Becker’s Behavioral Health

Idaho has restored Medicaid-funded mental health programs after Gov. Brad Little signed a bill April 2, the Idaho Capital Sun reported April 3.  The legislation will use one-time legal settlement funds to reinstate the Assertive Community Treatment program and peer…

HHS, the Treasury Department and the Labor Department plan to issue new proposed rules revising requirements tied to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, according to a March 30 filing in the U.S. District Court for the District…

Nashville, Tenn.-based Centerstone has received a $750,000 suicide prevention grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs to support veterans in the St. Louis region.  The funding will support outreach, screening and care navigation efforts aimed at connecting veterans to VA…

Health Net, a Centene subsidiary, and the Centene Foundation are investing $6 million to develop the St. Vincent Behavioral Health Campus in Los Angeles. The campus located on the former St. Vincent Medical Center site will combine behavioral health services…

Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health has shared plans to integrate Middletown, Conn.-based Solnit Hospital, a children and adolescent psychiatric facility, into a satellite location of its UConn John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington. “This collaboration reflects our shared commitment to delivering exceptional,…

Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus reported a 25% decline in clinical support calls and incidents since 2021, according to a workplace safety update published April 2. The system defines clinical support calls as requests to security for…

At Houston-based Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD, leaders are combining multiple public and partner funding streams to build a continuum of care for high-need populations while managing operational, compliance and sustainability challenges.  For decades, behavioral healthcare has faced…