Author: Rylee Wilson

Telehealth-only behavioral providers are eligible for a new accreditation program from The Joint Commission. 

Construction is set to begin on a $34 million, 32-bed behavioral health facility in Uvalde, Texas. 

A group representing large employers is launching a full-court press against proposed mental health parity standards, Politico reported April 22. 

The owner of a Connecticut behavioral health practice was sentenced to 15 months in prison for billing Medicaid for thousands of services he and his staff were not licensed to provide. 

Nationwide, people with commercial insurance are nine times more likely to see a psychiatrist not in their insurer's network than a medical or surgical specialist. 

Construction is underway on a 72-bed behavioral facility in Youngstown, Ohio, as a joint venture between Mercy Health and Lifepoint Health. 

The Cigna Group will provide $27 million in grant funding for organizations improving youth mental health. 

Nationwide, people with commercial insurance are nine times more likely to see a psychiatrist not in their insurer's network than a medical or surgical specialist. 

Patients are more likely to seek care from out-of-network behavioral health providers than from out-of-network medical or surgical providers, a report from the Research Triangle Institute found. 

A new outpatient treatment center in Tallahassee, Fla., will house Florida State University's psychiatry residency program.