Though now fixtures of the healthcare workforce, the physician assistant and nurse practitioner professions started with only a single training program and a handful of graduates. Katie McLaughlin, PhD, executive director of the Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health at…
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Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare has faced mounting legal, financial and leadership challenges in recent months, including lawsuits alleging abuse at one of its psychiatric hospitals, a multimillion-dollar employment verdict and pressure from investors over the company’s performance and governance. Here…
Tampa, Fla.-based Oglethorpe — an operator of psychiatric hospitals — and three of its executives agreed to pay $32 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by failing to return Medicare overpayments tied to psychiatric admissions at…
New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals will expand its Bridge to Home behavioral health housing program to Brooklyn, adding a second site for unhoused New York residents diagnosed with serious mental illness. The Brooklyn location will serve up to…
Scaling behavioral healthcare services while maintaining clinician autonomy is a tricky balancing act for health systems. At Lakeland Regional Health in Lakeland, Fla., the key is standardizing the operational infrastructure around behavioral healthcare, not the clinical encounter itself. Ben Johnson,…
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Nebraska added an estimated 1.2 million behavioral health appointments in 2024 compared to 2010 as the state expanded its licensed behavioral health workforce, according to a 2026 report from the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska. The Behavioral Health Workforce…
Maryland’s five adult psychiatric hospitals are operating at an average capacity of 95%, creating monthslong wait times for some court-ordered patients, The Daily Record reported May 26. The psychiatric hospitals “primarily serve individuals with mental illnesses who are involved in…
The Food and Drug Administration granted de novo approval to Modius Spero, marking it the world’s first neuromodulation device authorized to treat symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder. The wearable device was developed by Neurovalens and uses low-level electrical stimulation…
The Department of Veterans Affairs is launching a clinical trial evaluating methylenedioxymethamphetamine-assisted therapy, or MDMA-assisted therapy, for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder. The trial will enroll approximately 80 veterans, comparing outcomes between participants receiving MDMA-assisted therapy…
The expiration of COVID-19-era eviction moratoriums was associated with increases in psychotropic medication prescriptions and outpatient visits for serious mental illness, according to a study published May 22 in JAMA Health Forum. Researchers from Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of…