Minneapolis-based Nuway Alliance will pay $18.5 million to settle allegations it submitted fraudulent Medicaid claims. The Justice Department alleged Nuway compensated Medicaid patients seeking intensive outpatient substance use disorder treatment, violating anti-kickback laws, according to a June 26 news release. …
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In 2018, Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth incorporated a psychiatric intake team into its Mission Control, which has led to big results for behavioral health patients at the system. Here is how it works. Mission Control’s psych intake team operates 24/7…
Funding cuts to the ACA marketplace, either through the expiration of tax credits or enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, could result in around 1 million people with mental illnesses losing their insurance, according to an analysis from…
Nearly half of behavioral health providers that accept Medicare and Medicaid patients have no availability for new patients, a report from HHS’ Office of Inspector General found. The report, published June 26, is part of a three-report series examining access…
Recovery Centers of America at Indianapolis is expanding its services for patients, Christine Schultz, RN, CEO of the site told Becker’s. On June 1, the substance use treatment center accepted its first mental health patient without a primary substance use…
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is partnering with the University of South Florida in Tampa to establish the Senator Darryl E. Rouson Center for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Research at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, part…
A handful of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health facilities plan to close their doors in 2025.
A deprescribing movement aimed at helping patients quit psychiatric medications on their own has been rising in popularity the last few years, leaving some leaders looking for ways to change prescription methods. The movement began about 25 years ago with…
Dayton, Ohio-based OneFifteen will close its doors this summer, the Dayton Daily News reported June 20. OneFifteen, a substance use disorder treatment provider, was launched in 2019 by Verily — the healthcare and life sciences arm of Google parent company…
The first six months of 2025 have seen major policy pitches for behavioral health, scrutiny of psychiatric medications, and proposed Medicaid cuts. Here are the five biggest developments to know: