Behavioral Health News

A 16-bed crisis stabilization unit in Fayetteville, Ark., has closed, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported April 29. 

Penn State Health is searching for a new site for the Harrisburg-based Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute. 

Salem-based Oregon State Hospital again has been cited with immediate jeopardy, this time over disorganized medical supplies that could delay lifesaving treatment for a patient in an emergency, The Lund Report reported April 29.

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.