Current regulations on methadone dispensing are holding back effective treatment, according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine. The society, along with the National Community Pharmacists Association and other interest groups, penned a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi…
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Behavioral health provider SonderMind has expanded to New York and Michigan, now reaching all 50 states, according to an April 1 news release. The company expanded to four additional states at the end of 2024. SonderMind provides therapy through telehealth…
Finding behavioral health providers is hard. Finding providers equipped to treat eating disorders is harder, according to Howard Weeks, MD, chief medical officer at Eating Recovery Center and Pathlight Mood and Anxiety Center. Eating Recovery Center is launching its own…
Fort Health is enlisting AI to upskill its therapists. The youth behavioral health provider has partnered with the talent acquisition platform Colleva to develop AI avatar-led simulations for its therapists, according to a March 18 news release. Therapists participating in…
House lawmakers have introduced legislation to boost Medicare reimbursement for integrated behavioral health services with primary care. Reps. Lizzie Fletcher, Nicole Malliotakis, August Pfluger and Steven Horsford introduced the Connecting Our Medical Providers with Links to Expand Tailored and Effective…
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Saco, Maine-based Sweetser will open the state’s first secure residential behavioral health program for children, the Bangor Daily News reported March 26. The program received a $2 million grant from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to launch…
State agencies are assessing the effects of $1 billion in canceled mental health funding. On March 26, HHS canceled $1 billion in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration funding and $11.4 billion in funding for the CDC. The canceled…
The CEO of a Massachusetts behavioral health company has been sentenced to three and a half months in prison for a billing fraud scheme. Miguel Saravia, CEO of Needham, Mass.-based Dana Group Associates pleaded guilty to six counts of healthcare…
San Francisco-based Two Chairs will expand into 19 new states in 2025. The company offers virtual and in-person therapy in California, Washington and Florida, according to a March 26 news release. Two Chairs raised $72 million in funding in 2024,…
Mental illness, options for treatment and the connections between behavioral and physical health are still misunderstood, according to behavioral health leaders. Becker’s asked 28 leaders what they consider to be the biggest misconception in behavioral health. All of the leaders…