Author: Rylee Wilson

An 80-bed inpatient behavioral health hospital has opened in Indio, Calif., the Desert Sun reported Dec. 18. 

Here are 20 behavioral health facilities, outpatient programs and inpatient units that closed in 2024: 

CMS has selected Michigan, New York, Oklahoma and South Carolina to participate in a new model aimed at improving behavioral and physical health outcomes. 

San Francisco is requesting $144 million to add 175 more behavioral health treatment beds, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Dec. 16. 

Behavioral health has historically been "squishy," according to Rogers Behavioral Health CEO Cindy Meyer.

UnitedHealthcare is "strategically limiting" access to applied behavior analysis for children with autism, according to a Dec. 13 report from ProPublica. 

McKinsey and Co. will pay $650 million to resolve criminal and civil investigations into its work with opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma. 

FBI agents raided two autism treatment centers in Minnesota as part of an investigation into alleged Medicaid fraud, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported Dec. 12. 

Summit Behavioral Health will open a new facility in Fort Wayne, Ind. in early 2025. 

Hospitals and health systems invested in new inpatient and outpatient behavioral health projects in 2024, and new substance use treatment and other clinics opened across the U.S.