Behavioral Health News

Digital health companies are often introducing new mental healthcare tools.

Birmingham, Ala.-based substance use disorder provider Bradford Health was acquired by private equity firm Lee Equity Partners.

Des Moines, Iowa-based Eyerly Ball Community Mental Health Services landed a $4 million federal grant to increase access and bolster its services, the Des Moines Register reported Oct. 29.

In "Back From Burnout: Confronting the Post-pandemic Physician Turnover Crisis," an October report from the Medical Group Management Association and Jackson Physician Search, Jessica Dudley, MD, chief clinical officer of Press Ganey, was interviewed on her tips to minimize burnout. 

Mental health pharmaceutical and digital health solutions provider Orexo has appointed Edward Kim, MD, as its new chief medical officer. 

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.

As rates of untreated depression hit "critically high" levels, organizations are pushing for mental health resources to be made a national priority.