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Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth secured certificate-of-need approval from the Oregon Health Authority for its proposed 89-bed psychiatric hospital in Springfield, Ore.…
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Three health systems have each put nine figures behind behavioral health, and two of them already have results to show for it. The spending stretches across the full continuum of care: new inpatient beds, dedicated psychiatric emergency space, outpatient follow-up…
As the push to integrate behavioral health into primary and specialty care gains momentum, a number of health systems are appointing new leaders to oversee this transformation. These executives are tasked with aligning behavioral health strategies across clinical settings, building…
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
The Georgia Poison Center has received 315 calls involving kratom-like products, including synthetic kratom, and reported four related deaths in 2026, according to an Oct. 14 report from WSB-TV. Eight out of every 10 calls involve the hospitalization of an…
Monroe, Wash.-based EvergreenHealth Monroe has closed the Recovery Center at EvergreenHealth Monroe’s physical facility and ended its detox and residential treatment programs due to a significant plumbing issue. The hospital has not specified when the closure took effect or whether…
Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health plans to invest $340 million over five years to expand behavioral health services, including a new behavioral health hospital. Six things to know: 1. The new hospital will be created by renovating an existing building in…
For most health plans, social risk lives inside care management, disconnected from strategy and the balance sheet. The result is avoidable utilization no one has quantified and spending no one has traced to a cause. As medical costs climb and…
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- April Richardson, MD, VP Clinical Services, BCBS South Carolina
- Trenor Williams, MD, Chief Executive Officer, Socially Determined
- James Beem, Senior Partner, Mathematica
- David Wolf, SVP, Commercial Product, MedeAnalytics
The rate of opioid use disorder diagnoses among commercially insured patients rose 32.7% nationwide between 2022 and 2025, FAIR Health found in its latest analysis of commercial health claims. The national rate reached 596 patients with an opioid use disorder…
Adults with schizophrenia and Type 2 diabetes who started a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist were less likely to be hospitalized or seen in the emergency department for psychiatric reasons than peers who started a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor, a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2…
The Washington Poison Center warned the public Oct. 6 that some supplements sold as cat’s claw are counterfeit products spiked with concentrated kratom-related chemicals that behave like strong opioids. The poison center said the products are causing opioid overdoses and…
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