Behavioral Health News

Kindred Behavioral Health and Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health have partnered to form Lifepoint Behavioral Health.

Behavioral health finance and strategy company Thrive Healthcare acquired Harmony Recovery Group's network of mental health treatment facilities.

Children's Minnesota will open the health system's first pediatric mental health unit at its St. Paul hospital Nov. 29. 

Benton County, Wash., and Kennewick (Wash.) General Hospital have reached an agreement and will construct a new behavioral health center, Tri City Herald reported Nov. 17. 

The Justice Department launched an investigation Nov. 17 to assess claims that adults with behavioral health problems in Oklahoma are discriminated against by the state and the Oklahoma City Police Department. 

Psychiatrists are adopting a hybrid treatment model, with 58 percent treating patients both in-person and via telehealth, according to data from the American Psychological Association.

Ochsner Lafayette (La.) General and Plano, Texas-based Oceans Healthcare are committing $30 million to build a behavioral health hospital in Southwest Louisiana. 

New York City-based Quartet, a behavioral healthcare treatment coordination company, formed its own mental health clinic.

Walgreens has incorporated SoulBeing's network of health and wellness providers into its Find Care service that connects patients to providers.

Behavioral health company owner Antonio Deon Fozard has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy and healthcare fraud, according to the U.S. attorney's office in the Eastern District of North Carolina.