WakeBrook Behavioral Health Facility in Raleigh, N.C., is expecting a four-month delay for crisis services due to a transition in health providers, CBS affiliate WNCN reported Sept. 27.
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Digital video technology platform Videra Health has partnered with Discovery Behavioral Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston to launch an AI-driven online platform addressing relapse for patients in their first year after outpatient treatment.
Appalachian Regional Healthcare has partnered with the University of Kentucky School of Social Work in Lexington to address the behavioral health workforce shortages in rural Kentucky and West Virginia.
Baxter Regional Behavioral Health Clinic in Mountain Home, Ark., will close its doors to patients Oct. 13.
A shift to value-based payments increased the number of behavioral health visits for patients with depression and bipolar disorder and reduced emergency department visits for these conditions and schizophrenia, a study published Sept. 22 in JAMA Health Forum found.
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HHS has sent 25 public health service officers to provide behavioral health services to individuals affected by wildfires in Hawaii.
Bethany for Children & Families in Moline, Ill., and Bridgeview Community Health Center of Clinton, Iowa, are merging to better deliver mental healthcare to residents of the Quad Cities area, NBC affiliate KWQC reported Sept. 25.
Imperial Valley County in California has received $29.4 million across two state grants to expand behavioral health services, the Imperial Valley Press reported Sept. 26.
Los Angeles County has pledged to provide 3,000 more beds for mental health and substance use treatment by 2026 in an attempt to settle a lawsuit seeking more services for homeless people, The Los Angeles Times reported Sept. 26.
Itasca County in Minnesota has terminated its contract with Lakeview Behavioral Health — one of the largest behavioral health providers in the area, The Minnesota Reformer reported Sept. 26.