Michigan has completed construction of the $383.4 million Southeast Michigan Psychiatric Hospital in Northville Township, a 264-bed facility slated to begin accepting patients this fall. The hospital will accommodate up to 192 adults and 72 youth, adding 54 beds to…
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The Trump administration is sending more than $17 million in Rural Health Transformation Program funds to North Carolina to build out behavioral health and addiction treatment for rural residents. Three new mental health clinics will split $4 million. Another $3…
The Behavioral Health Outcomes Consortium released a standardized framework Oct. 6 aimed at creating a consistent approach to measuring behavioral health outcomes nationwide. The framework, developed during working sessions at the consortium’s BHOC26 summit in Dana Point, Calif., seeks to…
HHS will provide $96 million over four years to eight communities through its new Safety Through Recovery, Engagement, and Evidence-based Treatment and Support program. The funding will help communities build coordinated systems of care for people who are homeless and…
From large health systems to community-based centers, behavioral health providers are facing adversity with pending regulatory actions, looming funding changes and cuts to already tight reimbursement rates, leading to the closure of facilities and potential disruptions of care. Here are…
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Austintown, Ohio-based Comprehensive Behavioral Health shut its offices Oct. 2, affecting about 7,000 clients served through branches in Austintown, Boardman, East Liverpool, Steubenville, Alliance, Howland and Salem, 21 News reported Oct. 2. Executive Director Ebonie Bourgoin told 21 News that…
The Children’s Hospital Association, Speak Our Minds, Children’s Healthcare Canada and Children’s Hospital Alliance UK launched an international effort aimed at improving how pediatric health systems identify and support children and adolescents at risk of suicide. The Global Preventing Youth…
Nevada Department of Human Services’ Division of Child and Family Services will temporarily pause operations on the psychiatric residential treatment facility units at the 54-bed, Las Vegas-based Desert Willow Treatment Center beginning Oct. 10. The facility is not closing, and…
Providence Alaska is expanding adolescent psychiatric care in Anchorage with a 16-bed residential treatment center set to open later this fall. The Providence Youth Behavioral Health Center will provide 24-hour psychiatric care for adolescents ages 12-17. Patients at the level…
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute will relocate to a 49-acre site at 1001 Birmingham Highway in Chattanooga, with the replacement hospital expected to open around 2030, Local 3 News reported Sept. 23. The planned facility will have capacity…