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San Diego County has installed a naloxone vending machine at McAlister South Bay Regional Recovery Center in Chula Vista, Calif., to help prevent opioid overdose deaths, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported March 9. 

Franklin, Tenn.-based Summit BHC has named a new chief marketing officer, chief human resources officer, vice president of development and chief information officer, Williamson Herald reported March 9. 

More than 3 million patients were affected in a data breach involving behavioral telehealth company Cerebral, according to the HHS' Office of Civil Rights.

Here are nine behavioral health investment and transaction updates Becker's has reported on since March 2.

Private equity firm Gauge Capital has engaged in a strategic investment with Streamline Healthcare Solutions, an electronic health records software developer primarily serving behavioral health providers.

Cigna has added behavioral healthcare company ReKlame Health to its network for patients in New York, New Jersey and Florida.

Sen. John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, is continuing to perform the duties of his office while undergoing inpatient treatment for depression at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, The New York Times reported March. 9.

Washington, D.C., anesthesiologist Robert Cao, MD, was sentenced to 15 months in prison, 3 years of supervised release and 100 hours of community service for charges including prescribing opioids to a patient who later died of an overdose, the Justice…

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Recovery Centers of America, a substance abuse treatment network, has acquired Bryn Mawr, Pa.-based Adolescent and Young Adult Advocates, an outpatient substance abuse program. 

New York City pain specialist Howard Adelglass, MD, was sentenced to 150 months in prison for a conspiracy that saw him prescribe more than 1.3 million oxycodone pills in a three year period, the Justice Department said March 8.