Author: Ella Ruder

Mike Franz, MD, executive medical director of behavioral health at Cambia Health Solutions, told Becker’s affordability is top of mind in terms of national policy. There is data to back him up. The availability and affordability of healthcare rank among…

Deerfield Beach, Fla.-based We Level Up Treatment Centers, a behavioral health and addiction treatment provider, has expanded its behavioral health facility in Houston, which will serve as a flagship location.  The renovated campus spans 4.7 acres and includes a three-story,…

Salt Lake City-based University of Utah researchers outlined a framework for automation — defined as when machines perform tasks humans have previously done — in psychotherapy, identifying varying levels of AI involvement in care delivery.  The framework categorizes automation into…

California state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, introduced a bill to allow survivors of conversion therapy to pursue malpractice claims against providers, according to a March 20 news release from his office.  The lawmaker and LGBTQ advocacy groups began developing…

States that adopted Medicaid expansion between 2019 and 2023 saw a 21.1% relative increase in buprenorphine treatment rates — or 28.67 per 100,000 residents — to treat opioid disorder, according to a cross-sectional study published Feb. 18 in JAMA Network…

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals has opened a 104-bed Outposted Therapeutic Housing Unit at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue. The unit is designed to treat people in custody with complex medical needs by relocating clinically vulnerable detainees from Rikers…

Google.org, the charitable arm of Alphabet, is committing $30 million over the next three years to support global crisis hotlines, while Google will update its Gemini AI platform with new mental health and crisis support tools. Google said Gemini will…

Health systems and mental healthcare providers are increasingly adopting AI tools to support care delivery, though concerns about safety, job replacement and clinical oversight remain, NPR reported April 7.  Some providers have begun using AI for administrative tasks such as…

Newton, Mass.-based Lumin Health, a provider of interventional behavioral healthcare, has appointed Matthew Mosquera, MD, regional medical director and site director of Lumin Health Cambridge. Dr. Mosquera will oversee clinical quality and consistency across the organization’s Massachusetts clinics. His responsibilities…

Minneapolis-based Sagent Behavioral Health has named Shawna Gisch as CEO, effective April 6.  Ms. Gisch succeeds Mark Peterson, who will continue to serve on the company’s board of directors, according to an April 6 news release from the organization. She…