Medicare payment policies taking effect in 2024 will make around 250,000 more behavioral health providers available to older adults, according to an analysis from the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
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Here are seven new behavioral health projects that Becker's has reported on since Nov. 22:
Ohio-based behavioral health organization CommQuest Services has invested $7 million in its Stark County facilities.
The District of Columbia has the most active psychiatrists per capita, according to data posted to the U.S. Physician Workforce Data Dashboard from the American Association of Medical Colleges.
A new Addiction Recovery Care psychiatric facility has opened in Russell, Ky.
Over 40 nurses at Seattle Children's Hospital are urging the hospital to do more to prevent violence in the psychiatry and behavioral medicine unit.
Eighty-six percent of Americans want their elected officials in Congress to take more steps to address the country's mental health crisis, according to a recent survey from the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
A 24/7 urgent recovery center is opening in Tulsa, Okla., NBC affiliate KJRH reported Nov. 29.
Preferred Family Healthcare has opened a new behavioral health crisis center in Kirksville, Mo., the Kirksville Daily Express reported Nov. 29.
A Connecticut behavioral health clinician has been arrested and charged for submitting false claims to the state's Medicaid program.