Penn Medicine’s Lancaster (Pa.) General Hospital opened a crisis walk-in center that provides immediate behavioral health assessments and treatments. The behavioral health center expects to serve 900 patients annually for interventional psychiatry and 10,000 patients through the walk-in center, both…
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Workforce is the defining challenge facing behavioral health in 2025, according to Veronica Hughes, RN, vice president of behavioral health nursing strategy and quality at Advocate Health. Advocate Health was created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium…
Eighty-two percent of psychiatrists said they believe happiness and balance is attainable in the profession, but the number of providers who said they are experiencing happiness is falling short, according to a March 7 Medscape report. The report surveyed 5,741…
Quincy, Mass.-based Ark Behavioral Health is permanently closing one of its Ohio locations and laying off 85 employees, according to a Feb. 11 WARN notice.
A Maryland behavioral health company owner pleaded guilty to a $3.6 million Medicaid fraud scheme.
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King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services is looking to expand its freestanding outpatient behavioral health services, according to CFO Steve Filton.
A dip in referrals is becoming "less and less of a challenge" for Acadia Healthcare, CEO Chris Hunter said.
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.