Author: Rylee Wilson

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

Elevance Health has named Corbin Petro as president of Carelon Behavioral Health. 

The Drug Enforcement Administration will extend rules allowing providers to prescribe controlled substances via telehealth through the end of 2025. 

Wellpath, one of the largest providers of mental and physical healthcare in US prisons, has filed for bankruptcy, the Miami Herald reported Nov. 14. 

Prospective HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been outspoken about providing more resources to substance use treatment, but is critical of medication treatments for mental health conditions. 

Publicly-traded behavioral health companies improved their earnings in the third quarter of 2024, but are bracing for challenges ahead. 

Hightop Health has named Raymond Kotwicki, MD, as chief medical officer. 

LifeStance Health CEO Ken Burdick is expecting 2025 to be a "particularly challenging" year for reimbursement. 

California will provide $33.4 million to support outpatient mental health treatment for veterans and their families. 

Massachusetts voters rejected a proposal to legalize natural psychedelic drugs, NPR reported Nov. 6.