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WakeMed Health building behavioral health hospital as first facility for new campus
Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed Health is planning to build a behavioral health hospital in the nearby suburb of Garner. -
Spring Health hits $2.5B valuation
Digital mental health company Spring Health is now valued at $2.5 billion, after raising $71 million in a recent funding round. -
3 hospital CEOs who started as behavioral health providers
Leadership in healthcare requires a wealth of knowledge and skills, but there are many different paths one can take.
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The 25 largest psychiatric hospitals in the US
The largest psychiatric hospital in the U.S. by bed count is Norwalk, Calif.-based DSH-Metropolitan, according to CMS data. -
Meadows Behavioral Healthcare adds 2 Texas locations
Phoenix-based mental healthcare network Meadows Behavioral Healthcare recently opened two outpatient centers — one in Houston and one in Austin, Texas. -
Psychiatrist pay range: 5 numbers to know
The median annual salary among psychiatrists is $245,661, according to data from salary.com. -
Texas physician, office manager convicted for running pill mill
Laredo, Texas physician Oscar Lightner, MD, was convicted along with his office manager, who is also his stepson, for illegally prescribing more than 600,000 opioid pills in exchange for cash, the Justice Department said April 12.
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SAC Health awarded $1.6M to support behavioral health
San Bernardino, Calif.-based SAC Health has received a $1.63 million grant to retain behavioral health professionals within the health center, which serves a region designated as a mental healthcare professional shortage area by the Kaiser Foundation. -
Mental telehealth startup Aptihealth nets $76M on 4 funding rounds
Virtual behavioral health startup AptiHealth raised $10.8 million in its most recent funding round, according to an April 5 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. -
NYC Health + Hospitals awards behavioral health staff $580,000 in student debt relief
NYC Health + Hospitals distributed $580,000 to 16 people as part of its behavioral health loan repayment program, the health system said in an April 12 news release shared with Becker's. -
Acadia's executive team: 5 leaders to know
Acadia Healthcare operates 250 behavioral healthcare facilities and is one of the largest mental healthcare networks in the U.S.
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Penn Medicine hospital lays off behavioral health staff, then gives raises
Lancaster (Pa.) General Health, part of Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine, is giving workers four percent pay increases about two weeks after it laid off numerous behavioral health staff, LancasterOnline reported April 12. -
Kure opens ketamine therapy clinic in California
Ketamine therapy provider Kure has opened its first clinic in Santa Monica, Calif. -
1,620 open behavioral health jobs at the nation's top hospitals
The demand for behavioral health services in the U.S. far outstrips its supply of behavioral health workers and clinicians, and even the nation's best hospitals suffer the effects. -
Eating disorders in the US: 6 numbers to know
Eating disorders are the second-deadliest mental illness, with opioid addiction being the most deadly, according to data from the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders. -
How much do the top psychiatry schools cost?
The cost to attend the top-ranked school for psychiatry is 66.8 percent more than that the average cost of attending a private university in the U.S. in 2022, according to U.S. News and World Report's "Best Medical Schools" list for 2023. -
Former physician who prescribed fatal "Holy Trinity" to teenager gets 30 months prison
Former California physician Thomas Keller was sentenced to 30 months in prison for illegally prescribing Schedule II and IV controlled substances leading to the overdose death of a 17-year-old patient, the Justice Department said April 7. -
UHS hits $13.4B revenue despite behavioral health bottleneck
King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services saw an increase in behavioral health revenues in 2022, despite a labor bottleneck forcing it to turn patients away in some markets. -
IU receives $8.6M grant to study alcohol use
Indianapolis-based Indiana University researchers have been gifted $8.6 million by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to research heavy alcohol use and binge drinking, WBIW reported April 10. -
10 states with the highest Medicaid reimbursement rates for psychiatrists
Medicaid reimbursement rates are set by individual states, and they vary wildly between states. Nebraska's Medicaid rates are the best in the nation, at 167 percent the equivalent Medicare rate and more than double the national average.
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