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States that adopted Medicaid expansion between 2019 and 2023 saw a 21.1% relative increase in buprenorphine treatment rates — or 28.67 per 100,000 residents — to treat opioid disorder, according to a cross-sectional study published Feb. 18 in JAMA Network…

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals has opened a 104-bed Outposted Therapeutic Housing Unit at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue. The unit is designed to treat people in custody with complex medical needs by relocating clinically vulnerable detainees from Rikers…

Google.org, the charitable arm of Alphabet, is committing $30 million over the next three years to support global crisis hotlines, while Google will update its Gemini AI platform with new mental health and crisis support tools. Google said Gemini will…

Health systems and mental healthcare providers are increasingly adopting AI tools to support care delivery, though concerns about safety, job replacement and clinical oversight remain, NPR reported April 7.  Some providers have begun using AI for administrative tasks such as…

Newton, Mass.-based Lumin Health, a provider of interventional behavioral healthcare, has appointed Matthew Mosquera, MD, regional medical director and site director of Lumin Health Cambridge. Dr. Mosquera will oversee clinical quality and consistency across the organization’s Massachusetts clinics. His responsibilities…

Minneapolis-based Sagent Behavioral Health has named Shawna Gisch as CEO, effective April 6.  Ms. Gisch succeeds Mark Peterson, who will continue to serve on the company’s board of directors, according to an April 6 news release from the organization. She…