Red Bank, N.J.-based PAX Health acquired Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.-based Makraf IME, a statewide psychology and neuropsychology independent medical examination (IME) provider group operating across 17 counties. Makraf IME provides independent medical examination opinions on causality, need for treatment, maximum medical improvement,…
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Medford, Mass.-based Author Health, a provider of mental health and dementia care services for Medicare, Medicare Advantage and Special Needs Plan recipients, is expanding senior care into Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The provider serves patients through a virtual-first model that…
Greensburg, Pa.-based Independence Health System will open a 28-bed inpatient behavioral health unit at its Latrobe Hospital on June 25, The Tribune-Review reported June 21. The new unit will replace an aging behavioral health facility at its Westmoreland Hospital campus…
Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health opened Belle Mead, N.J.-based Carrier Clinic’s $40 million, 43,000-square-foot expansion project to expand care for children and adolescents facing mental health crises. This expansion comes as Carrier Clinic has seen a nearly 30% increase in…
Albuquerque-based University of New Mexico Hospital has opened a $36 million Children’s Psychiatric Center, the state’s only children’s emergency psychiatric unit that serves patients regardless of ability to pay. A ribbon-cutting for the 32,500-square-foot facility was held June 9 after…
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As health systems across the country wrestle with surging behavioral health demand and a shortage of specialized infrastructure, Oceans Healthcare is betting that partnership is the answer. The Plano, Texas-based system has been building a joint venture model with health…
Stamford (Conn.) Health will build a new cancer center and behavioral health facility as part of a $275 million expansion project. Construction is expected to begin in 2027, according to a Stamford Health statement shared with Becker’s. The new cancer center…
Health systems across the U.S. are turning to large-scale philanthropic gifts, state funding and internal capital investments to address rising demand for pediatric behavioral healthcare. The funding is supporting expanded inpatient capacity and the development of integrated campuses aimed at…
Orlando (Fla.) Health held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new behavioral health hospital in Apopka, Fla. The 144-bed facility, set to open in June, is a Baker Act receiving hospital designed to provide behavioral health services for Central Florida residents,…
Montana is set to invest $1.2 million with aims to expand psychiatric residential bed capacity for youths experiencing serious emotional disturbances in the state. Here are four things to know: