Author: Rylee Wilson

A total of 23 hospitals will receive Medicare-supported psychiatric residency slots. 

Here are five things to know about the proposed rules for behavioral health services: 

The Department of Justice has reached a settlement with Maine to resolve allegations it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by segregating children with behavioral health conditions in state-run residential facilities. 

Headspace has laid off around 13% of its employees, a spokesperson told Becker's. 

 Removing Medicare and Medicaid funding restrictions on inpatient behavioral health treatment and easing telehealth restrictions could make addiction treatment more accessible, according to the American Hospital Association. 

Fewer than 1 in 5 US adults can accurately recall the number for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, a survey from the Annenburg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania found. 

Health systems are closing small behavioral health units, and a major telehealth provider is shifting back to brick-and-mortar clinics. 

Health systems and behavioral health organizations are opening new outpatient mental health clinics, crisis centers and inpatient units. 

Neuropsychiatric symptoms are a pervasive and challenging aspect of Alzheimer's disease (AD), affecting up to 90% of individuals over the course of the illness.

UnitedHealth Group uses an algorithm that has been subject to legal scrutiny to manage behavioral health costs, ProPublica reported Nov. 19.