Private equity firms have rapidly expanded their footprint in autism care, acquiring more than 500 therapy centers across the U.S. in the past decade. Nearly 80% of those transactions occurred between 2018 and 2022, according to a study published in…
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Pittsburgh-based Blackbird Health opened a new clinic Jan. 5 in Mount Laurel, N.J., to expand access to pediatric mental health services across Burlington County. The clinic offers in-person and virtual care for children, adolescents and young adults, including therapy, medication…
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Medicine has launched four new clinical services to expand access to mental healthcare in the region. The new offerings include the TEAM Clinics — short for Treatment, Evaluation and multidisciplinary Approaches for Mental health…
Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Hospital has completed a $1.9 million expansion of its emergency department to add services for patients experiencing psychiatric crises. The new evaluation and assessment unit uses the EmPATH model — Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment and Healing —…
Brown University Health’s Newport (R.I.) Hospital will open an inpatient behavioral health unit for adolescent patients in early 2026. The eight-bed unit will provide short-term stabilization, assessment and treatment services for patients ages 12 to 18. Newport Hospital is collaborating…
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Florida’s first behavioral health hospital for women is slated to open in Tampa this spring, Spectrum News reported Dec. 22. Mariposa Women’s Hospital will specialize in treating women with anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and other emotional and substance use…
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health is expanding its continuum of behavioral healthcare with the launch of an accelerated transcranial magnetic stimulation protocol. Matthew White, MD, chair of the behavioral health service line, and Dan Peterson, CEO of Sutter Center for Psychiatry…
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois is sponsoring a new housing initiative from Chicago-based LifeHouse Group to help Medicaid members with substance use disorder transition to independent living. The project will create four-bedroom housing units in Dixmoor, Ill., for individuals…
Cincinnati-based Mercy Health and Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Behavioral Health opened a new inpatient behavioral health hospital in Youngstown, Ohio, through a joint venture announced in 2023. The new Mercy Health Behavioral Hospital spans nearly 62,000 square feet and includes 72…
Chicago-based Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital is expanding its inpatient psychiatric unit with four beds uniquely designed for youth with autism and intellectual and developmental disabilities. The purpose-built unit features soft flooring, padded surfaces, sound-dampening materials, a sensory…