Behavioral health providers can better support veterans by eliminating as many barriers to access as possible, one Veterans Affairs behavioral health leader says.
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Sunnyside, Wash.-based Astria Health has broken ground on a 14-bed expansion to the behavioral health unit at Astria Toppenish (Wash.) Hospital.
UnitedHealth Group's Optum, the largest employer of physicians in the U.S., is expanding its reach in behavioral health.
Walmart has sold MeMD, its virtual behavioral, urgent, and primary care benefits platform to healthcare technology startup Fabric.
Franklin, Tenn.-based Summit Behavioral Healthcare is adding outpatient services across its 37 clinics.
The Maryland Department of Health will pause enrolling some types of behavioral health providers into the state's Medicaid program for six months to address potential fraud, waste and abuse.
New York City-based Montefiore Health System received approval from the state to create a new center for children's mental health.
The Maryland Department of Health plans to terminate its agreement with the Treatment Research Unit at Spring Grove Hospital Center in a move that some worry could reduce schizophrenia treatment options at the center, The Baltimore Sun reported July 1.
Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital has named Doug Leonardo as CEO of its new behavioral hospital.
Most Americans are unaware that primary care providers can provide medications for opioid use disorder, a barrier that could contribute to low rates of medication uptake, a study published June 28 in JAMA Network Open found.