Behavioral Health Business September 17, 2025
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Preventive mental health screenings for children and teens could play a critical role in early intervention and the reduction of behavioral health issues. Recently, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued new guidance encouraging such screenings in pediatric care settings.
The AAP’s guidance is a call to action for providers and may help influence payment structures and reimbursement models. But the push for this is happening at the same time the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is advocating to reduce or remove mental health screening from schools entirely.
In a Sept. 10 opinion piece in The Washington Post written by RFK Jr. and Education Secretary Linda McMahon,...
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