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A Weekly Publication of the Department of Government Relations  Week of January 16, 2012 
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Administration Issues Proposed "Physician Payments Sunshine Act" Rule
SAMHSA Releases Results from 2010 Survey

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Administration Issues Proposed "Physician Payments Sunshine Act" Rule

 

Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) developed the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, which was signed into law as Section 6002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In late December 2011, the Obama Administration issued a proposed rule on the Physician Payments Sunshine Act that would require manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, biologicals, and medical supplies covered by Medicare, Medicaid, or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to annually disclose payments or other transfers of value they make to physicians and teaching hospitals over the course of the preceding year. The APA will be submitting comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in response to this proposed rule before 5pm February 17, 2012. Information about the rule can be found here.

SAMHSA Releases Results from 2010 Survey

 

The results from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration's 2010 "National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Mental Health Findings" were released this past week. The entire survey can be found here. Some highlights include:

 

*  There were an estimated 45.9 million adults aged 18 or older in the United States with any mental illness (AMI) in the past year. This represents 20.0 percent of all adults in this country. Among adults aged 18 or older in 2010, the percentage having serious mental

illness (SMI) in the past year was 5.0 percent (11.4 million adults). 

 

*  Women aged 18 or older were more likely than men aged 18 or older to have past year AMI

(23.0 vs. 16.8 percent) and SMI (6.5 vs. 3.4 percent). 

 

*  An estimated 8.7 million adults (3.8 percent) aged 18 or older had serious thoughts of suicide in the past year. Among adults aged 18 or older, 2.5 million (1.1 percent) made suicide plans in the past year, and 1.1 million (0.5 percent) attempted suicide in the past year. 

 

*  Among the 45.9 million adults aged 18 or older with AMI in the past year, 20.0 percent (9.2 million adults) met criteria for substance dependence or abuse in that period compared with 6.1 percent (11.2 million adults) among those who did not have mental illness in the past year. Among the 11.4 million adults aged 18 or older with SMI in the past year, 25.2 percent also had past year substance dependence or abuse compared with 6.1 percent of adults who

did not have mental illness. 

 

*  In 2010, 31.3 million adults (13.7 percent of the population 18 years or older) received mental health services during the past 12 months. 

 

*  Among the 45.9 million adults aged 18 or older with AMI in 2010, 17.9 million (39.2 percent) received mental health services in the past year. Among the 11.4 million adults aged 18 or older with SMI in 2010, 6.9 million (60.8 percent) received mental health services in

the past year.

  

*  Among the 2.9 million adults aged 18 or older in 2010 with both SMI and substance dependence or abuse in the past year, 64.0 percent received substance use treatment at a specialty facility or mental health treatment in that period. Included in the 64.0 percent are 14.5 percent who received both mental health treatment and specialty substance use treatment, 45.0 percent who received mental health treatment only, and 4.3 percent who received specialty substance use treatment only. 

  

*  There were 1.9 million youths (8.0 percent of the population aged 12 to 17) who had major depressive episode (MDE) during the past year. Among youths aged 12 to 17 in 2010 who had past year MDE, 37.2 percent used illicit drugs in the past year compared with 17.8

percent among youths who did not have past year MDE. 

  

*  In 2010, 2.9 million youths aged 12 to 17 (12.2 percent) received treatment or counseling for problems with emotions or behavior in a specialty mental health setting (inpatient or outpatient care). The most common reason for receiving specialty mental health services

among youths was feeling depressed (47.6 percent).