Author: Rylee Wilson

Many beds at Seattle-based University of Washington Medicine's new behavioral health facility are empty as the state grapples with who will represent patients committed to the facility, the Seattle Times reported Jan. 22. 

Broaching the subject of value-based models in behavioral health can be a challenge, according to Tracey Izzard-Everett, vice president of behavioral health services at Sentara. 

Gaps in insurance coverage between mental health and substance use and other forms of healthcare persist, according to a new report to Congress. 

Massachusetts officials have proposed closing two state-run behavioral health hospitals in Pocasset and Canton, Mass., the Boston Herald reported Jan. 22. 

A handful of major behavioral health acquisitions have been announced in the first weeks of 2025, including deals in telehealth, inpatient care and community living. 

Behavioral health is an underlying part of nearly every health condition, according to Russ Micoli. 

BrightSpring Health plans to sell its community living business to Sevita in an $835 million deal. 

Several hospitals and health systems have opened new inpatient and outpatient behavioral health units in the past month. 

A group representing large employers have sued to block new rules requiring enforcing tougher mental health requirements on insurers and employers. 

Behavioral health needs to do a better job celebrating success, Oceans Healthcare CEO Stuart Archer said.