What’s New at the APA
- APA announced their new Mental Health Registry PsychPRO. PsychPRO will help psychiatrists deliver high quality care and meet new MACRA quality reporting requirements by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, (CMS). It will also serve to spur future medical research and the development of better treatment and prevention methods for mental illness. You can read more about PsychPRO here.
- APA applauded a report from Surgeon General Vivek Murthy about the public health crisis of drug and alcohol abuse and calls for collected coordinated action to address the problems. APA is an active participant in TurnTheTideRX, the Surgeon General’s campaign to address the prescription opioid epidemic, and pledged to continue collaborative efforts to combat the crisis. You can read more about the Surgeon General’s report here.