Behavioral Health News

Council Bluffs, Iowa-based Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital and Acadia Healthcare broke ground on a behavioral health hospital.

Tampa, Fla.-based nonprofit Gracepoint began development of a $16 million behavioral health hospital that will be staffed exclusively by women, the Tampa Bay Times reported Aug. 27.

St. Luke's Behavioral Health Center, a 127-bed facility in Phoenix, has furloughed employees, effective Aug. 26, the hospital's owner, Dallas-based Steward Health Care, confirmed to Becker's.

Lancaster, Pa.-based Schreiber Center for Pediatric Development, the only outpatient pediatric therapy clinic in the area, will suspend its behavioral health services Aug. 31 due to a lack of providers, Central Penn Business Journal reported Aug. 26.

Salem-based Oregon State Hospital has received a statement of deficiencies from CMS highlighting concerns related to a patient death in May, the Statesman Journal reported Aug. 27.

Here are five updates on Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare, one of the largest behavioral health network in the U.S., as reported by Becker's since May 28:

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based ABA Centers of America is among the fastest growing private companies in America. 

ARC Health, a provider of mental and behavioral health services, has expanded services for patients and providers.

Psychologists, psychiatrists and therapists often leave insurance networks because of red tape, low reimbursements and delayed payments, ProPublica reported Aug. 25. 

The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler-based UT Health East Texas and Plano, Texas-based Oceans Healthcare have partnered to expand behavioral health services in the eastern area of the state.