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Archived Becker's Behavioral Health Report E-Newsletters

April 25, 2024

• Optum shutters telehealth business | Feds investigate McKinsey's role in opioid crisis | CMS adds behavioral wait-time standards in Medicaid | UPMC to lay off 1,000 | 10 states with the best in-network parity for psychiatrists

April 24, 2024

• White House issues suicide prevention plan | Joint Commission's new accreditation | Behavioral clinic owner gets jail time in $15M scheme | Hospitals slam noncompete ban | 4 Ozempic updates

April 23 2024

• Elevance gets $400M behavioral contract | Top 45 healthcare workplaces for mental health: Newsweek | Unlicensed therapist gets prison time for fraud | Optum enacts layoffs | Healthcare's 'mind-numbing' burden

April 18, 2024

• States with least access to in-network psychiatrists | Lifepoint, Mercy Health plan joint psych hospital | Exec pay at HCA, CHS, Tenet, UHS | Cigna puts $27M to mental health | The 8 a.m. meeting debate

April 17, 2024

• FTC, Cerebral reach $15M settlement | Colo. psych hospital faces closure | Acadia opens 100-bed hospital | 100 top hospitals: Fortune

April 16, 2024

• Lawsuit over UnitedHealth's behavioral parity revived | Weight loss drugs not tied to suicidal thoughts: EU | Union alleges behavioral violations by Kaiser | 29 specialties ranked by pay

April 11, 2024

• 5 behavioral health closures | 150 top places to work in healthcare | $357M Texas psychiatric hospital opens | FDA clears 1st app for depression | States facing most risk from private equity

April 10, 2024

• Congress drags feet on behavioral telehealth | Utah psychiatric hospital to close | 12 new behavioral health sites to know | A possible Ozempic baby boom

April 9, 2024

• Calif. system to close inpatient behavioral unit | CMS finalizes MA behavioral requirements | Psychiatrist pay, state by state | Fortune: 8 best healthcare companies to work for

April 4, 2024

• Behavioral health's biggest challenges in 2023: Joint Commission | Acadia names CMO | Hospitals prepare for solar eclipse | OIG: Dire shortages of behavioral providers in Medicare

April 3, 2024

• UHS to challenge $535M negligence verdict | Mayo's stewardship approach to the opioid crisis | Mental health urgent cares pop up everywhere | 35 healthcare billionaires

April 2, 2024

• CMS: Raise inpatient psychiatric payments | Acadia buys 3 N.C. treatment centers | The cities with the most, fewest mental health providers | Okla. breaks ground on $150M mental health hospital

March 28, 2024

• The state of mental healthcare in 2024 | Acadia, Tufts break ground on joint hospital | 9 healthcare nuances that defy simple criticism | National Association for Behavioral Healthcare names next chair

March 27, 2024

• 10 states with worst youth mental healthcare | Overdose deaths hit new high | 14 hospitals, health systems raising pay | 21 most innovative health systems

March 26, 2024

• HHS to Congress: Keep behavioral telehealth flexibilities | 7 leadership moves | 20 hospitals, systems where charity care exceeds tax breaks | Counseling center owner pleads guilty to fraud

March 21, 2024

• Calif. approves $6.4B mental health proposal | Minn. hospital to close outpatient behavioral services | Lawmakers question unspent mental health funding | The '3rd generation' of weight loss drugs

March 20, 2024

• CDC: 6 ways to prevent burnout | 3 behavioral health private equity deals | Most, least stressed states | $50M behavioral center to open in Fla. | Medicine's 'professionalism' conundrum

March 19, 2024

• Best states for youth mental healthcare | Acadia is 'acquirer of choice,' CEO says | 2 workers assaulted at N.H. behavioral hospital | Psychiatry residency spots up | 11 hospitals closing departments

March 14, 2024

• US needs a mental health moonshot, 1 CEO says | 6 mental health startups among Forbes's best | SAMHSA's $8.1B budget | $62M behavioral hospital planned | How Change cyberattack could transform healthcare

March 13, 2024

• Hospitals fall short on suicide prevention | Ohio behavioral hospital closes | PE firm buys 3 behavioral cos. | 9 Ozempic updates | 7 underrated healthcare jobs

March 12, 2024

• 8 mental health items in Biden's $7.3 trillion budget | Ind. hospital to close inpatient behavioral unit | 79 best hospitals for patients | HHS puts $50M to rural opioid treatment

