Author: Rylee Wilson

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based LifeStance Health has named Dave Bourdon as CEO. 

Milwaukee-based Wellpoint Care Network is "ready to bust at the seams" to expand its reach, according to new president and CEO Reggie Newson. 

New York state will introduce new regulations requiring insurers to meet wait-time standards for behavioral health appointments. 

More than 180 employees will lose their jobs when Grand Junction, Colo.-based West Springs Hospital closes, according to a layoff notice filed Feb. 24. 

 The first behavioral health teaching hospital in Florida will open in March. 

State lawmakers are grappling with funding mental health systems, rewriting standards for involuntary commitment and strengthening mental health parity requirements. 

A Connecticut mental health provider has been sentenced to three years in prison for defrauding Medicaid of more than $1.6 million. 

Gateways Mental Health is adding 37 beds for adolescent inpatient behavioral health treatment, a project designed to give a lifeline to struggling populations, according to CEO Phil Wong, PsyD. 

Sharon (Pa.) Regional Medical Center has reopened its outpatient behavioral health clinic, CBS affiliate WKBN reported Feb. 21. 

Therapeutic Solutions in Spokane Valley, Wash. will close in March, the Spokesman-Review reported Feb. 21.