The American Psychiatric Association is exploring how biological markers could be incorporated into future editions of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, potentially shifting how mental illnesses are diagnosed and treated, KFF Health News reported March 17. Mental…
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Sen. Bernie Sanders,I-Vt., is urging Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD, R-La., chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, to hold a hearing on vaccine misinformation and autism. Mr. Sanders, the ranking member of the senate committee, called…
Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health’s Valley Regional Hospital in Claremont, N.H., held a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 12 to mark the opening of its addiction treatment program. The facility expands Dartmouth Health’s efforts to improve access to care for local residents with…
States are moving to reduce Medicaid payments for applied behavioral analysis therapy as spending on the autism treatment surges, KFF Health News reported Dec. 23. Applied behavioral analysis therapy, or ABA therapy, is a research-based behavioral therapy for children with…
Salt Lake City-based Huntsman Mental Health Institute has published a framework designed to guide the ethical development and deployment of AI systems used in healthcare. The framework — Scalable Agile Framework for Execution in AI, or SAFE AI — was…
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Behavioral health integration is a priority for many health system leaders amid ever-tightening margins and persistent workforce shortages, but the way it plays out can vary across organizations. Teresa Lopez, director of behavioral health integration at Salt Lake City-based Huntsman…
El Segundo, Calif.-based Behavior Frontiers has opened three applied behavior analysis therapy centers in the Minneapolis metro area and plans to open a fourth in mid-March, bringing its total number of Minnesota centers to eight. The locations in Plymouth, Woodbury…
Orlando, Fla.-based 26Health, a provider of primary and mental health services, has acquired Optimal Integrative Care, a medical practice in Atlanta that specializes in infectious disease, internal medicine and primary care. The practice will continue operating under the Optimal Integrative…
Recovery Centers of America’s Monroeville, Pa., site has made recovery housing a central part of its growth strategy, aiming to stabilize patients during the critical transition from residential treatment back into daily life. David Blenk, CEO of RCA at Monroeville,…
Leaders at Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare are building a virtual behavioral healthcare continuum designed to support patients after emergency department visits and connect them to care. The system has implemented phone- and text-based outreach programs designed to identify behavioral health…