Behavioral Health News

Construction is set to begin shortly on a behavioral health center in Macon, Ga., The Georgia Recorder reported Sept. 20.

Behavioral telehealth platform Mend has partnered with Eleos Health to increase digital patient engagement and lower session documentation burden for providers conducting virtual behavioral health appointments.

A Charlotte, N.C.-based behavioral health services provider was indicted on federal charges for allegedly defrauding South Carolina's Medicaid program and falsely obtaining COVID-19 relief funds.  

Geisinger’s new Addiction Medicine Program received a $2.5 million federal grant, the company said in a Sept. 20 news release.

A new behavioral health facility is scheduled to open at the end of the year in Fort Collins, Colo., according to a Sept. 20 report from the Coloradoan.

Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora, Colo., has expanded its partnership with electronic health record solutions company CliniComp to encompass behavioral health.

Opus EHR has partnered with Nabra to integrate the AI-powered clinical note-generation tool Nabla Copilot into its platform to ease the administrative burden on clinical behavioral health treatment professionals.

The University of New England in Biddeford, Maine, has received a $2 million gift from the Judy Glickman Lauder Foundation for a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program.

Here are eight behavioral health projects and grants that Becker's has covered since Aug. 25:

Detroit-based Corktown Health is opening a clinic focused on LGBTQ+ and underserved patients in Hazel Park, Mich., The Oakland Press reported Sept. 16.