Author: Rylee Wilson

HHS has reached its second-ever ransomware settlement, concluding an investigation into Gaithersburg, Md.-based Green Ridge Behavioral Health. 

New York is proposing appointment wait time standards and network adequacy requirements for behavioral healthcare. 

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is proposing the state ban prior authorization for inpatient mental healthcare for children and adults. 

The Christ Hospital Health Network will close its behavioral outpatient programs, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported Feb. 20. 

Baton Rouge, La.-based Beacon Behavioral Health Partners has added nine new behavioral clinics to its practice. 

Three Michigan hospitals will get $50 million from the DeVos family foundation for behavioral health and other care for children, MLive reported Feb. 19. 

More young people are being prescribed multiple classes of psychiatric drugs at the same time, a study published Feb. 16 in JAMA Network Open found. 

Proposed legislation would designate four behavioral health teaching hospitals in Florida, the Tampa Bay Business Journal reported Feb. 14. 

Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare purchased $9 million worth of land in St. Johns, Fla., with plans to build a 144-bed hospital, the Jacksonville Daily Record reported Feb. 13. 

New Jersey seized $6.4 million in assets from the estate of the deceased owner of several mental health clinics who allegedly submitted thousands of false claims to Medicaid.