The Trump administration’s decision to not enforce certain mental health parity regulations could hurt access to care, a group of mental health organizations has argued. In a May 13 statement, six mental health and substance use advocacy organizations said they…
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Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health will expand its integrated pediatric behavioral health services. The Marsh McLennan Agency, a full service insurance company, will provide $1 million to the system over 10 years. The partnership will allow Sanford Children’s Hospital to…
Acadia Healthcare incurred more than $30 million in expenses related to government investigations into its business in the first quarter of 2025. The behavioral health provider reported its first-quarter earnings May 12. Acadia brought in $770.5 million in revenue in…
California will provide $3.3 billion in funding to create more than 5,000 residential beds and 21,800 outpatient treatment spots. The funding is the first round of the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program, according to a May 12 news release from…
Acadia Healthcare expects to add the highest number of beds in company history in 2025, according to CEO Chris Hunter. The behavioral health provider reported its first-quarter earnings May 13. “This year is setting up to be the largest bed…
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Reductions in Medicaid funding could lead more hospitals to close their inpatient psychiatric units, KFF Health News reported May 12. At least 100 inpatient mental health units have closed in the past decade, according to the American Hospital Association, and…
Renown Health Crisis Care Center in Sparks, Nev., has closed less than three months after opening, NBC affiliate News4 reported May 9. The center cited canceled federal funding for the closure, according to News4. In March, the Trump administration canceled…
HHS will not enforce mental health parity regulations implemented by the Biden administration while it reconsiders the rules, according to a May 9 court filing. In January, the ERISA Industry Committee, a group representing large employers, sued to block the…
Transcranial magnetic stimulation, vagus nerve stimulation and deep brain stimulation are reshaping how clinicians treat complex mood and neuropsychiatric disorders.
Philadelphia-based Wedge Recovery Centers will close by the end of May. According to a May 5 letter to patients, the mental health and substance use treatment provider will wind down operations over two to four weeks. The decision to close…