Idaho has the highest number of people per psychiatrist at 13,709, while the District of Columbia has the lowest at 1,442, according to industry data collected by the Kaiser Family Foundation and population figures from the U.S. Census Bureau. Becker’s…
Author: Mariah Taylor
Behavioral health needs are rising, and systems are getting creative in how they remove barriers to care. “One of the biggest challenges in U.S. mental health care is that we don’t really have a unified mental health system,” Katharine Dalke,…
Salem-based Oregon State Hospital has been placed in immediate jeopardy after another patient’s death, OregonLive reported April 2. On March 18, a patient in seclusion fell and became unconscious, later dying. Investigators from both CMS and The Joint Commission filed…
Lawrence, Ind.-based Options Behavioral Health System is facing 10 lawsuits from former patients and their families alleging the facility held them against their will. In addition, the system has been cited by state and federal authorities over patient care, WRTV…
Penn Medicine’s Lancaster (Pa.) General Hospital opened a crisis walk-in center that provides immediate behavioral health assessments and treatments. The behavioral health center expects to serve 900 patients annually for interventional psychiatry and 10,000 patients through the walk-in center, both…
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Eighty-two percent of psychiatrists said they believe happiness and balance is attainable in the profession, but the number of providers who said they are experiencing happiness is falling short, according to a March 7 Medscape report. The report surveyed 5,741…
Quincy, Mass.-based Ark Behavioral Health is permanently closing one of its Ohio locations and laying off 85 employees, according to a Feb. 11 WARN notice.
West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health has seen success with virtual behavioral health care.
A Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine study found that single-session interventions can significantly improve mental health outcomes for youth and adults.
The number of psychiatrists that submitted claims to Medicare Part B dropped in every state between 2014 and 2022, a recent study found.