The U.S. had 14,024 mental health treatment facilities in 2024, including inpatient, residential and outpatient centers, according to KFF. Outpatient facilities accounted for the largest share, with 11,966 locations nationwide, while 2,447 facilities provided 24-hour residential care and 1,278 offered…
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Nonprofit organizations continued to operate the majority of U.S. mental health treatment facilities in 2024, though for-profit ownership gained ground compared to 2022, according to KFF. KFF examined data from the 2024 National Substance Use and Mental Health Services survey…
One-fourth of children treated at autism therapy clinics spend nearly eight hours a day in therapy, according to a recent investigation by The New York Times. Here are five things to know:
Nearly 1.2 billion people worldwide were living with a mental disorder in 2023, making mental disorders the leading cause of disability globally for the first time, according to a study published May 23 in The Lancet. Researchers from the Seattle-based…
Dayton, Ohio-based CareSource suspended repayment demands it previously issued to some Ohio behavioral health providers after therapists and social workers organized public opposition to the policy change, Cleveland.com reported May 25. The organization, Ohio’s largest Medicaid managed care plan covering…
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Health systems are finding creative ways to recruit and retain staff, shifting away from broad workforce initiatives in favor of more targeted strategies. From licensure support programs to clinician well-being strategies and workforce violence prevention efforts, organizations are testing new…
The Justice Department charged two individuals in connection with an approximately $46.6 million scheme to defraud Minnesota’s Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention program, marking what the department said was the largest Medicaid autism fraud case ever charged. Shamso Ahmed…
Fewer than 15% of Washington state Medicaid beneficiaries received condition-concordant primary care follow-up within 30 days of emergency department visits for mental health conditions, substance use disorders or alcohol use disorder, according to a study published April 14 in JAMA…
For the third consecutive year, U.S. drug overdose deaths have fallen, marking the longest sustained drop in decades. But addiction leaders warn the gains remain fragile. Itai Danovitch, MD, chair of the department of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences at Los…
A machine learning-guided lifestyle intervention was associated with depression symptom remission in 55% of participants who completed the intervention, according to a pilot study published May 19 in Nature. The study, led by researchers from the University of California San…