Wellstar Golisano Children’s Hospital of Georgia in Augusta cut the ribbon on the Kisner Foundation and Friends Center for Pediatric Development, Behavioral Health & Wellness in Augusta, Ga., WRDW reported Aug. 10. The facility consolidates pediatric clinics that had operated…
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Smithfield, N.C.-based Johnston Health has the lowest median emergency department visit time for psychiatric and mental health patients. Becker’s has compiled lists of hospitals and health systems with the shortest and longest emergency department visit times for psychiatric and mental…
Rogers Behavioral Health expanded residential treatment capacity with two new facilities on its Oconomowoc, Wis. campus. One facility has 24 beds and focuses on adults with eating disorders, according to an Aug. 10 news release from the provider. The other…
Paradigm Treatment is expanding its Austin, Texas, residential treatment center, with capacity expected to reach 40 beds by the end of August 2026. State licensing approval allowed the center to grow from 24 to 32 beds, adding eight beds in…
Worcester, Mass.-based Community Healthlink (CHL) will cease operations after more than 40 years of service once its programs are transitioned to several community organizations. In early May, CHL shared plans to lay off 78 employees. In July, the provider increased…
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University of Michigan Health-Sparrow in Lansing broke ground on an $83 million behavioral health facility that will expand inpatient psychiatric services across the region. The Janice M. Granger Behavioral Health Building will include 64 beds for adult, geriatric, pediatric and…
One of Ohio’s largest youth residential treatment centers is facing scrutiny after The Marshall Project published an investigation July 30, 2026, into conditions at Fox Run Center for Children and Adolescents in St. Clairsville, Ohio. The report, based on police…
Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health is transitioning outpatient Chicago-based Geode Health, its joint venture partner focused on mental healthcare. “[The system] is not exiting behavioral health in Central Texas. We’re expanding it,” Baylor Scott & White said in a…
CMS finalizes payment rules for inpatient psychiatric, skilled nursing facilities: 12 things to know
CMS issued its fiscal year 2027 final payment rules for skilled nursing facilities and inpatient psychiatric facilities July 29. The rules update Medicare payment rates and revise quality reporting, value-based purchasing and patient assessment policies. Twelve things to know: Skilled…
Portland, Ore.-based Cedar Hills Hospital, owned by King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services, reduced its inpatient capacity from 98 beds to 64 beds and is laying off 45 employees, according to a July 28 report from The Lund Report.…