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Archived Becker's Behavioral Health Report E-Newsletters

May 25, 2023

• 100 hospitals with best negotiated rates for mental health | 5 behavioral health closures | 'We must do better' for providers: Exec | Mental healthcare is 3rd most skipped service | UHS pays top dollar for behavioral health president

May 24, 2023

• 10 worst states for mental healthcare | Adolescent suicide-related ER visits drop 17% | Study finds racial disparity in addiction treatment | Psychiatry workforce by the numbers | Nurse gets 4 years for swapping pain meds with saline

May 23, 2023

• Psychiatrist vs. psychologist salary | Colo. psych hospital patient death may get 2nd look | Exec sees uptick in unprepared job applicants | $543M+ in mental health investments | The state of children's mental health

May 18, 2023

• Employee ordered to portray active shooter sues psych hospital | Acadia sees 'record patient volumes' | Fentanyl-laced cannabis found in 4 states | Henry Ford Health lowered suicides 70% | Provider shortage a 'contrived payer crisis': Exec

May 17, 2023

• Depression rates hit record highs | Heathcare's 11 highest paid CEOs | Transgender healthcare bans put patients at risk, experts say | Where are psychiatrists paid the most? | Seasonal allergies may affect mental health

May 16, 2023

• 13 best med schools for psychiatry: US News | Nurse kidnapped outside hospital found dead | One community's answer to clinician shortage | Complaints spur probe at NC psych hospital | NFL QB pays 20 families' mental health bills

May 11, 2023

• OSHA: Texas hospital failed to prevent assaults | The 'unnecessary burden' created by transgender care bans | CVS' behavioral health plan for older adults | Lady Gaga-backed group backs student mental health care

May 10, 2023

• Telehealth prescribing leeway extended 6 months | Psychiatrist pay in 2023: 5 notes | Boston hospital probes neglect claim | SSM Health opens children's behavioral hospital | Wis. hospital to close behavioral health unit

May 09, 2023

• $580M in psychotherapy improperly billed to CMS in '20 | Top 10 states for mental healthcare | 11 states with fewer than 100 psychiatrists | 16 stats about children's mental health | 5 states with highest teen drug use rates

May 04, 2023

• Nurses strike at Calif. behavioral health center | Brightline lays off 20% of staff | Talkspace bets big on B2B | 10 worst states for mental healthcare: Forbes | 519 open behavioral health jobs

May 03, 2023

• Nurses' mental health worse than during COVID: Survey | Acadia CMO's path to enhance mental healthcare | Behavioral health group owner gets prison time for $839K fraud | 10 top-paying states for psychiatrists

May 02, 2023

• UHS psych hospital failed to protect staff from violence: Judge | 2020 do-over: What behavioral health leaders would do differently | Acadia in Q1: 6 notes | Ex-Tinder CEO creates well-being app

April 27, 2023

• Psychiatrist pay for all 50 states | Columbia Univ. gets $75M for research hub | 1 exec's hope for mental healthcare | Kepro inks $113M contract to run Va. Medicare program | 15 states with the most mental health deserts

April 26, 2023

• Where behavioral health nurses are paid the most | Behavioral health 'not a personal weakness': CVS exec | Phoenix system adds 5 facilities in 5 months | Discovery VP on closing the physical, mental health gap

April 25, 2023

• Average pay for psychiatrists, nurses | Who's leading the 10 largest psychiatric hospitals | CVS Health expands mental healthcare presence | Behavioral health cos. to 'expand aggressively': Moody's | Psychiatric hospitals ranked by bed count

April 20, 2023

• Psychiatrists need 'updated payment structures': exec | Top 10 psychiatric hospitals by staff size | CVS Minute Clinics getting mental health therapists | Mich. to build $325M psychiatric hospital | Top 7 causes of stress

April 18, 2023

• CMS final rule aimed at improving access to care | Psychiatrist pay up 8% | 25 largest psychiatric hospitals | 3 hospital CEOs who started in behavioral health | Entry level mental health jobs ranked No. 1 for college grads

April 13, 2023

• 1,620 behavioral jobs | Former Cleveland Clinic pharmacist charged with theft | Top 10 states for psychiatrist Medicaid rates | NYC system pays $580K for staff student debt relief | Cost of top psych med schools

April 11, 2023

• Fmr. physician prescribed fatal "Holy Trinity" to teenager | Medicaid underpays psychiatrists in these states — by a lot | How diverse is psychiatry? | Fmr. La. physician gets 15 years for pill mill | Psychiatrist mental health: 5 stats to know

April 06, 2023

• Patient death gets former physician 20 years to life | Mental health class action against UnitedHealthcare dropped | CMS floats psychiatric payment bump | Chelsea Hospital closing behavioral health unit | TV 'Rock Doc' convicted for opioid distribution

