Becker’s Behavioral Health

From large health systems to community-based centers, behavioral health providers are facing adversity with pending regulatory actions, looming funding changes and cuts to already tight reimbursement rates, leading to the closure of facilities and potential disruptions of care.  Here are…

From a 292-bed state-funded psychiatric hospital in Texas to New Mexico’s only children’s emergency psychiatric unit, hospitals and health systems are expanding behavioral health access as demand continues to grow. Here are 63 behavioral health projects to know:

Benzodiazepine detections in Maryland’s illicit drug supply more than doubled from April through July compared with the same period last year, prompting a warning from the Baltimore City Health Department, The Baltimore Sun reported Nov. 2. The sedatives appeared in…

Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, settled a social media addiction lawsuit brought by two teenagers Nov. 2, resolving the claims days before the case was scheduled to go to trial, CBS News reported Nov. 2. The plaintiffs, identified in…

The American Medical Association is calling on the FDA to require botanical drug products, including kratom and cannabis, to prove safety and efficacy in clinical trials before they are marketed or prescribed, warning that unproven products can pose serious risks…

Federal and state investigators executed search warrants Oct. 29 at two autism services providers, Iska in St. Louis Park, Minn., and Bright Horizon Therapy Center in Edina, Minn., as part of a Medicaid fraud probe, CBS News Minnesota reported. Minnesota…

California is investing more than $21 million through 112 community organizations to prevent opioid and stimulant use, reduce overdose risk and connect residents to treatment, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Oct. 30. The funding flows through the Sacramento-based Department of Health…

Health plans want the next federal mental health parity rule to do something regulators haven’t yet: show them what compliance looks like. The 2021 law called for illustrative examples of good compliance, and plans are still waiting for them, according…