A total of 23 hospitals will receive Medicare-supported psychiatric residency slots.
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Headspace has laid off around 13% of its employees, a spokesperson told Becker's.
The strike by Kaiser Permanente mental health workers has entered its fifth week, with the union filing a complaint with the California Department of Public Health regarding alleged patient care violations caused by understaffing, KPBS reported Nov. 19.
Behavioral health urgent care clinics are growing in popularity in the last five years as a way to provide mental health care outside of EDs.
Health systems are closing small behavioral health units, and a major telehealth provider is shifting back to brick-and-mortar clinics.
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Health systems and behavioral health organizations are opening new outpatient mental health clinics, crisis centers and inpatient units.
Neuropsychiatric symptoms are a pervasive and challenging aspect of Alzheimer's disease (AD), affecting up to 90% of individuals over the course of the illness.
UnitedHealth Group uses an algorithm that has been subject to legal scrutiny to manage behavioral health costs, ProPublica reported Nov. 19.
A new study has found that loneliness significantly increases the risk of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease and cognitive impairment.
Publicly-traded behavioral health companies improved their earnings in the third quarter of 2024, but are bracing for challenges ahead.