Andrew Cass

The San Antonio State Hospital's $357 million replacement facility has opened. 

Illinois state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would ban prior authorization for mental health medications for Medicaid patients, news outlet WGEM reported March 7.

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…