April 04, 2023

• DEA's new rule is 'the scarlet telehealth prescription' | Physician gets 8 years for opioid, fraud charges | Calif. to allocate $150M+ for mental health workforce | Psychiatry's workforce: 5 stats | Where behavioral health on college campuses can improve

March 30, 2023

• Jail nurse charged in patient death | How to solve provider shortage | Meet MLB's 1st on-field mental health pro | Nurse burnout: Shortage declared global health emergency

March 28, 2023

• Psychiatry 2nd most recruited specialty | 10 most, least stressed states | Top behavioral health transactions of '22 | 88 psychiatrists among 'Exceptional Women in Medicine' | 5 startups score $42M in 15 days

March 23, 2023

• 3 former psych hospital employees charged with murder of patient | 150 top places to work in healthcare | UHS behavioral health president's strategies to tackle workforce shortage | 10 best, worst states for physicians

March 21, 2023

• 5 obstacles to growth in behavioral health | States ranked by Medicaid behavioral health coverage | 40% of Americans unaware of psych appointment coverage | FTC sues Tenn. physician over addiction treatment ads

March 16, 2023

• UnitedHealth's mental health coverage 'controlled' by finance dept., members say | Deadly xylazine showing up in nonopioid drugs | Geisinger, Acadia name CEO for JV behavioral hospital | 'Telehealth agencies have become our competition,' exec says

March 14, 2023

• What's the mental health of our mental health providers? | 3.2 million caught in Cerebral data breach | D.C. physician gets 15 months prison for opioid dist. leading to patient death | 'We cultivated an environment to be embarrassed,' Atrium CNO says

March 09, 2023

• Physician, wife get 20 years for $280M scheme | NC's $1B behavioral health plan | Ill. vacating psych hospital where 49 charged with felonies | Therapy Brands partners with WebMD | Fmr. NFL star Steve Smith opens behavioral center in Charlotte

March 07, 2023

• 6 arrested after riot at behavioral hospital | 9 mental health TikTok trends | 15 addiction centers close over CEO fraud charges | 5 leaders on primary, behavioral integration | BetterHelp fined $7.8M for allegedly sharing patient data with Facebook

March 02, 2023

• Happiest cities in the US | Brightline partners with Cigna | 17 new mental health facilities | How happy are psychiatrists outside work? | Ore. bill would include those with 'lived mental health experience' in state decision-making

February 28, 2023

• Cerebral lays off 15% of staff | Psychiatrists per capita in all 50 states | Texas youth residential center reopens after abuse inquiry shutdown | 10 most, least expensive states for therapy | Acadia Healthcare adds former Humana VP

February 23, 2023

• Best, worst states for psychiatrist pay | Behavioral hospital investigated after violence, lice complaints | 800% spike in youth mental health crisis spurs Texas hospital teamup | UHS building 2 JV behavioral hospitals worth $107M

February 21, 2023

• 10 best, worst states for mental healthcare | Kaiser mental health therapists end 172-day strike | NY pharmacist pleads guilty to opioid distribution | 2023 average pay for psychiatric NPs, PAs | Mont. rejects free school mental health screening

February 16, 2023

• $3B drop in digital mental health funding | Hospital CEOs cite behavioral challenges as top concern for 2023 | PE-owned Lifepoint adds 18 behavioral hospitals with $250M acquisition | Suicide deaths up 4.8%, CDC says

February 14, 2023

• Lifepoint scoops up 18 behavioral hospitals | 11 cities hit hardest by inflation | Staffing projected as top financial strain for behavioral health in 2023 | UHS, LVHN team up for behavioral health joint venture

February 09, 2023

• Bronson Healthcare, Acadia name CEO of behavioral hospital | 26 mental health expansions, M&As in 2023 | NC launches online registry for behavioral health beds | 15 new mental health facilities

February 07, 2023

• 10 best med schools for psychiatrists | Jill Biden visits Calif. veterans' mental health center | Cigna, Kaiser Permanente invest $34M in OCD platform | Inside NY's $1B+ mental health budget: 11 numbers to know

February 02, 2023

• Centene, LA Care Health to provide mental health services for 1.3M students | BriteLife, BCBS strike partnership | Former Humana leader to chair mental health company | LA Children's earns $2.5M behavioral health grant

January 31, 2023

• CVS launches virtual mental healthcare program | UPMC opens pediatric behavioral health facility | National suicide hotline appoints chief officer | WellSpan facility adds 22 beds | Tulane football coach honored for mental health advocacy

January 26, 2023

• Delphi Behavioral Health closes all Fla. facilities, lays off 130+ | $46M loss prompts ECU Health to close behavioral health unit | Voyages Behavioral Health plans Texas psych hospital | VHC planning $80M mental health, rehab facility in Va.

