Behavioral health remains a critical need nationwide, yet organizations continue to face tight margins, workforce shortages and policy hurdles. At the 2025 Becker’s Healthcare Behavioral Health Summit, leaders from Allina Health and Iris Telehealth shared how a strategic telepsychiatry partnership…
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San Antonio-based Deer Oaks – The Behavioral Health Solution will pay HHS $225,000 to resolve potential violations of HIPAA rules. HHS began an investigation into Deer Oaks, which provides psychiatric services in long-term care and assisted living facilities, in 2023.…
A structure fire destroyed a behavioral health provider in Lynnwood, Wash., the Daily Herald reported July 7. The Center for Human Services in Lynwood provides intensive mental health support programs and employs more than 50 workers. Much of the work…
Mental health job growth has dropped to the slowest rate since 2021, Bloomberg reported July 7. Although it is too soon to tell if federal funding cuts to mental health programs are causing the slowdown, many behavioral health organizations are…
Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare has withdrawn plans to relocate Village Behavioral Health to Friendsville, Tenn., the company said in a statement shared with Becker’s. Village Behavioral Health, a residential center for adolescents, is currently located in Louisville, Tenn. A spokesperson…
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Perimeter Behavioral Hospital of Arlington (Texas) will receive a $30 million grant to provide competency restoration services, Fort Worth Report reported July 2. Incarcerated individuals in need of mental healthcare face long waitlists in Texas, according to My Health My…
Minneapolis-based Nuway Alliance will pay $18.5 million to settle allegations it submitted fraudulent Medicaid claims. The Justice Department alleged Nuway compensated Medicaid patients seeking intensive outpatient substance use disorder treatment, violating anti-kickback laws, according to a June 26 news release. …
In 2018, Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth incorporated a psychiatric intake team into its Mission Control, which has led to big results for behavioral health patients at the system. Here is how it works. Mission Control’s psych intake team operates 24/7…
Funding cuts to the ACA marketplace, either through the expiration of tax credits or enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, could result in around 1 million people with mental illnesses losing their insurance, according to an analysis from…
Nearly half of behavioral health providers that accept Medicare and Medicaid patients have no availability for new patients, a report from HHS’ Office of Inspector General found. The report, published June 26, is part of a three-report series examining access…