Vancouver, Wash.-based Columbia River Mental Health Services has named Craig Pridemore interim CEO, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported April 3. Mr. Pridemore’s appointment marks a return to the facility, as he served as its CEO from 2014 to 2020, according to…
Author: Rylee Wilson
Psychiatrists earned an average median annual wage of $269,120 in 2024, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The BLS published updated wage data for 2024 on April 2. Psychiatric aides and technicians had the lowest average wages…
Hospitals shouldn’t be daunted by taking on multiple levels of behavioral healthcare at once, according to Jonathan Alpert, MD, chair of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. New York City.-based Montefiore Health…
An AI-powered chatbot produced similar outcomes to outpatient therapy, a study published March 27 in NEJM AI found. The study, conducted by researchers at Dartmouth College’s Geisel School of Medicine in Hanover, N.H., was the first of a generative AI-powered…
Current regulations on methadone dispensing are holding back effective treatment, according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine. The society, along with the National Community Pharmacists Association and other interest groups, penned a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi…
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Behavioral health provider SonderMind has expanded to New York and Michigan, now reaching all 50 states, according to an April 1 news release. The company expanded to four additional states at the end of 2024. SonderMind provides therapy through telehealth…
Finding behavioral health providers is hard. Finding providers equipped to treat eating disorders is harder, according to Howard Weeks, MD, chief medical officer at Eating Recovery Center and Pathlight Mood and Anxiety Center. Eating Recovery Center is launching its own…
Fort Health is enlisting AI to upskill its therapists. The youth behavioral health provider has partnered with the talent acquisition platform Colleva to develop AI avatar-led simulations for its therapists, according to a March 18 news release. Therapists participating in…
House lawmakers have introduced legislation to boost Medicare reimbursement for integrated behavioral health services with primary care. Reps. Lizzie Fletcher, Nicole Malliotakis, August Pfluger and Steven Horsford introduced the Connecting Our Medical Providers with Links to Expand Tailored and Effective…
Saco, Maine-based Sweetser will open the state’s first secure residential behavioral health program for children, the Bangor Daily News reported March 26. The program received a $2 million grant from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to launch…