The Horry County Council in South Carolina has approved the proposed Asha Vista Behavioral Institute after months of opposition from nearby residents, NBC affiliate WMBF reported Feb. 3. The council voted 8-4 during its Feb. 3 meeting to allow Asha…
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More than 1,600 healthcare workers and residents in North County, N.Y., have signed a letter to state officials urging intervention to prevent the closure of Ogdensburg, N.Y.-based North Star Health Alliance, WWNY reported Feb. 4. North Star’s hospitals at risk…
Grand Junction, Colo.-based Ava Health, a behavioral health provider, will open a facility in Grand Junction on Feb. 9 to expand access to mental healthcare services across the region. Partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient programming, outpatient services and ambulatory detox are…
Oconomowoc, Wis.-based Rogers Behavioral Health is collaborating with the Jason Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on youth suicide prevention and awareness, to establish affiliate locations across its behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment hospitals and clinics. The behavioral health…
Investigators said falling ice may have caused a gas leak that led to an explosion and fire Feb. 2 at the Greater Nashua Mental Health Center in Nashua, N.H., ABC affiliate WMUR reported Feb. 3. Fire crews were inside the…
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Rootstown, Ohio-based Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) has earned accreditation for a new Master of Science in Mental Health Practice degree. The program is designed to train certified mental health assistants — a profession developed by NEOMED — to help…
The American Hospital Association’s committee on behavioral health has announced its officers and new members for 2026. Mary Marran, chief administrative officer of Care New England and president and COO of Butler Hospital, both based in Providence, R.I., will serve…
Georgia’s 988 crisis line experienced a significant decline in performance after its vendor — Carelon Behavioral Health, a unit of Elevance Health — transitioned away from a subcontractor that staffed the state’s mental health crisis lines, KFF reported Jan. 28.…
Hackensack (N.J.) Meridian Children’s Health is expanding access to pediatric behavioral health beds at its Carrier Clinic campus in Belle Mead, N.J. Carrier Clinic recently received state approval to increase the number of pediatric and adolescent inpatient beds from 36…
Rochester, N.Y.-based University of Rochester Medical Center and Rochester Regional Health have partnered with Hillside, a Rochester-based provider of community-based services, to launch a care model for youths with complex needs transitioning from hospital to home. The Next Steps Critical…