March 07, 2024

• Cigna launches outpatient practice | 5 new addiction treatment centers | Valleywise reopens some mental health beds | Behavioral health market to hit $107B | The best states for access to therapy

March 06, 2024

• HHS intervenes in Change hack | Rogers Behavioral Health names new COO | Still room to improve in area of staffing | New guidance on measurement-informed care

March 05, 2024

• Calif. voters head to polls on mental health | Patient, 3 staff charged in patient death | $110M behavioral health building hits milestone | NIMH director to step down | Bill aims to add 1K GME positions

February 29, 2024

• LifeStance closes 82 clinics | 5 cities with highest, lowest suicide rates | 43 US hospitals among world's best | Acadia posts $58M net income in Q4

February 28, 2024

• More providers eligible for Medicaid dollars | 4 behavioral health closures | Acadia acquires 72-bed treatment center | 5 cities with highest, lowest depression rates

February 27, 2024

• $37M tagged for behavioral health capacity | 7 new behavioral health projects | Feds settle ransomware probe with behavioral practice | 46 healthcare jobs, ranked by opportunity

February 22, 2024

• Ill., N.Y. pitch tougher behavioral health rules for insurers | Utah nixes behavioral hospital sale | 1 dead after incident at Texas behavioral hospital | 10 hospitals with longest ED visit times

February 21, 2024

• Psychiatry among most depressed specialties | Psychiatrists per capita, by state | Acadia breaks ground on Fla. hospital | 418 rural hospitals at risk of closing

February 20, 2024

• Md. replaces Optum on $340M behavioral contract | Joint Commission's 5 behavioral health goals | Americans overdo 'alone time' | Healthcare's Oppenheimer moment

February 15, 2024

• 5 new behavioral health projects | PE activity dropped in '23 | Fla. bill to fund teaching hospitals advances | 6 Ozempic updates

February 14, 2024

• 5 regulatory updates to know | N.J. seizes $6.4M from mental health CEO | Acadia plans 144-bed Fla. hospital | Montefiore's mental health game plan

February 13, 2024

• Investors 'throwing' money at behavioral health | Johns Hopkins probes blood test for psychiatric disorders | HHS bolsters patient confidentiality | 12 hospitals cutting jobs

February 8, 2024

• Weight loss drugs linked to lower likelihood of depression | 4 ways Kaiser is building the behavioral workforce | Teen drug overdoses rise | NYC hospital closure is a real estate ploy: Lawsuit

February 7, 2024

• How 3 systems are tackling alcohol use disorder | Psychiatrist convicted of $1.2M Medicaid fraud | Capacity worsens in healthcare's darling state | 15 states add mobile crisis intervention

February 6, 2024

• Cedars-Sinai launches AI therapy on Apple's Vision Pro | 13 states increase psychiatric beds | The 24-year-old running a Colo. hospital | Healthcare job growth hits 32-year high

February 1, 2024

• Optum closes eating disorder clinics | Provider mental health funding up in Congress | Psychologist pleads guilty to $1.6M Medicaid fraud | Biogen abandons Aduhelm

January 31, 2024

• 9 new behavioral health facilities | Contaminated medical products tied to early Alzheimer's | How hospital execs can support behavioral care | Signing bonuses for 13 healthcare jobs

January 30, 2024

• Where psychiatric beds are declining | Google partners with Ill. on behavioral health | Bill could ax in-person telehealth requirements | 1 in 10 mental health providers fully online

January 25, 2024

• Psychiatry's burnout ranking | Behavioral health M&A could pick up | Cleveland Clinic confiscated 30K weapons last year | HHS pushes for mental health services in schools

January 24, 2024

• 3 mental health roles among Indeed's best jobs | Workplace mental health programs fall short | Bill targets CEO-worker pay gaps | The best, worst states to retire

January 23, 2024

• CMS plans behavioral health integration model | Healthgrades' top 50 hospitals | Common antidepressant costs rising | Talkspace, teachers, team up on mental health

January 18, 2024

• 36 great psychiatry programs | Cleveland Clinic preps for psychedelic medicine | Calif. launches behavioral health platforms | Healthcare's best-paying jobs

January 17, 2024

• 13 new behavioral health projects | Mayo launches weight loss drug telehealth service | 2 behavioral health providers plan merger | The least expensive states for psychotherapy

January 11, 2024

• ADHD med use spiked during pandemic | Eli Lilly weight loss platform sparks concerns | 15 most expensive states for family therapy | States ranked by preventable hospital stays

January 10, 2024

• Acadia, Ascension plan Texas expansion | Healthcare's best jobs in '24 | NY plans Medicaid overhaul: 3 behavioral notes | 15 most expensive states for psychotherapy

January 09, 2024

• Best states for therapy access | Ozempic not tied to increased risk of suicidal thoughts | Cerebral pays restitution to consumers | 10 healthcare names awarded for bad behavior

January 04, 2024

• Medicaid could pay for more behavioral healthcare | Pa. hospital cited for closing psychiatric unit | Patient dies at Minn. mental health facility | Who sends the most EHR messages?

