San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is launching a one-year plan to reform the city’s mental health, addiction and homelessness services, the San Francisco Chronicle reported March 17. The mayor signed an executive directive to overhaul the city’s street outreach programs…
Author: Rylee Wilson
An Ohio woman has pleaded guilty to a $1.5 million Medicaid fraud scheme. According to a March 17 news release from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Janay Corbitt pleaded guilty to theft and three counts of identity theft. Ms. Corbitt…
Congress has extended certain telehealth flexibilities through the end of September. On March 14, the Senate passed a bill extending current government funding through the end of September. Three notes for behavioral health leaders: Read more here.
Behavioral health providers are on “pins and needles” anticipating possible federal medicaid funding cuts, Stephen Gillaspy, director of health policy and healthcare financing at the American Psychological Association told Stateline. States could manage reduced federal funding several ways — including…
Almost 500 mental health provider jobs have been eliminated in Colorado since the beginning of 2025, The Colorado Sun reported March 13. Two behavioral facilities have closed their doors for good in the state in the first months of 2025.…
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St. Paul, Minn.-based Partners Behavioral Healthcare has acquired four locations from Minneapolis-based Nuway, The Post Bulletin reported March 12. Parenters Behavioral took over operations of Nuway’s intensive outpatient treatment centers in Rochester, Duluth, Mankato and St. Cloud, Minn., on March…
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration could be facing deep cuts as part of a broader effort to scale back the size of the federal government, The New York Times reported March 12. Senior officials at the agency…
Westborough (Mass.) Behavioral Healthcare Hospital will open a second special needs inpatient unit for children with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disabilities. The unit provides children ages 5-17 with autism and co-occurring behavioral health conditions treatment in sensory-friendly spaces with…
Zobeida Diaz, MD, has been named division director of women’s behavioral health at Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, R.I. Dr. Diaz has played a key role in Women & Infants’ mother-baby partial hospitalization program, and the hospitals’ peripartum psychiatric…
Providers have recently opened new inpatient, outpatient and urgent care behavioral health facilities. Here are 10 new sites that have opened since Feb. 12: