Ella Ruder

The Utah Department of HHS has placed a temporary moratorium on new substance use disorder and mental health rehabilitation provider enrollments in the state’s Medicaid program after receiving federal approval.  Here are four things to know:

Three Oregon district attorneys called on state leaders to take action to address mental health treatment capacity and the operation of the Oregon State Hospital. Here are four things to know:

Persistent workforce shortages are pushing behavioral health leaders to rethink how care is structured — and many are finding the answer not in any single model, but in stacking several at once. “I see an optimal level of [behavioral health]…

Hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder who received higher doses of short-acting opioids were less likely to leave the hospital within 72 hours, according to a study published June 16 in JAMA Network Open.  Researchers from the University of California…

More than 14,700 bottles of Duloxetine — commonly prescribed for individuals with depression and anxiety conditions — were recalled nationwide after the antidepressant was found to contain N-nitroso-duloxetine impurity above the FDA’s recommended interim limit.  Breckenridge Pharmaceutical initiated a voluntary…

Paramedics and emergency medical services are on the front line of the nation’s behavioral healthcare crisis, responding to more than 1.5 million behavioral health-related calls each year in the U.S — a figure that does not include the rising number…

Nashville, Tenn.-based Centerstone, the largest nonprofit behavioral healthcare provider in the U.S., promoted Tom Weber to COO.  In this role, Mr. Weber will oversee the organization’s day-to-day functions, according to a June 17 Centerstone news release shared with Becker’s.  Mr.…

HHS posted a $96 million funding opportunity for the Safety Through Recovery, Engagement, and Evidence-based Treatment and Support program and an additional $612 million in behavioral health funding opportunities, according to a June 17 news release. Five things to know:…

When C.J. Davis, PsyD, became CEO at Centerstone, he walked into a role shaped by 35 years of leadership from David Guth Jr., whom he describes as one of the first leaders to expand behavioral health into a large, multi-state…

Mental health conditions remained the leading telehealth diagnosis category across every U.S. region from January through March, accounting for 57.6% of telehealth diagnoses in the Midwest, 56.4% in the Northeast, 49.1% in the West and 48.3% in the South, according…