Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health was selected as the new clinical contractor for Hampstead (N.H.) Hospital and Residential Treatment Facility.
Behavioral Health News
Rhode Island officials kept children in a behavioral hospital designed for short stays for weeks or months at a time, rather than move them to more appropriate care settings, the Justice Department alleged.
UnitedHealthcare will pay Minnesota $450,000 to settle allegations it violated mental health parity laws.
Tampa General Hospital and the University of South Florida, both based in Tampa, partnered on one of the first behavioral health teaching hospitals in Florida.
UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, Ill., has added 15 inpatient beds to its behavioral health unit to better meet a growing need for mental health services.
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus, N.J., is planning a $9 million project to create dedicated spaces in its emergency room for patients seeking mental healthcare, USA Today affiliate North Jersey reported May 13.
A Connecticut psychologist will spend two years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding Medicaid of more than $1.6 million.
Chico, Calif.-based Enloe Health will close its behavioral health facility in August.
Clay County (Kan.) Medical Center is developing a $3.8 million expansion project that will include a new mental health clinic and other services in Clay Center, Kan.
Geisinger and Acadia Healthcare have broken ground on a 96-bed hospital in Danville, Pa.