Investment & Transactions

Here are six investments into mental healthcare reported by Becker's since May 15:

Wauwatosa, Wis.-based Froedtert Health closed the behavioral health unit at its Menomonee Falls hospital, the Milwaukee Business Journal reported May 19.

Yakima, Wash.-based behavioral health provider Comprehensive Healthcare is closing two of its facilities in Goldendale and White Salmon, Columbia Community Connection reported May 16.

Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health is opening a behavioral health hospital in Holyoke, MassLive reported May 17.

Aurora-based University of Colorado Hospital is opening a 40-bed psychiatric center, The Colorado Sun reported May 15.

The Department of Health and Human Services has pledged over $200 million in funding to support 988 suicide crisis hotlines and crisis support services. 

Officials in Michigan's Macomb County are proposing a behavioral health-focused $228 million central intake center for the county jail complex, the Detroit Free Press reported May 12.

Routt County in Colorado has received $3.6 million from the state's Department of Education School Health Professional Grant Program to provide mental health services among its school districts, Steamboat Pilot & Today reported May 14. 

Carlsbad, Calif.-based CHE Behavioral Health Services has teamed up with NextGen Healthcare, a medical software and services company, to improve access to mental health services. 

Somerville, N.J.-based Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset, part of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health, opened a revamped outpatient behavioral health center with more rooms and expanded services.