New York City-based Montefiore Health System is launching seven new outpatient programs to better support urgent mental health needs, pregnancy-related anxiety and depression, and eating disorders. The programs will be funded by more than $18 million from the state and…
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Mount Sinai aims for its Center for Stress, Resilience and Personal Growth to be a “beacon” for healthcare workers seeking mental health support. The center was formed to support Mount Sinai’s employees at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now,…
HHS has renewed the public health emergency declaration for the nation’s opioid crisis, extending key federal response efforts for 90 days. The PHE had been set to end March 21. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. emphasized the urgency of…
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Aundrea Lewis, RN, has resigned as CEO of UofL Health-Peace Hospital in Louisville, Ky., effective April 18. Ms. Lewis has been with UofL Health for 18 years, more than two of which she served as CEO of the behavioral health…
Oregon State Police are investigating a patient death that occurred March 18 at Oregon State Hospital in Salem, a psychiatric facility managed by the Oregon Health Authority, according to a report from the Salem Statesman Journal. Police told the news…
Everett, Wash.-based Compass Health has named Janet Carbary as CFO. Ms. Carbary was most recently vice president of finance at Mill Creek, Wash.-based IRG Physical and Hand Therapy, according to her LinkedIn profile. As CFO, Ms. Carbary will advance Compass…
To the alarm of some physicians, an online do-it-yourself subculture has risen focused on quitting psychiatric medications, The New York Times reported March 17. The deprescribing movement first began about 25 years ago with peer-support groups forming around withdrawing from…
Fewer than half of Medicaid managed care plans cover all four FDA-approved treatments for alcohol use disorder, a study published March 13 in JAMA Network Open found. Medicaid-managed care plans are the largest payer of addiction treatment services, according to…
King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services has purchased Palo Verde Behavioral Health Center in Tucson, Ariz. for $19.1 million, AZBigMedia reported March 18. UHS had previously leased the majority of the 84,000-square-foot facility. The company operates an 84-bed acute…