Becker’s Behavioral Health

HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has begun enforcing confidentiality protections for substance use disorder patient records as part of President Donald Trump’s Great American Recovery Initiative.   The program, which launched Feb. 16, implements the substance use disorder confidentiality provision of…

Eric Webber, director of the gambling addiction program at Wernersville, Pa.-based Caron Treatment Centers, went from being the informal “gambling guy” to helping launch a formal track Feb. 13 as demand for treatment continued to rise.  An estimated 2.5 million…

Humana has invested more than $1.7 million in community organizations across Illinois to expand behavioral and maternal healthcare services and address housing stability and workforce development needs.  The investment aligns with priorities outlinked by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and…

Evernorth Behavioral Health, a subsidiary of The Cigna Group, is eliminating prior authorization requirements for transcranial magnetic stimulation, effective March 6, 2026.  The change applies to contracted providers treating patients enrolled in Evernorth and Cigna Healthcare plans. Services provided before…

The FDA has removed a consumer webpage warning about products falsely marketed as autism treatments, according to a ProPublica Feb. 18 report.  HHS said it retired the page “during a routine clean up of dated content at the end of…

The Substance Use Disorder Foundation is calling on state and federal stakeholders to develop national standards for ambient care, citing rapid adoption of AI tools in behavioral health.  Ambient care is described as a healthcare model in which AI-enabled systems…

Matthews, N.C.-basedThompson Child & Family Focus and Hornet Sports & Entertainment, the organization that owns the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets, have expanded a multiyear partnership aimed at advancing youth mental health support across the Carolinas.  The collaboration introduces Hive Mind, a…

Frisco, Texas-based Magellan Health has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Madison Health Group, according to a Feb. 13 LinkedIn post from Magellan. Magellan Health CEO Caroline Carney, MD, will continue to lead the company. The transaction will…

New England College in Henniker, N.H., has secured $775,000 in federal funding to support its four-year bachelor’s degree program in community mental health, and expand academic and training facilities.  The funding was included in a bipartisan federal appropriations package championed…

Missouri’s MO HealthNet Medicaid program recently shifted to an All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Groups payment system for acute hospital inpatient services — a shift that is reshaping operations at St. Louis-based SSM Health.  The model replaces a per diem…