A total of 23 hospitals will receive Medicare-supported psychiatric residency slots.
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Brian Setzer, former executive vice president of health and wellness at Walmart, has been named CEO of Nashville, Tenn.-based Newport Healthcare, effective Dec. 9.
The Department of Justice has reached a settlement with Maine to resolve allegations it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by segregating children with behavioral health conditions in state-run residential facilities.
Headspace has laid off around 13% of its employees, a spokesperson told Becker's.
Removing Medicare and Medicaid funding restrictions on inpatient behavioral health treatment and easing telehealth restrictions could make addiction treatment more accessible, according to the American Hospital Association.
Fewer than 1 in 5 US adults can accurately recall the number for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, a survey from the Annenburg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania found.
The strike by Kaiser Permanente mental health workers has entered its fifth week, with the union filing a complaint with the California Department of Public Health regarding alleged patient care violations caused by understaffing, KPBS reported Nov. 19.
Behavioral health urgent care clinics are growing in popularity in the last five years as a way to provide mental health care outside of EDs.
Health systems are closing small behavioral health units, and a major telehealth provider is shifting back to brick-and-mortar clinics.