Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health is transitioning outpatient Chicago-based Geode Health, its joint venture partner focused on mental healthcare. “[The system] is not exiting behavioral health in Central Texas. We’re expanding it,” Baylor Scott & White said in a…
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CMS finalizes payment rules for inpatient psychiatric, skilled nursing facilities: 12 things to know
CMS issued its fiscal year 2027 final payment rules for skilled nursing facilities and inpatient psychiatric facilities July 29. The rules update Medicare payment rates and revise quality reporting, value-based purchasing and patient assessment policies. Twelve things to know: Skilled…
Portland, Ore.-based Cedar Hills Hospital, owned by King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services, reduced its inpatient capacity from 98 beds to 64 beds and is laying off 45 employees, according to a July 28 report from The Lund Report.…
Plano, Texas-based Oceans Healthcare opened Oceans Behavioral Hospital of Greater New Orleans — Kenner West in Kenner, La. The campus occupies the facility previously operated as Perimeter Behavioral Hospital of New Orleans. The campus provides inpatient behavioral healthcare services for…
Universal Health Services executives said the company’s pending acquisition of Talkspace will help remove two of the biggest obstacles to growing its outpatient behavioral health business, giving the King of Prussia, Pa.-based health system a virtual care option and a…
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Illinois plans to reduce operations at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna, a move that could affect approximately 280 positions. A Illinois Department of Human Services spokesperson told Becker’s the operational changes are part of Gov. JB Pritzker’s…
King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services recorded an operating income of $516.7 million (11.1% operating margin) during the second quarter of 2026, compared to an operating income of $500.3 million (11.7% margin) during the same period last year, according…
The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee has extended the public comment period for its working draft of the 2026–2028 IACC Strategic Plan to 30 days after autism advocacy organizations and other stakeholders requested additional time to review the proposal. The committee…
Sauget, Ill.-based SIHF Healthcare received approval from Illinois regulators to build a $231 million hospital in Cahokia Heights that will replace Touchette Regional Hospital, the Belleville News-Democrat reported July 21. Construction on the 108-bed hospital is expected to begin in…
Yale New Haven (Conn.) Children’s Hospital launched a Crisis Intervention Center, a dedicated behavioral health treatment area within its emergency department. The center will begin caring for patients in August. The center will provide 24/7 care for children up to…