When Carl Hoopes started rounding after taking over as COO and executive vice president of Tulsa, Okla.-based Grand Mental Health in October, he found confusion around accountability for operational outcomes. In turn, this made it difficult to troubleshoot problems or…
Author: Ella Ruder
The Trump administration is reviewing federal policies on antipsychotic drug use in nursing homes — a shift that could affect how facilities treat residents with dementia — The Washington Post reported March 6. Federal regulators have spent more than a…
The North Carolina Department of HHS is investing $1.5 million in a pilot program designed to improve how mobile crisis teams respond when individuals experiencing a mental health emergency call for help. The funding to Greenville, N.C.-based Trillium Health Resources…
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has signed legislation to reduce administrative barriers for behavioral health workers after the measure passed the state House and Senate with bipartisan support. The law requires a centralized credentialing platform for behavioral health providers, a step…
New Mexico had the highest alcohol-induced death rate per 100,000 residents in 2024, while New Jersey had the lowest, according to KFF. Age-adjusted death rates were determined by applying age-specific mortality rates to the 2000 U.S. standard population distribution. Rates…
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White Plains, N.Y.-based Westchester County has opened a safety-net mental health clinic. The facility provides outpatient mental healthcare services for adults, including therapy, crisis intervention, medication management, group therapy, health assessments, referrals, peer services, interfaith support and treatment for co-occurring…
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…
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. …
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…