Behavioral Health News

Here are three behavioral health leaders who changed roles or added to their titles in the last month, as reported by Becker's since April 4:

Optum is seeking repayment from licensed clinical social workers it says it overpaid. 

There is still a "great deal of uncertainty" around how a $535 million verdict against UHS will affect the hospital system's finances, CFO Steve Filton said. 

Construction is set to begin on a $34 million, 32-bed behavioral health facility in Uvalde, Texas. 

The owner of a Houston-based mental health practice pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud through false claims to Medicare and kickbacks.

The owner of a Connecticut behavioral health practice was sentenced to 15 months in prison for billing Medicaid for thousands of services he and his staff were not licensed to provide. 

The Cigna Group will provide $27 million in grant funding for organizations improving youth mental health. 

Grand Junction, Colo.-based West Springs Hospital, a psychiatric facility part of Mind Springs Health, is facing possible closure due to persistent challenges like labor costs, staffing shortages, regulatory scrutiny, financial constraints, and compliance activity cost.

A new outpatient treatment center in Tallahassee, Fla., will house Florida State University's psychiatry residency program. 

A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit alleging UnitedHealthcare applies more stringent standards to approving behavioral healthcare than comparable medical or surgical care.