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A $10 million grant from Bank of America will support Boston Children’s Hospital’s plans for a pediatric behavioral health campus in Brighton, Mass. Boston Children’s will develop the space on the campus of Franciscan Children’s, which became part of the…
The prevalence of benzodiazepine dispensing in the U.S. fell 26.7% from 2013 to 2024, with the largest relative decline among adults ages 18-29, according to a study published Sept. 30 in the American Journal of Psychiatry. Researchers from Rutgers University…
Guidelight Health has taken its intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization model into multiple states, and the clinical, operational and regulatory complexity has compounded at each step. Growth in behavioral health is rarely a question of whether the demand exists. It…
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- Andy Cruz, Co-Founder & CMO, Guidelight Health
- Chelsea (Martel) Ladendorf, VP, Compliance & Privacy Officer, Guidelight Health
Suicide became the 10th-leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2024, up from No. 11 in 2023, according to final mortality data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. Suicide deaths fell 1% over the same period, from…
HHS’ Office for Civil Rights issued guidance Sept. 30 on how state Medicaid agencies may use substance use disorder patient records protected under 42 CFR part 2 to verify exclusions from the Medicaid community engagement requirement. Federal law generally requires…
The Senate HELP Committee advanced Timothy Westlake, MD, President Donald Trump’s nominee for assistant secretary for mental health and substance use at HHS, in a 12-11 party-line vote. The nomination will now move to the full Senate for a final…
Behavioral health needs continue to rise, yet many individuals face challenges finding the right care at the right time. Join Becker’s Healthcare and Cigna Healthcare for a discussion on innovative strategies to improve access, engagement, and outcomes through personalized provider…
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- Stuart L. Lustig, MD, MPH, National Medical Executive for Behavioral Health Strategy and Product Design, Cigna Healthcare
- Lisa Kay, Clinical Quality Leader, Evernorth Health Services
- Anil Sipahimalani, MD, LFAPA, Lead Behavioral Medical Director, Enhanced Clinical Model, Cigna Healthcare
- Jason Youngblood, Senior Director – Cigna US Markets Behavioral Center of Excellence and Sales Operations, Cigna Healthcare
University of California San Diego researchers received a $12.6 million award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to establish the Polysubstance Addiction Research Center. The center will examine addiction involving cocaine, oxycodone, alcohol and the combination of cocaine and…
A federal judge allowed portions of a putative class action lawsuit against Blue Shield of California and Magellan, the insurer’s contracted mental health services administrator, to move forward over allegations that they published an inaccurate directory of mental health providers,…
Hackensack, N.J.-based Comprehensive Behavioral Health Care filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Sept. 16, according to U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey documents reviewed by Becker’s. The nonprofit behavioral health provider attributed the filing to a years-long dispute…
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