Mental health medical claims rose 83% from 2019 to 2023, according to a report from LexisNexis Risk Solutions.
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Mergers and acquisitions in the behavioral health space hit their highest level in more than a year in the first quarter of 2024, according to a May 16 report from Mertz Taggart.
California will make $3.3 billion in funding for mental health treatment sites available months ahead of schedule.
Mental health disparities could cost the U.S. a total of $14 trillion by 2040, according to an analysis from the Deloitte Health Equity Institute and the School of Global Health at Nashville, Tenn.-based Meharry Medical College.
University of Washington Medicine opened a 150-bed, $244 million behavioral health facility in Seattle.
Few states received a passing grade on maternal mental health in the latest ranking from George Washington University the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health.
Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health was selected as the new clinical contractor for Hampstead (N.H.) Hospital and Residential Treatment Facility.
Walgreens launched its own over-the-counter generic naloxone HCl nasal spray.
Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network and King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services will open a 144-bed behavioral hospital in Hanover Township, Pa.
Rhode Island officials kept children in a behavioral hospital designed for short stays for weeks or months at a time, rather than move them to more appropriate care settings, the Justice Department alleged.