San Diego County is advancing plans for a $240 million behavioral health campus, according to an Aug. 20 report from KUSI News. The approximately 120,000-square-foot campus will provide crisis care, mental health treatment, addiction services and recovery support. The county…
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The FDA cleared Wave Neuroscience’s MeRT System — a transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, system — as an adjunct for the treatment of adult patients with post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a June 3 letter. The agency determined the device…
Bismarck, N.D.-based CHI St. Alexius Health collaborated with Senior Life Solutions to bring outpatient mental health services to older adults at the system’s Williston location. The Senior Life Solutions program provides group and individual therapy, psychiatric evaluation and medication management…
Phoenix-based Arizona Autism Family Medicine: A Valle del Sol Clinic opened a primary care clinic to serve children and young adults across the autism spectrum, according to an Aug. 18 report from KTAR News. The clinic is on Arizona Autism…
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham has launched the first clinical trial in the country testing a Home Hospital model for patients with primary psychiatric conditions, alongside a second trial extending Home Hospital care to patients with dementia. The pilot trial, funded by…
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New York’s Medicaid program failed to ensure that insurers administering the program were not denying prior authorization requests for mental health services at higher rates than for medical services, an audit report published Aug. 14 by the HHS Office of…
Chicago-based Gateway Foundation has rebranded as Alpharus Health, reflecting the organization’s growth and vision for behavioral healthcare. Alpharus Health provides substance use and mental health treatment, professional training, public policy advocacy and correctional treatment programs, according to an Aug. 18…
North Carolina health officials are warning providers about medetomidine, a veterinary tranquilizer that is increasingly appearing in the state’s illegal drug supply, NC Health News reported Aug. 17. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services sent a provider…
King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services has completed its acquisition of online behavioral health provider Talkspace in a deal valued at about $835 million. UHS and Talkspace first announced the deal in March and have now received all necessary…
Oregon State Hospital Superintendent Sean Murphy is out as head of the state-run mental health hospital less than a month after his first day in the role, the Oregon Capital Chronicle reported Aug. 12. Oregon Health Authority Interim Director Fariborz…