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.
Behavioral Health News
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.
Schenectady, N.Y.-based Ellis Hospital temporarily closed its inpatient adolescent mental health unit due to workforce shortages, ABC affiliate News10 reported April 30.
Kirkland, Wash.-based Fairfax Behavioral Health Hospital is blocked from admitting new patients younger than 18 until unsafe conditions are addressed, the state health department said April 27.
Advertisement
Multnomah County (Ore.) Health Department landed $2.6 million in federal funding for a new behavioral health center in Portland, NBC affiliate KGW8 reported April 17.
Rhode Island is the state with the highest percentage of private practice therapists who are in-network with at least one insurance panel, according to a study by behavioral health site Zencare.
Kansas is the state with the lowest percentage of private practice therapists who are in-network with at least one insurance panel, according to a study by behavioral health site Zencare.
Behavioral health startup Heard gained $10 million in series A funding, GeekWire reported May 6.
Behavioral health startup Concert Health secured $42 million in series B funding, including from Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health and Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Advent Health.