Plano, Texas-based Beacon Behavioral Partners partnered with Wayne, Mich.-based Pure Psychiatry, establishing its first operations in Michigan and Ohio through the addition of a 17-location behavioral health platform. The agreement represented Beacon Behavioral Partners’ first expansion into the Midwest and…
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Georgia is moving forward with plans to build its largest state psychiatric hospital in decades as officials seek to reduce a growing backlog of forensic patients waiting for court-ordered mental healthcare, according to a July 20 report from the Georgia…
Red Bank, N.J.-based PAX Health acquired Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.-based Makraf IME, a statewide psychology and neuropsychology independent medical examination (IME) provider group operating across 17 counties. Makraf IME provides independent medical examination opinions on causality, need for treatment, maximum medical improvement,…
State governments have emerged as some of the most active funders of behavioral health expansion in 2026, committing billions of dollars to new psychiatric beds, crisis response programs and treatment infrastructure as demand continues to outpace capacity nationwide. This round-up…
Nearly two decades after Congress passed the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, the law’s future enforcement is in flux, caught between a stalled federal rule, a wave of state-level activity and a new bill introduced in Congress that…
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Despite the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce federal funding for harm reduction initiatives, several Republican-led states have expanded support for programs aimed at reducing overdose deaths, according to a July 18 report from Politico. U.S. drug overdose deaths have fallen,…
Eli Lilly and Co. has agreed to acquire AtaiBeckley, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapeutics for mental health conditions, to advance the drugmaker’s push into psychedelic-based research. The acquisition comes as the federal government has pursued actions to advance…
The California Department of Public Health will hold a stakeholder meeting July 23 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. to gather feedback on emergency regulations establishing nurse-to-patient staffing standards for acute psychiatric hospitals. Here are three things to know: Read…
Columbus, Ohio-based Maryhaven President and CEO Oyauma Garrison has stepped down after reaching a mutual agreement with the behavioral health provider’s board of directors, ABC affiliate WSYX reported July 15. Mr. Garrison will remain with the behavioral health provider for…
Arizona has overtaken West Virginia as the state with the highest drug death rate in the contiguous U.S., marking the first time since the prescription opioid epidemic began that West Virginia has lost the distinction. The shift has been fueled…