Author: Staff

Demand for behavioral health care has dramatically increased since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is now offering six free counseling sessions for students per year through a partnership with Uwill, a teletherapy platform, MLive reported March 6. 

Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth is constructing a new inpatient unit at its Aurora campus, NBC affiliate KOAA reported March 6. 

Ottawa, Kan.-based Elizabeth Layton Center is partnering with Qualifacts, an electronic health record platform, for its certified community behavioral health center services. 

Behavioral health is primed to be the biggest area for growth in healthcare over the next decade, and hospital executives are adjusting their strategies accordingly, with 80 percent saying they plan to hire more behavioral health providers in 2023.

A class action suit has been filed against the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse for allegedly not providing mental health resources to inmates in due course, KFOR reported March 4. 

South Carolina's department of health and human services has created a new $35 million crisis stabilization service grant program. 

The Healing Corner, a shuttered Milwaukee addiction center, must pay more than $2 million for allegedly defrauding Medicaid, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported March 3.

Mill Brown, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Spring Health, the developer of a digital mental healthcare platform.

Medical schools, hospitals and national organizations have launched initiatives and programs to better incorporate mental health services into primary care.