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San Bernardino County in California will receive $1.1 million in federal community project funding to rehabilitate the Merrill Center Crisis Stabilization Unit in Fontana. The behavioral health facility serves as a mental health urgent care center and stabilizes between 300…
Kansas City, Kan.-based Wyandot Behavioral Health Network will open its downtown wellness center March 9, expanding access to mental healthcare and substance use services in Eastern Wyandotte County. The center will offer outpatient mental healthcare, substance use treatment, medication services…
Health insurance disenrollment is associated with greater death risk for opioid use disorder patients, according to a JAMA Psychiatry study published March 4. The study reviewed patients with both private and public insurance who were at least 16 years old…
California’s push to implement new nurse-to-patient ratios at psychiatric hospitals has sparked widespread concern among hospital leaders and advocacy groups, who warn the rules could reduce an already limited psychiatric capacity, increase emergency department boarding and strain the behavioral health workforce. …
GLP-1 receptor agonists may reduce the risk of developing and dying from substance use disorders, a study found. The study, led by researchers at St. Louis-based WashU Medicine and published March 4 in The BMJ, analyzed data from more than…
About 2,400 Kaiser Permanente mental health therapists, social workers and psychologists plan to hold a one-day unfair labor practice strike March 18, according to a news release from the National Union of Healthcare Workers shared with Becker’s. The workers provide…
Essentia Health, based in Duluth, Minn., is transitioning recreational therapists into related behavioral health technician roles at Essentia Health-Duluth. The change will affect the equivalent of five full-time positions and does not involve layoffs or reductions in pay, a health…
New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals reported an 8% behavioral health staff turnover rate in 2025, down from nearly 18% in 2022, as the system expands services and workforce programs under its three-year behavioral health strategy. The system provides…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a toolkit to help states strengthen access to behavioral health services for children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Medicaid and CHIP cover behavioral health conditions for about…
Nashville, Tenn.-based Newport Healthcare has named Kristin Wilson chief growth and experience officer. Ms. Wilson joined Newport Healthcare in 2015 and has held leadership roles across the organization, including inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient and outpatient services, according to…
