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Untreated Mental Illness and preventable tragedies addressed on 60 minutes

Untreated mental illness, the recent mass shootings, and a failing mental health system were the subject of a 60 Minutes segment on September 29. APA President Jeffrey Lieberman, MD talks about the need to make effective accessible mental health care a greater public priority. Learn more >

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APA Institute on Psychiatric Services, October 10-13

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APA Responds to CMS's Proposed Rule, Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

The APA responds to CMS’s Proposed Rule to the CY 2014 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule which features changes in quality reporting program requirements, as well as the creation of G-codes to compensate physicians for non-face-to-face coordination of care services provided to chronically ill beneficiaries

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Raising Public Awareness

Former Congressman
Patrick Kennedy working
with APA to draw attention
to mental health issues.
See interview on MSNBC,
article in POLITICO, and
PSA. Learn more >