Modern Healthcare (9/14, Hartnet, Subscription Publication) reports the number of National Suicide Prevention Lifeline contacts “increased 45%” last month when compared to August of last year. The increase followed the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s mid-July launch, but organizations that answer 988 calls “are still figuring out where they fit into the new system and how they can be reimbursed for mobile response and call services beyond government grants.” By 2025, SAMHSA “projects that 90% of people who need support will be able to access 988 and 80% will have access to mobile crisis teams.”
Related Links:
— “Providers see opportunity in early success of 988 mental health hotline “Kara Hartnett, Modern Healthcare, September 14, 2022