Behavioral health case management company Healthkeeperz is paying $2.1 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act by billing claims to Medicaid that were not reimbursable, the Justice Department said June 1.
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Colorado law enforcement announced they have seized more illicit fentanyl, the synthetic opioid driving overdose deaths in the U.S., in the first five months of 2022 than they did in all of 2021.
The use of antidepressants over time does not continue to improve patients' health-related quality of life, research published on April 20 in the journal PLOS One suggests.
Among healthcare facilities that used locum tenens providers in the last 12 months, behavioral health specialists were the third-most utilized type, according to AMN Healthcare's "2022 Survey of Locum Tenens Staffing Trends."
Using data published in JAMA Internal Medicine, these are the most commonly prescribed psychiatric medications in the U.S., according to the most recent surveys from 2013.
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Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay, Ore., is closing its behavioral health services in response to financial strain and staffing difficulties, leading a state representative to express surprise and cite $1 billion in funding Oregon lawmakers set aside for behavioral…
Using data provided by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, this is a breakdown of the incidence of mental illness in adults across various demographics in the U.S. as of 2020.
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law two pieces of children's mental health legislation, WJOL reported May 26.
Lewisville, Texas-based behavioral health provider Horizon Health is planning a $1.8 million expansion to its Sanborn, N.Y., campus, Buffalo Business First reported May 26.
Kansas' American Civil Liberties Union and the National Police Accountability Project are suing Kansas for alleged "unconstitutional, unlawful and health-deteriorating wait times" at the understaffed Larned State Hospital, the Kansas Reflector reported May 26.