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Apply by October 2, 2026 at 5 pm ETNew Webinar – Advancing Mental Health Care Delivery: Innovation, Integration, and Technology
NIHCM's September webinar will explore current trends in mental health and the landscape of care delivery, as well as strategies to improve access and outcomes. This includes integrated and collaborative care models and ways to effectively leverage digital technology and virtual tools to strengthen mental health care delivery.
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NIHCM Policy Insights: Slowing Spending Growth in a High-Cost Era
NIHCM’s new Policy Insights initiative features original research from leading health policy scholars examining the drivers of rising US health care costs and strategies to improve affordability. In the first of the series, Melinda Buntin, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, explores the nation's health care affordability crisis: where spending is increasing, what is driving those increases, and what can be done to address rising health spending.
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Nearly 200
rural hospitals have closed or discontinued inpatient services since 2005.
47 states
are projected to have a shortage of primary care physicians by 2037.
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NIHCM's September webinar will explore current trends in mental health and the landscape of care delivery, as well as strategies to improve access and outcomes. This includes integrated and collaborative care models and ways to effectively leverage digital technology and virtual tools to strengthen mental health care delivery.