A dip in referrals is becoming "less and less of a challenge" for Acadia Healthcare, CEO Chris Hunter said.
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The American Board of Medical Specialties will recognize emergency behavioral health as a focused practice designation.
Louisiana's Acadiana region is without a large behavioral health facility — Ochsner Lafayette (La.) General and Oceans Healthcare are working to change that.
West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health has seen success with virtual behavioral health care.
More than 180 employees will lose their jobs when Grand Junction, Colo.-based West Springs Hospital closes, according to a layoff notice filed Feb. 24.
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Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System has opened a new behavioral health urgent care center in New Port Richy, offering walk-in and same-day access to mental health and addiction services, Health News Florida reported Feb. 27.
A Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine study found that single-session interventions can significantly improve mental health outcomes for youth and adults.
A Connecticut mental health provider has been sentenced to three years in prison for defrauding Medicaid of more than $1.6 million.
Gateways Mental Health is adding 37 beds for adolescent inpatient behavioral health treatment, a project designed to give a lifeline to struggling populations, according to CEO Phil Wong, PsyD.
A new machine-learning model has shown promise in predicting the progression of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder based on routine clinical data from EHRs.