Mental health pharmaceutical and digital health solutions provider Orexo has appointed Edward Kim, MD, as its new chief medical officer.
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Eighty-three percent of employers offered behavioral health services via telehealth, and an additional 9 percent are considering or planning to offer it by 2024, according to a recent survey by insurance company WTW.
Indiana (Pa.) Regional Medical Center is set to begin construction on a 31,000-square-foot, 44-bed behavioral health facility. The project will cost $14 million.
The Cook County (Ill.) Department of Health will award $14 million in grants over four years to expand mental health treatment and substance use prevention treatment.
A Virginia behavioral health center owner was sentenced to seven years in prison for orchestrating a $2.2 million billing fraud scheme., the Justice Department said Oct. 25.
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As rates of untreated depression hit "critically high" levels, organizations are pushing for mental health resources to be made a national priority.
John Walkup, MD, chair of the Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago, presents the case for prioritizing the treatment and understanding of anxiety disorders.
The average starting salary for psychiatrists increased 7 percent from 2021 to 2022, according to Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare's 2022 "Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives."
Renato Duarte, a licensed psychologist in Illinois, was convicted of four counts of healthcare fraud in federal court for submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare for psychotherapy services he never provided.
National nonprofit mental health and addiction treatment system Centerstone's component patient safety organization was federally certified for the safety and quality of care it provides.