As federal enforcement of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act stalls, states are increasingly shaping the future of behavioral health coverage, according to a Jan. 21 article on The Commonwealth Fund’s website. The 2008 law bars insurers and…
Author: Ella Ruder
Michigan’s Washtenaw County co-response unit logged 1,537 activity encounters with individuals in crisis over the first 18 months after its launch, according to an evaluation from the University of Chicago Health Lab that highlighted operational challenges and opportunities to strengthen…
Phoenix-based Connections Health Solutions will operate a 25-bed site sobering center in San Francisco under a 26-month performance-based contract with the city, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Feb. 26. The RESET Center, expected to open in April, will serve as…
Plano, Texas-based Oceans Healthcare has appointed Cady Pruitt CEO of Oceans Behavioral Hospital in Baton Rouge, La. Ms. Pruitt joined the organization in 2021 at Louisiana Behavioral Health, where she served as director of clinical services, according to a Feb.…
Birmingham-based Children’s of Alabama has expanded its behavioral health and de-escalation training strategy as demand for mental health services has risen during and since the pandemic. In response, the hospital adopted a layered education approach built around online courses from…
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University Medical Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas has partnered with Clark County to open a crisis stabilization center. The outpatient facility is the first and only in southern Nevada serving individuals 18 years or older who are experiencing…
More than 1 in 5 disaster survivors develop a mental health condition, and symptoms may surface as much as a decade later, according to a review published in the Harvard Review of Psychiatry. The study, led by Michel Dückers, PhD,…
University of California Los Angeles Health has received a $100 million gift from Steward and Lynda Resnick to expand behavioral healthcare services and support completion of its neuropsychiatric hospital and comprehensive mental health campus. The hospital and outpatient clinic complex…
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn., said it has implemented a systemwide behavioral health model that reduced behavioral health boarding admissions by 78% and shortened patients’ length of stay by more than 50%. The hospital credited…