January 03, 2024

• Why some Calif. mental health centers are closing | ARC Health's '23 buying spree | Ore. hospital patient death probed | 12 healthcare trends in '24

January 02, 2024

• Behavioral CEO indicted in $29M fraud scheme | Wash. hospital to close mental health unit | 6 new MA behavioral health regulations | 10 trending Google health searches

December 21, 2023

• 15 behavioral health closures in 2023 | How Providence provides employees mental healthcare | Some employers scrap year-end bonuses | Anxiety rates in children by state

December 20, 2023

• 121 new behavioral health facilities | The worst states for therapy access | 3 behavioral MCOs to merge in NC | 5 behavioral health payment changes in '24

December 19, 2023

• Joint Commission updates suicide definition | Ascension hospital closes psych unit | 68 behavioral health leader moves | Healthcare's most stressful jobs

December 14, 2023

• Headway reaches all 50 states | Wash. allocates $464M for mental health | 19 best-managed healthcare cos. | The extent of US mental healthcare gaps

December 13, 2023

• Ore. systems press state on mental healthcare | Blue Shield of Calif.'s plan to improve mental health | Optum exec exits | The fastest rising mental health conditions

December 12, 2023

• 20 new addiction treatment centers in 2023 | Patients' mental health symptoms worsening | Hospitals' latest PR concern: Netflix | The case for 'bare minimum Mondays'

December 07, 2023

• Fortune's 15 top systems | Calif. system to lay off 160 | Suicide rates by state | 47 most responsible healthcare cos.: Newsweek

December 06, 2023

• Depression rates by state | Leapfrog's 132 top hospitals | Optum's behavioral strategy: 3 notes | 100 hospitals, health systems cutting jobs

December 05, 2023

• Calif. behavioral health provider to lay off 86 | 50 states ranked by health | 7 behavioral health projects in 8 days | HCA to buy bankrupt Texas hospital

November 30, 2023

• Nurses ask Seattle Children's to quell behavioral unit violence | Active psychiatrists per state | CMS boosts access to behavioral providers | 60 Baptist execs take buyout

November 29, 2023

• Suicides hit record high: CDC | Cleveland Clinic boosts mental health acumen | Mayo plans $5B expansion | Forbes' 30 under 30 in healthcare

November 28, 2023

• WellSpan's biggest behavioral win | 72 hospitals closing departments, ending services | 8 mental health stories to know | Ascension nurses plan more strikes

November 22, 2023

• Mass General Brigham boosts behavioral provider pay | Fearing violence, Catholic hospitals remove crosses | Talkspace gets $26M for NYC mental health platform | 8 behavioral health billing fraud cases

November 21, 2023

• Why Cleveland Clinic answered TikTok's call | 8 behavioral health projects in 10 days | CommonSpirit plans 4 new behavioral sites | 15 'overpaid' healthcare CEOs

November 16, 2023

• How 1 health system de-escalates workplace violence | Will healthcare embrace young nurses? | UpLift acquires online psychiatry provider | 20 best cities to retire

November 15, 2023

• Behavioral health Medicaid gets boost | Mental health app market to reach $6.5B | Former patient charged in nurse's death | 15 most, least overweight states

November 14, 2023

• 6 new behavioral health centers | Nurse bullying on the rise | Jury awards $261M in John Hopkins Netflix case | Counties with the greatest maternal mental health risk

November 09, 2023

• White House unveils 'recovery ready' workplace plan | Senate moves behavioral health bill forward | 2 Acadia execs on the importance of data | Physicians warn against 'bone smashing'

November 08, 2023

• Northwell plans $500M youth mental health initiative | 20 states with the fewest psychiatrists | Leapfrog's 11 'F' hospitals | Amazon launches One Medical for Prime

