Phoenix-based Connections Health Solutions will operate a 25-bed site sobering center in San Francisco under a 26-month performance-based contract with the city, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Feb. 26. The RESET Center, expected to open in April, will serve as…
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University Medical Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas has partnered with Clark County to open a crisis stabilization center. The outpatient facility is the first and only in southern Nevada serving individuals 18 years or older who are experiencing…
Alameda (Calif.) Health System is seeking to close two intensive outpatient treatment programs at Highland Hospital in Oakland, Calif., and Fairmont Hospital in San Leandro, Calif., according to a Feb. 11 public notice from the Alameda County Board of Supervisors. …
About 2,400 mental health professionals at Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente have authorized a one-day unfair labor practice strike. The authorization follows a vote that began in late January and ended Feb. 21, with 92% of participating mental health professionals —…
Nashville-Tenn.-based Centerstone has completed a $109,000 renovation of its Sawyer Road clinic in Sarasota, Fla., adding a therapeutic sensory room for pediatric patients. The project converted two former offices into a dedicated space for intake, assessments and therapy sessions, according…
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Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego will receive $2 million in federal funding for pediatric mental health services through fiscal year 2026 appropriations bills. The funding will support Rady Children’s mental health integration program, which unites primary care and mental healthcare…
Palmer, Alaska-based Mat-Su Regional Medical Center’s certification-of-need application to build a freestanding behavioral health hospital was approved by the Alaska Department of Health. The 50,000-square-foot, 45-bed facility will be built on a 10-acre site east of the hospital’s main campus…
Idaho healthcare providers say a third patient has died in less than three months after Magellan Healthcare cut mobile mental healthcare services under the state’s Medicaid program, the Idaho Capital Sun reported Feb. 20. The deaths involved patients who had…
Baton Rouge, La.-based Beacon Behavioral Partners has partnered with Carolina Psychiatry, a practice serving Anderson, Greenville, Seneca and Spartanburg, S.C. The partnership aims to allow Carolina Psychiatry to “gain operational support to continue growing responsibly while preserving clinical autonomy,” Taral…
Lewis County, Wash., has repealed an ordinance that prevented Gather Church in Centralia, Wash., from operating a syringe services program, resolving a legal dispute over whether the restriction violated federal disability law. The repeal follows a Dec. 31 order from…