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Former Carolina Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith, Durham, N.C.-based Alliance Health, and the county of Mecklenburg have teamed up to open a new behavioral health urgent care center in Charlotte, N.C., WFAE reported March 2. 

Providence, R.I.-based Recovery Connection Centers of America has closed its chain of 15 facilities across Rhode Island and Massachusetts after its founder was charged with healthcare fraud, WBUR reported March 2. 

A Washington State Department of Health report found that behavioral health conditions, predominantly suicide or overdoses, were a leading cause of pregnancy-releated deaths, according to the 2023 report from the state's maternal mortality review panel .

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and the state Department of Health Services awarded $1 million in grants across 10 organizations to address mental health disparities across the state, according to a March 3 report from the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

Liberty Township (Ohio) police arrested six adolescents after a riot at behavioral health hospital Belmont Pines, according to a report from CBS affiliate WKBN.

A 61-year-old Texas physician and companies he owned and operated are paying $3 million to resolve claims they improperly billed Medicare, the Justice Department said March 3.

North Little Rock, Ark.-based BridgeWay mental health hospital was ordered to pay $2.5 million to a former patient who was allegedly raped by one of its workers when she was 14, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported March 3. The hospital admitted wrongdoing as…

With TikTok the second-most popular app for those under 35 years old, healthcare organizations are gravitating to the social media platform to develop their brands and communicate messages in a way that resonates better with younger patients.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Behavioral Health and Lynchburg, Va.-based Centra Health have entered a joint venture to open a new inpatient behavioral health hospital. 

BetterHelp, a virtual mental health company owned by Teladoc, agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission $7.8 million over allegations it shared customer health data with third parties, Politico reported March 2.