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Though merger and acquisition deals were down in 2022, activity is expected to rebound this year, according to VMG Health's 2023 mergers and acquisitions report, released March 21. 

Bend Health's virtual pediatric mental health services are now available to more than 170 million people through new partnerships with leading insurers including UnitedHealthcare and Magellan, as well as with employers and health systems.

Psychiatrists were the second most recruited specialty in 2022, according to a new report from Doximity. Child and adolescent psychiatrists also ranked in the top half of the list. 

The Washington State Senate has proposed allocating $860 million of the state's budget toward behavioral health initiatives, Peninsula Daily News reported March 23. 

Advanced Health Network and Recovery Health Solutions, two affiliated behavioral health independent physician associations, have partnered with Unite Us, a healthcare software company. 

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System is partnering with Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare and the Sisters of Saints Cyril and Methodius congregation to build an inpatient behavioral hospital in Mahoning Township, Pa., pending approval of the final land purchase.

The Louisiana Department of Health may have improperly spent $13 million in behavioral health provider fees, according to a state auditor's report. 

The Federal Trade Commission ordered Dalal Akoury, MD, and a set of companies she controls that operate as AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center, to pay $100,000 for allegedly making false claims about the treatment of addiction, cancer, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's…

Here are 14 bills aiming to expand access to mental and behavioral healthcare at the national and state levels that Becker's has reported on since March 1.

Senators Michael Bennett from Colorado and Ron Wyden from Oregon introduced the Better Mental Health Care for Americans Act March 22 to expand access to mental and behavioral health services for Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D, and Medicaid patients.