The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources is now accepting third-round applications for the Statewide Therapist Loan Repayment Project to help behavioral health workers financially, MyBuckhannon reported Jan. 18.
Behavioral Health News
Here is a breakdown of eight investments into mental healthcare totaling more than $1.08 billion reported by Becker's since Jan. 5:
Houston-based Cypress Creek Hospital has been audited by Texas Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General.
Virtual behavioral health coaching is now available to UnitedHealth Group members.
Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare is planning to build a new inpatient behavioral health center in Madison, Wis., Behavioral Health Business reported Jan. 17.
Mercy Health-Youngstown (Ohio) and Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Behavioral Health agreed to a joint venture partnership to build a new inpatient behavioral health center in the Mahoning Valley region of Ohio.
Avesi Partners, a private equity investment firm, has made a growth investment in Petaluma, Calif.-based Muir Wood, an adolescent-focused behavioral health provider.
Omar Fattal, MD, has been selected to lead behavioral health services for NYC Health + Hospitals as system chief for behavioral health and co-deputy chief medical officer.
ServiceNet, a nonprofit human service agency based in Northampton, Mass., has received a $4 million grant from the federal government to expand mental health services, the Daily Hampshire Gazette reported Jan. 15.
Ohio Hills Health Centers — which has locations in Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Monroe and Noble counties — has been given $650,000 in congressional funding through the 2023 Congressionally Directed Spending, according to a Jan. 15 report from the Daily Jeff.