January 24, 2023

• $1B in MH investments in 2 weeks | UnitedHealthcare launches virtual behavioral benefits through Optum | Cincinnati Children's opens 1st mental health ctr. for heart failure patients | Miss. bill would require MH screening for all students

January 19, 2023

• 10 best states for mental healthcare | NYC Health + Hospitals taps Dr. Omar Fattal to lead behavioral health services | 10 states with the most hospitals at risk of closure | Acadia Healthcare to build 120-bed behavioral health facility in Wis.

January 17, 2023

• 10 worst states for mental healthcare | Psychiatrist named 12th best healthcare job | UnitedHealth integrating behavioral health into more VBC models | Calif. hospital to close behavioral health unit

January 10, 2023

• Fla. physician, medical dir. gets 20 years in prison | NY governor's $1B mental health overhaul | Pa. behavioral center suffers ransomware attack | CVS invests $25M in behavioral health

January 05, 2023

• Mental health by the numbers in 2022 | Texas' $200M psychiatric hospital and 16 other new centers, partnerships | Congress passes bill to stop payers from opting out of mental health coverage | AHA's behavioral health committee names new chairs, members

December 22, 2022

• Where 6 mental health leaders are focusing in 2023 | Providence Sacred Heart laying off 8 psychiatrists | 4 financial trends will drive health system decisions in 2023 | 7 behavioral health closures in 2022

December 20, 2022

• Yale discriminates against students with mental health issues, suit alleges | Congress' last-minute $1.7 trillion omnibus bill: 8 takeaways | 35+ healthcare bankruptcies | Nuvance hospital shouldn't close mental health unit, former psych chair says

December 15, 2022

• Hospitals could save $4B by reducing mental health ED visits | Calif. governor approves $480.5M in youth mental health grants | Talkspace's new CEO and 7 other behavioral health leadership moves | Va. planning $230M mental health overhaul

December 13, 2022

• Meet the psychiatrist who toppled a $32B crypto giant | Patient breaks staff member's leg at Ohio behavioral hospital | $718M+ worth of mental health investments | Cost of pediatric mental telehealth up 20,250%

December 08, 2022

• 1 in 5 high school students considered suicide within last year | The size of 4 payers' mental, behavioral provider networks | Mich. system installing Narcan vending machines | Viewpoint: NYC's involuntary hospitalization violates profession's values

December 06, 2022

• $200M+ psychiatric hospital in Dallas breaks ground | 10 states with the least accessible mental care | 6 recent mental health company M&As, expansions | Centene investing $7.9M in Uvalde mental health

December 01, 2022

• Children's Wisconsin starts $150M integration of mental health into primary care | Cerebral sues former CEO over $49.8M loan | Mental health visits in Mass. double since 2019 | NYC will involuntarily hospitalize people with mental illness

November 29, 2022

• Ind. losing $4B per year on untreated mental illness | Ore. nurses urge DA to investigate Providence for alleged 'wage theft' | Discovery Behavioral Health names pres. of substance use division | NM city planning $44.5M behavioral facility

November 22, 2022

• Feds investigating Okla. mental health services | Spring Health launches EHR for mental health providers | Va. mental health provider pulls out of several school districts | Virtual, in-office or hybrid treatment: 2,295 psychologists weigh in

November 17, 2022

• Behavioral owner gets 12 years in prison | $89M Neb. pediatric mental health center in the works | 46% of psychiatrists feel unable to meet increasing demand | 10 places hiring behavioral health specialists

November 15, 2022

• BCBS of NJ spins off behavioral health co. | 10 states with highest youth depression rates | Optum adds mental health provider to coverage network | Avg. psychiatrist salary in states with highest mental illness rates

November 10, 2022

• 10 states with the fewest psychiatrists per capita | Does more psychiatrists mean better mental health? | Tufts physician charged with attempted child trafficking | Acadia closes 4 Ga. acquisitions | Telehealth to quadruple virtual psychiatry market

November 03, 2022

• CMS abolishes mental health 'direct supervision' rule | Behavioral health's biggest issues | Bradford Health sold to private equity | Dr. Edward Kim named chief medical officer of Orexo | New app uses voice samples to predict, treat mental health issues

October 27, 2022

• Psychiatrist starting pay up 7% | Ill. psychologist convicted of Medicare fraud | 7 young leaders making waves in mental health | America's 10 unhappiest states | Pinterest offering free mental health resources to creators

October 20, 2022

• Kaiser, union reach deal to end 10-week mental health strike | Families allege kids were abused at Alaska psych hospital | 7 steps for mental health startups to rebuild trust | UnitedHealth Group expands behavioral health network by 25%