November 07, 2023

• Medicare will pay more behavioral health providers in '24 | 18 straight-'A' hospitals | 3 behavioral health centers to combine | 5 behavioral health partnerships to know

November 02, 2023

• 10 hospitals with longest, shortest ED visit times | Acadia to pay $400M settlement | Walmart's 1st health system partner | OU Health builds new behavioral health facility

November 01, 2023

• CDC tackles healthcare worker burnout | Mount Sinai to close Beth Israel | George Mason opens 2 behavioral health centers | 7 behavioral health exec moves

October 31, 2023

• 5 new behavioral health facilities | 4,500+ CVS, Walgreens employees walkout | Behavioral health market to reach $115B by 2030 | BetterHelp's growth slows

October 26, 2023

• 41 states sue Meta over youth mental health | Healthcare workers struggling with anxiety | The best hospital in every state | Providence bridges care gaps

October 25, 2023

• Apple eyes mental health | Talkspace names CMO | Ga. hospital opens 1st-of-its-kind med-psych unit | 146 hospitals ranked by nurse satisfaction

October 24, 2023

• UnitedHealth fined for mental health parity violations | 44 hospitals with the most ED visits | 10 addiction treatment updates | MRI scanner pins nurse at Kaiser hospital

October 19, 2023

• 11K behavioral providers left workforce | Hospital CEO pay hits the Hill | BlueSprig acquires Trumpet Behavioral Health | States ranked by smoking prevalence

October 18, 2023

• Harvard, Cleveland Clinic use TikTok for mental health education | States ranked by poor mental health days | $124M in behavioral health grants | Pa. hospital probes patient death

October 17, 2023

• Kaiser pays $200M for behavioral health violations | Billions in mental health funding on Calif. ballot | 7 new behavioral health projects | 10 best, worst states for healthcare

October 12, 2023

• 10 behavioral facility openings | Kaiser workers warn of 2nd strike | NC gets $15M for behavioral health | 8 coolest things in healthcare

October 11, 2023

• 10 behavioral facility closures | Kaiser to cut dozens of jobs | Texas residential program pauses after mistreatment allegations | Highest-paying healthcare jobs in 30 cities

October 10, 2023

• Cincinnati Children's plans $15M behavioral institute | Headway raises $125M | General Catalyst eyes health system acquisition | 5 women's mental health stats

October 05, 2023

• Ascension closes Texas outpatient center | LA County to add 3K mental health beds | 75K Kaiser workers strike | 11 behavioral health exec moves

October 04, 2023

• HCA closes Fla. mental health facility | $115M mental health research facility to open | Tenet workers prepare to strike | The richest people in healthcare

October 03, 2023

• 75K Kaiser workers prepare to strike | Calif. rolls out mental health court | Behavioral conditions with fastest-growing demand | Projected labor shortages for 6 healthcare roles

September 28, 2023

• Behavioral health clinic to close | What leaders need to know about the opioid epidemic | HHS preps for shutdown | Sign-on bonuses for 9 physician specialties

September 27, 2023

• Healthcare workers with highest suicide risk | NC behavioral provider indicted on fraud charge | LA County adds 3K behavioral beds | 58 best healthcare employers: US News

September 26, 2023

• 75,000 Kaiser workers plan strike | Biden puts $206M toward youth mental health | Houston psych facility closes | CommonSpirit cuts 2K jobs

September 21, 2023

• Amazon's pay for 11 healthcare jobs | Geisinger addiction program gets $2.5M grant | CVS Health survey: 6 notes | $43M facility set to open in Colo.

September 20, 2023

• Opus integrates AI into EHR | 8 new behavioral health centers | Ascension pares down amid $3B loss | Depression in the US: 4 things to know

September 19, 2023

• Sweeping reforms to go before Calif. voters | 5 states with the highest, lowest suicide rates | 8 projects and grants totaling $98M | Meet Marvin Behavioral Health's leaders

September 14, 2023

• 5 states with highest, lowest depression rates | ND hospital to reopen behavioral unit after 13 years | World's 20 'smartest' hospitals | 25 largest psych hospitals in US

September 13, 2023

• Okla. plans $147M behavioral hospital | Psych practice settles fraud claims for $1.9M | A healthcare quality blind spot | Yale to expand LGBTQ mental health therapy nationwide

September 12, 2023

• Avg. pay for 28 behavioral health roles | MultiCare unveils teen therapy program | 10 happiest states | Calif. system offers physicians teletherapy | 24/7 crisis center to open in Md.

