rates less than 20% of Nebraska.
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  The other highest are Alaska, Arkansas, Montana, and Arizona.
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  Third,
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  there are 1,620 open behavioral health jobs at the nation's top
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  hospitals.
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  The demand of her behavioral health services in the US far outweighs its supply
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  of behavioral health workers and clinicians.
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  The Cleveland Clinic currently has the most open physicians at 849.
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  Stanford Healthcare and uc of Health uc,
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  SF Medical Center are tied with the least amount of open positions at three.
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