Southeastern Behavioral Healthcare Services, based in Lumberton and Maxton, N.C., and its owners, Bertha and Virgil Hutchinson, have agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle civil allegations that they fraudulently billed North Carolina Medicaid for services that were never provided. 

California's CARE Court process has placed fewer adults in mental health treatment plans than intended, California Healthline reported Nov. 27. 

ABA Centers of America plans to double its patient base next year. 

A total of 23 hospitals will receive Medicare-supported psychiatric residency slots. 

Here are five things to know about the proposed rules for behavioral health services: 

Brian Setzer, former executive vice president of health and wellness at Walmart, has been named CEO of Nashville, Tenn.-based Newport Healthcare, effective Dec. 9.

The Department of Justice has reached a settlement with Maine to resolve allegations it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by segregating children with behavioral health conditions in state-run residential facilities. 

Headspace has laid off around 13% of its employees, a spokesperson told Becker's. 

 Removing Medicare and Medicaid funding restrictions on inpatient behavioral health treatment and easing telehealth restrictions could make addiction treatment more accessible, according to the American Hospital Association. 

Fewer than 1 in 5 US adults can accurately recall the number for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, a survey from the Annenburg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania found. 

The strike by Kaiser Permanente mental health workers has entered its fifth week, with the union filing a complaint with the California Department of Public Health regarding alleged patient care violations caused by understaffing, KPBS reported Nov. 19. 

Behavioral health urgent care clinics are growing in popularity in the last five years as a way to provide mental health care outside of EDs. 

Health systems are closing small behavioral health units, and a major telehealth provider is shifting back to brick-and-mortar clinics. 

Health systems and behavioral health organizations are opening new outpatient mental health clinics, crisis centers and inpatient units. 

Neuropsychiatric symptoms are a pervasive and challenging aspect of Alzheimer's disease (AD), affecting up to 90% of individuals over the course of the illness.

UnitedHealth Group uses an algorithm that has been subject to legal scrutiny to manage behavioral health costs, ProPublica reported Nov. 19. 

A new study has found that loneliness significantly increases the risk of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease and cognitive impairment. 

Elevance Health has named Corbin Petro as president of Carelon Behavioral Health. 

The Drug Enforcement Administration will extend rules allowing providers to prescribe controlled substances via telehealth through the end of 2025. 

Wellpath, one of the largest providers of mental and physical healthcare in US prisons, has filed for bankruptcy, the Miami Herald reported Nov. 14.