October 14, 2022

• Former Optum exec to lead CVS behavioral health | World Mental Health Day: 10 facts to know | Chestnut Health to provide behavioral services at transit stations | Mental health startup funding down in 2022 despite megadeal

October 13, 2022

• Chestnut Health to provide behavioral services at transit stations | World Mental Health Day: 10 facts to know | Former Optum exec to lead CVS behavioral health | Mental health startup funding down in 2022 despite megadeal

October 06, 2022

• Nev. behavioral health provider sentenced for Medicaid fraud | 3 behavioral startups nab $195M | Man strangled infants, assaulted staff at Texas hospital | WellSpan's $30M behavioral health expansion: 4 details

September 29, 2022

• The '6th vital sign' healthcare needs to adopt | 10 happiest states | Salary of early-career vs. late-career psychiatrists | Why this CMO is optimistic about the future of behavioral | Acadia, Henry Ford break ground on behavioral hospital

September 22, 2022

• 10 best-paying cities for early-career psychiatrists | NJ mental health clinic owner charged in Medicaid fraud scheme | 10 unhappiest states | Trends behavioral health leaders are buzzing about | Behavioral health market to hit $66B by 2031

September 15, 2022

• 10 best regions for psychiatrist pay | Top 10 psychiatry residency programs | Mental health inequities cost US $278B | 23 behavioral companies leading industry growth | NIH awards $100M for autism research

September 08, 2022

• 8,000 children enrolled in Ohio behavioral health program in 2 months | HHS' $1.69B mental health investment overview | UnitedHealthcare adds 2 mental health startups to accelerator | LifePoint set to acquire majority stake in US Behavioral Partners

September 01, 2022

• Psychiatrist vs. psychologist salary in each state | VBC mends the behavioral health disconnect | Optum, Cigna join $130M therapist practice funding rd. | Cone Health names Dr. Cameron Elgin CNO of behavioral | Top-ranked addiction centers

August 25, 2022

• Calif. pledges $4.7B to kids' MH services | SC mental health dir. resigns | Lack of reimbursement parity the 'root cause' of challenges | PE firm acquires $840M Action Behavior Centers | FDA-cleared 'prescription video game' nabs $163M

August 18, 2022

• Another sexual assault charge for Neb. psychiatrist | A $7.8T work problem | Retailers must pay $650M to 2 Ohio counties for opioid crisis | Mass. mental health overhaul: 11 things to know | Selena Gomez's mental health startup gets $5M

August 11, 2022

• NJ psychiatrist sexually assaulted former patient | Psychiatry wins big in CMS 2023 final rule | Cigna's behavioral network doubled in 5 years | 3 factors driving mental health software market | Amazon adds behavioral health; CVS pursued One Medical 1st

August 04, 2022

• DC psych staff allegedly abused patients | Pa. psych hospital to close | Shuttered Calif. hospital opens with behavioral focus | 9 new behavioral health centers | Abbott's breakthrough deep brain stim treatment

July 28, 2022

• Top 10 hospitals for psychiatry: US News | Addiction ctr. owners guilty in 3 patient OD deaths | CVS Health names Dr. Taft Parsons chief psychiatric officer | 6 behavioral investments in July | UHS financial report: 6 takeaways for behavioral leaders

July 21, 2022

• Texas psychiatrist's license suspended after assault, gun charges | 988 crisis line launch: Are states ready? | 144-bed behavioral health hospital coming to NC | 'El Chapo of Opioids' and 8 other physicians caught putting drugs on the street

July 14, 2022

• CMS proposal would 'significantly' expand mental health access | Digital therapy firms a 'catastrophe waiting to happen' | Physician groups urge primary care, behavioral integration | Psychiatrist guilty in $112M addiction treatment fraud

July 07, 2022

• NY at 'crisis point' with kids' mental healthcare | UCSF opens $60M '1-of-a-kind' anti-stigma psych center | Acadia, Tufts to build Boston behavioral hospital | Payers now required to post negotiated prices | Healthcare sees most job cuts of any industry

June 30, 2022

• Addiction clinic director imprisoned 8 years for $100M fraud | Senate passes mental health bill | Maine needlessly institutionalizes kids | Calif. system gets $76M for new behavioral campus | LA approves $25 min. wage for private healthcare

June 23, 2022

• Mental health VR device is a 'breakthrough': FDA | 10 states with highest mental illness rates | Calif. nurses plan 2nd strike over psych ward closing | Physicians' bad investments | Advocate Aurora Health to cut OB, add behavioral health

June 16, 2022

• 5 injured in 'full-blown riot' at Pa. psych hospital | Chicago's $3.1M mental health expansion to boost services by 1500% | States with the greatest need for mental health providers | 10 recent payer moves | SC overturns $1.6B 340B cut