Behavioral health is seeing a mixture of headwinds and tailwinds, with both leaders and the public increasingly seeing it as vital, while structural issues like payment and reimbursement parity, and provider deficits, present as major obstacles.
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K-Assist, a Hamden, Conn.-based behavioral health provider, is required to pay over $243,000 to resolve allegations that it violated federal and state False Claims Acts, the Justice Department reported April 18.
Orlando, Fla., psychiatrist Iftikhar Rasul, MD, founder and medical director of Serene Behavioral Health, was restricted from seeing female patients six months after being arrested for allegedly touching a patient inappropriately, the third such allegation against him, the Miami Herald…
Behavioral health is undergoing a broad awakening, with both leaders and the public increasingly seeing it as vital. The industry may fail to capture the full momentum of those tailwinds, however, if certain obstacles are not addressed.
The largest psychiatric hospital in the U.S. by staff size is Bakersfield (Calif.) Behavioral Healthcare Hospital, according to CMS data.
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The largest psychiatric hospital in the U.S. by staff size is Bakersfield (Calif.) Behavioral Healthcare Hospital, according to CMS data.
The average salary of a psychiatrist in 2023 is $309,000, up 8 percent from 2022, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report" for 2023.
The top healthcare entry-level job for college graduates is mental health case manager, according to Indeed.
The largest psychiatric hospital in the U.S. by bed count is Norwalk, Calif.-based DSH-Metropolitan, according to CMS data.
The largest psychiatric hospital in the U.S. by bed count is Norwalk, Calif.-based DSH-Metropolitan, according to CMS data.