Author: Andrew Cass

Brad Smith, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Oconomowoc, Wis.-based Rogers Behavioral Health. 

Oconomowoc, Wis.-based Rogers Behavioral Health has named Ashley Muchnick COO, a system spokesperson confirmed with Becker's. 

A program administrator for a Washington, D.C.-based mental health services provider was sentenced to five years in prison for a Medicaid fraud scheme.  

UMass Amherst researcher Sarah Goff, MD, received a five-year, $2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to examine the effects of Medicaid accountable care organizations on the quality of behavioral and mental health for Massachusetts children. 

Arlington, Va.-based VHC Health detailed its plans to build a 146-bed behavioral health and rehab hospital, Washington Business Journal reported Dec. 7. 

Adults in the U.S. are more stressed but also more optimistic than they were a year ago, according to the Cigna Group's second annual "Vitality in America" study released Oct. 26. 

Atlanta-based Grady Memorial Hospital opened a "med-psych" unit that is the first of its kind in Georgia, NBC affiliate WXIA reported Oct. 23. 

HHS recently awarded $232.3 million in grants for suicide prevention and behavioral healthcare for at-risk communities, including more than $200 million in funding for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and related crisis services, according to a Sept. 27 news…

Providence, R.I.-based Care New England has started construction of a 25-bed short-stay unit at Butler Hospital. 

Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health is launching a youth suicide prevention training program for nurses across the health system.