Behavioral Health News

Soba New Jersey has received a Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission, joining a small group of recipients awarded the accreditation.

MedStar Health celebrated the completion of its new behavioral health unit at MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center in Clinton with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. 

Nonprofit Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee Premera Blue Cross is donating $2.3 million to organizations across Washington and Alaska to bolster access to housing and behavioral health services.

Nue Life Health has raised $23 million to expand its telehealth platform devoted to developing the use of ketamine therapy, The Dales Report reported April 20.

BrightView has debuted a new treatment center in Danville, Va., which will be accessible to patients in Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Delaware and North Carolina, according to Virginia local news source WDBJ7.

The industry of digital mental health services is booming, with funding for services reaching $852 million in the first quarter of 2021, nearly twice the amount raised in the first quarter of 2020, according to market intelligence platform CB Insights.

A survey conducted by VeryWell Mind found that affording treatment is a significant concern to 49 percent of those surveyed. Almost all of that 49 percent said they would have to discontinue treatment if their out-of-pocket costs were to increase.…

South Carolina Health and Human Services Director Robert Kerr is looking to raise insurance reimbursement rates for in-school therapists, in the hopes that it enables districts to hire more counselors, The State reported May 9.

Pensacola, Fla.-based Baptist Hospital is planning a $30 million behavioral health unit, Pensacola News Journal reported May 9.

Health insurance companies have invested millions of dollars in behavioral health programs and technologies recently.