September 07, 2023

• Allwell settles lawsuit for $650K | Fortune's best places to work in healthcare | Banner Health partners with EvolvedMD | 10 largest psychiatric hospitals in the US

September 06, 2023

• CMS debuts pop health payments | Mental health market to hit $560B by 2030 | 1 in 3 patients don't get preferred treatment mode | $6.8M OK'd for Cleveland crisis center

September 05, 2023

• 5 leaders on National Recovery Month | 3 Ariz. employees charged with patient abuse | Neb. lawmaker seeks changes at 'dangerous' hospital | 9 hospitals renewing mask policies

August 31, 2023

• Clinician files whistleblower suit | 10 members join Harvard initiative | UM Medicine developing opioid overdose vaccines | Ohio grants $5M to expand care

August 30, 2023

• Yale settles discrimination lawsuit | $77M center in Mass. proposed | Ore. behavioral health hospital to close | How 4 Fla. hospitals prepared for Idalia

August 29, 2023

• Ore. hospital workers votes to unionize | HCA, Google partner | 22 Wash. counties file lawsuit over lack of services | NH ends prior auth requirement for crises

August 24, 2023

• Hospitals revisit mask rules | Crisis patients held for 6 days in NJ | Behavioral health hospital breaks ground in Fla. | Nev. sets sights on closed hospital

August 23, 2023

• UCSF hospital expands | Mental health spending jumps 50% | Wis. clinic receives $4.7M gift | What Nev. faces as worst state for mental health

August 22, 2023

• ARC Health adds Seattle practice | Iowa hospital eyed as behavioral health facility | 10 most common mental health diagnoses | Acorn Health appoints CEO

August 17, 2023

• Texas facility to open in 2025 | Hawaii official talks mental health amid tragedy | Ind. system announces data breach | Calif. adjusts spending proposal

August 16, 2023

• Feds halt research at Columbia U affiliate | Carebridge named fastest-growing co. | The widest CEO-worker pay gaps | Mental health software sales to hit $8B

August 15, 2023

• White House earmarks $88M for mental health | Ark. psychiatrist faces 31 lawsuits | Merger will create 2nd largest MCO in NC | 7 behavioral health tech updates

August 10, 2023

• Congress eyes behavioral health EHR bill | Odyssey opens 34-bed facility | Iowa medical center doubles inpatient behavioral health capacity | Ore. signs 4 mental health bills

August 09, 2023

• Wash. buys hospital for $30M | Tufts to expand access to care | Ill. system lays off 20% of leadership | 5 regulation updates

August 08, 2023

• 15-bed unit opens in SC | 'Forever CEOs' being phased out | 1st Calif. county meets inmate healthcare requirements | Top 7 hospitals for psychiatry: US News

August 03, 2023

• AHA: CMS pay bump not enough | NJ allocates $120M to mental health | 9 new behavioral health centers in July | Mount Sinai to study stress + heart disease

August 02, 2023

• Alaska hospital grapples with staffing crisis | 8 notes on psychiatrist wealth | Mo. hospital launches $150M youth initiative | Nonprofit gets $6.4M for Calif. detox center

August 01, 2023

• Patients file lawsuit after 3 deaths | UHS cherry-picks patients, CFO says | $30M Calif. mental health program shuts down | 22 best hospitals: US News

July 27, 2023

• OSHA investigates Fla. psychiatric facility | 483 hospitals with 5 stars from CMS | Mont. to revamp behavioral health system | States ranked by mental illness access

July 26, 2023

• White House backs mental health coverage equity | Iowa getting $55M behavioral health hospital | Pa. allocates $100M to student mental health | Best states for self-reported mental health | 25 largest psychiatric hospitals

July 25, 2023

• NeuroFlow acquires BHL parent co. | NYC Health + Hospitals plans behavioral health expansion | CMS OKs crisis intervention teams in 2 states | 13 behavioral health exec moves

July 20, 2023

• $10M earmarked for Del. opioid crisis | San Diego allocates $44M to behavioral health housing | Salaries for 50 healthcare jobs | Report examines mental health disparities

July 19, 2023

• UHS adds Oracle Cerner EHR to 200 facilities | NPs sue Calif. over use of 'Dr.' | Mental health facility owner pleads guilty to $3.3M fraud | $90M campus to replace Texas psychiatric hospital

