Behavioral Health News

Chandler, Ariz.-based Embark Behavioral Health has opened its 19th clinic in Greenwood Village, Colo., near Denver. 

Dayton (Ohio) Children's Hospital has broken ground on its new $110 million behavioral health facility, Dayton Daily News reported May 8. 

Brewer, Maine-based Northern Light Health is offering behavioral health providers and other healthcare professionals sign-on bonuses to address staffing shortages at its hospitals in the state, The Piscataquis Observer reported May 5.

Phoenix-based Integrated Medical Services has partnered with Scottsdale, Ariz.-based evolvedMD to implement behavioral health services at several of its locations. 

Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners has been fined $150,000 by the state of Minnesota for violating mental health parity laws, the Star Tribune reported May 4. 

There are 26,500 employed psychiatrists nationwide, according to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational employment statistics survey. (Note: BLS data does not include self-employed providers.) 

Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth is set to open a new behavioral health clinic in July, Cascadia Daily reported May 3. 

It's hard to predict how to best respond to a crisis, but with enough time, it becomes easier to see which decisions were good ones, and what could have been done better.

James Dodson, PsyD, has pleaded guilty to charges on two counts of making false statements to Medicare and Tricare, the Justice Department reported May 3. 

Pediatric virtual mental healthcare provider Brightline is laying off 20 percent of its staff for the second time in six months, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker's.