The American Psychiatric Association and the New York State Psychiatric Association filed a lawsuit in federal court Dec. 30, 2025, against New York City-based EmblemHealth, alleging the insurer operates a deceptive “ghost network” of mental health providers. The complaint accuses…
Behavioral Health News
Press Ganey named its 2025 Human Experience Award recipients on Jan. 7, recognizing the top inpatient and outpatient behavioral health hospitals with “Pinnacle of Excellence” and “Guardian of Excellence” awards. The Pinnacle of Excellence award honors three organizations for sustained…
Chesapeake (Va.) Regional Health Care has completed construction of a new inpatient behavioral health unit at the Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, WAVY reported on Jan. 7. The system will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony Jan. 8 to showcase the 11,200-square-foot space,…
Nelsonville, Ohio-based Integrated Services for Behavioral Health and Lancaster, Ohio-based Fairfield Community Health Center have consolidated under a single leadership structure, effective Jan. 1. Samantha Shafer, president and CEO of Integrated Services, will lead the combined organization, according to a…
The Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine has updated its guidance on drug testing in emergency departments to reflect evolving drug misuse trends and testing technologies. The update replaces guidance first issued in 2003, according to a Jan. 5 news…
Advertisement
East Alabama Health, a two-hospital system based in Opelika, recently opened a freestanding, $44 million mental health facility with the state’s only long-term adolescent unit. The 54,000-square-foot facility expanded the system’s space for outpatient mental health services and increased its…
In a $21.5 million project, Syracuse, N.Y.-based St. Joseph’s Health plans to move and renovate its 30-bed inpatient psychiatric unit, according to a Dec. 26 article from The Post-Standard. St. Joseph’s Health cannot fully utilize the unit in its current…
Columbus-based OhioHealth has launched a new effort to expand access to comprehensive care for individuals with substance use disorders in rural Southeast Ohio. The Addiction Medicine Program is based at OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital in Athens and is funded by a…
Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan, Iowa, is relocating its behavioral health department within its main medical center. The expanded clinic, which will be renamed the Mytue Mental Health Center, will be located on the second floor of the medical center…
The Pride Institute, owned by King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services, will close its inpatient addiction treatment program in Eden Prairie, Minn., on Jan. 1. Founded in 1986, the center’s residential program offered affirming care to LGBTQ+ clients in…