Johnstown (Colo.) Heights Behavioral Health, a 92-bed hospital will close by the end of March.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging striking mental health workers and Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente to find a resolution to a nearly four-month strike as Southern California faces the aftermath of devastating wildfires.
Facing financial challenges, a Florida mental health provider will close Feb. 14.
A Connecticut substance use counselor has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for skirting her suspension from the Medicaid program, according to the Justice Department.
Community health workers are the "secret sauce" to driving engagement in behavioral healthcare at Cityblock Health, according to Ruby Mehta, head of behavioral health at Brooklyn-based Cityblock.
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Oceans Behavioral Hospital Lubbock (Texas) opened a partial hospitalization program for patients 18 and older, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported Feb. 3.
Centerstone wants to be the leader in setting standards for measuring behavioral health.
Where is the robust and comprehensive healthcare system that Americans are paying for? Despite spending $4.5 trillion per year on healthcare (almost $14,000 per person annually), patients simply aren’t getting any better. They’re getting worse, much worse.
A recent study appears to show that the July 2022 launch of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline has not broadened the availability of crisis services at mental health facilities in the U.S.
More than two dozen behavioral health providers are suing the state of Arizona, alleging they were unfairly targeted in an investigation that uncovered billions of dollars in Medicaid fraud.