Behavioral Health News

Oklahoma City, Okla.-based Red Rock Behavioral Health Services has opened an urgent recovery center in Elk City, Okla.

Virginia will distribute eight grants investing in emergency room alternatives for residents experiencing a behavioral health crisis.

Arlington, Va.-based VHC Health detailed its plans to build a 146-bed behavioral health and rehab hospital, Washington Business Journal reported Dec. 7. 

More than 80% of mental health provider listings in insurers' directories in New York State are incorrect, according to a report from the New York attorney general's office. 

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced conditional funding to develop 13 new certified community behavioral health clinics across the state.

Commissioners in Grand Traverse County, Mich., approved a funding agreement with Munson Healthcare to develop a regional mental health center, the Traverse Ticker reported Dec. 7.

Humana has made a donation to the Virginia Health Care Foundation to support the state's behavioral health workforce.

Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital is set to open its adolescent behavioral health intensive outpatient program in February.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is seeking roughly $186 million in the state's 2025 budget to address homelessness and behavioral health needs across the state, the Standard-Examiner reported Dec. 4.

Optum added over 45,000 therapists, psychiatrists and behavioral health providers to its network, Optum Health CEO Amar Desai, MD, said.