Health plans will help pay the cost of certain prescription medications. You may be able to buy other medications, but medications on your plan’s “formulary” (approved list) usually will be less expensive for you. Does my new insurance plan cover my prescription? To find out which prescriptions are covered through your new Marketplace plan: • […]
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What You Should Know About Seeing Your Doctor
What You Should Know About Seeing Your Doctor Most health plans give you the best deal on services when you see a doctor who has a contract with your health plan. While you may be able to see doctors who don’t contract with your plan, visiting an “in network” provider usually means you will have lower […]
Avatar Assisted Therapy at the “Brave New World”
At the “Brave New World: Using Technology to Enhance Behavioral Health” Symposium Dick Dillon addressed the challenges of limited accessibility of traditional addiction treatment. This symposium took place on March 8, 2013 in Baltimore, Maryland. Dick Dillon is the founder and CEO of Innovaision, LLC and his co-presenter, Dave Ennis, MS, is the Western Region […]
What’s New Update 2013- Dr. Henry Fraimow
TB and HIV Co-Infection Update: Global Becomes Local Dr. Henry Fraimow, an infectious disease specialist and associate professor of medicine at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, spoke to a group of health care professionals on 11 April 2013 in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Fraimow discussed TB and HIV […]
Movie Review: The Crash Reel
The Crash Reel is a deeply moving feature length documentary about traumatic brain injury (TBI). In it, filmmaker Lucy Walker masterfully tells the story of champion snowboarder Kevin Pearce and how he and his family’s lives were changed forever after one fateful moment. This film works at many different levels. At first the audience might […]
SAMHSA’s 24th Annual “National Recovery Month”
Link to Register for National Recovery Day – http://adaa.dhmh.maryland.gov/SitePages/Recovery_Month_Registration.aspx
National Conference on Tobacco and Behavioral Health 2014
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Learn more about the uninsured in your area
The Health and Human Services Department (HHS) has put together useful in-depth demographic information for the uninsured in every region of the country. Those in our Region 3 can click on their state below: Delaware District of Columbia Maryland Pennyslvania Virginia West Virginia Our readers in other parts of the country can click here to […]
Movie Review: The New Black
The New Black is an engaging and timely documentary by Yoruba Richen “that tells the story of how the African-American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights.” The film demonstrates that while stigma against homosexuality certainly exists in some segments […]
September is Recovery Month!
Recovery Month promotes the societal benefits of prevention, treatment, and recovery for mental and substance use disorders, celebrates people in recovery, lauds the contributions of treatment and service providers, and promotes the message that recovery in all its forms is possible. Recovery Monthspreads the positive message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, that prevention […]