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Walmart has sold MeMD, its virtual behavioral, urgent, and primary care benefits platform to healthcare technology startup Fabric.

Here are seven behavioral health treatment facilities that were announced or opened their doors within the last month, as reported by Becker's since May 30:

Here are two behavioral health treatment facilities that have closed, as reported by Becker's since May 2:

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the state has awarded $39.1 million toward the development of comprehensive psychiatric emergency programs at nine hospitals.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock is the first facility in the U.S. to offer treatment for major depressive disorder using the SAINT neuromodulation system. 

A psychiatrist in Wellesley, Mass., was sentenced to prison for charges related to a scheme that defrauded Medicare and private insurers of more than $19 million.

Kettering (Ohio) Health now offers its outpatient behavioral health program at its location in Miamisburg, Ohio. 

The toll of mental illness costs the U.S. economy $282 million annually — a 30% increase compared to costs estimated in prior studies, according to an analysis published in April by the National Bureau of Economic Research. 

Increasingly, the nation's behavioral health crisis is straining hospital emergency departments, prompting health system leaders to pour more resources and energy into expanding access to mental health services. 

York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health received initial accreditation to launch a psychiatry residency program from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.