July 18, 2023

• CMS proposes behavioral healthcare expansion | Mental health bill advances for law enforcement | National crisis line gets 5M texts, calls, chats in 1st year | NH hospitals settle ER boarding lawsuit

July 13, 2023

• Mental health, addiction top rural health concerns | 128-bed facility opens in Calif. | Ill. behavioral health urgent care expands staff | Navy personnel get better access to mental healthcare

July 12, 2023

• Miss. psychiatric beds at capacity | Texas behavioral health center gifted $25M | 10 least stressed US cities | WVU Medicine gets $2.2M grant | Cigna's plan for behavioral health

July 11, 2023

• Wash. agency fined $100M for treatment failures | 10 most stressed US cities | States ranked by access to mental healthcare | NYC system gifted $35M for youth mental health services

July 06, 2023

• Optum, Beacon sue over $1.2B lost behavioral health contract | 211-bed Calif. psychiatric hospital to close | Colo. behavioral health facility gets 2nd 'immediate jeopardy' designation | 65% of Medicare Advantage plans cover 25% of in-network psychiatrist

July 05, 2023

• Acadia, SolutionHealth to build $60M hospital | Most dangerous mental healthcare trends from 8 leaders | UPMC behavioral health hospital opens $16M expansion | Headspace lays off 15% of employees

June 29, 2023

• Texas mental health workers unionization | Drug overdose deaths, by state | HHS awards $31.5M for youth behavioral health | $85M Mich. psychiatric hospital complete | Mental health startup debuts with $115M

June 28, 2023

• Magellan inks $1.2B behavioral health contract | 5 reasons patients aren't getting care | 2 charged in breach of recovery center IT system | 10 best, worst states for mental healthcare

June 27, 2023

• Behavioral health workforce in 10 stats | Best, worst states for mental healthcare access | El Paso gets $50M for psychiatric ER | Ky. system names new CEO

June 22, 2023

• Center for Autism and Related Disorders files for bankruptcy | BCBS partners for youth mental health | 10 least stressed states | HHS advises on long COVID's mental health symptoms

June 21, 2023

• 10 most stressed states | Mental health system will be challenged 'in ways we have yet to imagine' | 14% pay bump for mental health NPs | Calif. lawmakers want 10K more mental health beds | 33% turnover rate for behavioral health administrative employees

June 20, 2023

• UnitedHealth sees behavioral health boom persist | 5 behavioral health hospitals closing, restructuring | Oregon Health Authority mishandled federal mental health funds: Audit | Acadia, Bronson open facility

June 15, 2023

• US depression rates hit record highs | SC invests $100M in behavioral health facility | 10 best med schools for psychiatrists | Baystate closes psych units | UNC launches suicide reduction program

June 14, 2023

• Behavioral health drives 41% of healthcare spend | Psychiatrist pay for all 50 states | U of Colorado Hospital to add 40 behavioral health beds | Children's mental health in 15 numbers

June 13, 2023

• Behavioral health system CEO resigns | Cityblock lays off 155 | BCBS of Texas adds thousands of behavioral providers | Trinity, UHS partner on behavioral health hospital | 36 keys to retain, attract labor without breaking the bank

June 08, 2023

• Miss. hospital ends behavioral health services | 10 best, worst states for mental healthcare | $85M Mich. psychiatric hospital to open | 5 behavioral health closures | Casa Palmera names CEO 

June 07, 2023

• The top 10 mental health diagnoses | HHS publishes standards for mental health peer workers | Where psychiatrists earn the most | 2 behavioral health groups report data breaches | Psychiatrists per capita for all 50 states

June 06, 2023

• Behavioral health hospital to close, layoff 288 employees | 25 stats on psychiatrist pay | Trinity Health Michigan, UHS partner on behavioral health hospital | Tufts names psychiatrist-in-chief | Miss. hospital to cut behavioral health services

June 01, 2023

• Average pay for psychiatrists, nurses + more | Behavioral health boosts UPMC's health plan | 10 states with the most psychiatrists per capita | Consolidation could harm the workforce : Exec

May 31, 2023

• 10 highest-paying cities for psychiatrists | 'We must do better' protecting mental health of providers: Exec | 100 hospitals with the highest cash rates for mental health | 10 states with the fewest psychiatrists per capita

May 30, 2023

• Psychiatrist pay jumps 8% | US cities with highest, lowest suicide rates | Decrease physician turnover by 40% | 100 hospitals with best Medicaid rates for mental health | Are the healthiest cities in America the happiest?

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