Behavioral Health News

Harrison Memorial Hospital Primary Care held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new behavioral health portion of the HMH Primary Care Office in Falmouth, Ky., The Falmouth Outlook reported Sept. 6.

Community Health Systems has partnered with population management company Mindoula to integrate virtual behavioral health services into the primary care setting.

Allwell Behavioral Health has agreed to pay $650,000 to settle a class action lawsuit filed by victims of the company's March 2022 data breach, HIPAA Journal reported Sept. 7.

Eleven percent of hospitals in the U.S. in 2021 were behavioral health hospitals, according to recent data released by the American Hospital Association

The Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska has opened its third rural site at Wayne State College in Wayne.

Approximately one-third of patients receiving behavioral health services such as therapy or medication visits reported that their clinicians did not offer both telehealth and in-person care, according to a study conducted by Rand Corp. and published in Health Affairs.

The public health department of Lewis and Clark County in Montana has unveiled its Behavioral Health Crisis System Dashboard, NBC affiliate KTVH reported Sept. 4.

Highland-Clarksburg Hospital in Clarksburg, W.Va., is opening an acute psychiatric unit to treat adolescent patients with emotional, behavioral and cognitive needs.

One in four mental health patients is rejected from mental health facilities in King County, Wash., The Seattle Times reported Sept. 5.

A new forensic psychiatric hospital has broken ground in Concord, N.H., New Hampshire Public Radio reported Aug. 31.