Author: Rylee Wilson

Highmark will offer behavioral healthcare to its members through Spring Health beginning in 2024. 

The World Health Organization published new guidance designed to shift mental healthcare to community settings. 

Here are 10 behavioral health units and standalone facilities opening this fall Becker's has reported since Sept. 5. 

CMS is seeking input from the public on improving access to mental health treatment in Medicaid. 

A Massachusetts mental health provider will pay $700,000 to settle allegations it overcharged the state's Medicaid program. 

Newport News, Va.-based Riverside Health System will open Virginia's first psychiatric emergency department this fall, The Virginian-Pilot reported Oct. 5. 

Hospitals and health systems are closing inpatient behavioral health units and other care sites, with many transferring these services to other facilities. 

ADHD, anxiety disorders and adjustment disorder accounted for most of the increases in pediatric mental health spending and utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic, a study published Oct. 3 in JAMA Health Forum found. 

HCA Florida Trinity West Hospital, a mental health hospital in New Port Richey, has closed. 

The U.S. Military is implementing the Brandon Act, legislation designed to make it easier for service members to seek mental health treatment.