The U.S. is meeting only 27.2 percent of its mental healthcare needs; meanwhile, physician assistants and nurse practitioners have stepped up to close the gap, MDLinx reported Nov. 2.
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Five updates to CMS' 2023 physician fee schedule are poised to make mental healthcare in the U.S. more accessible to Medicare patients in underserved areas.
Martinsburg-based West Virginia University Berkeley Medical Center and University Healthcare Physicians opened a new crisis stabilization center, the Journal reported Nov. 9.
Here are eight investments in behavioral health programs, services or facilities, totaling more than $121.8 million, that Becker's has reported since Oct. 27:
Here are nine behavioral health executive appointments reported by Becker's since Oct. 18.
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Consulting company ICF will use contracts and subcontracts valued at more than $30 million to fund mental health services under HHS' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
The Ad Council, a nonprofit public service campaign company, plans to use a $15 million founding gift to kickstart a multisector mental health initiative.
From 2019 to 2020, more than 50 million people experienced a mental illness and only 45 percent received treatment.
National behavioral health service company Acadia Healthcare acquired four comprehensive treatment centers in the Atlanta suburbs.
Virtual mental health company Talkspace named its next CEO and detailed its third-quarter financial metrics, which included a net loss of $18 million.