A group representing large employers is launching a full-court press against proposed mental health parity standards, Politico reported April 22.
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The owner of a Connecticut behavioral health practice was sentenced to 15 months in prison for billing Medicaid for thousands of services he and his staff were not licensed to provide.
Nationwide, people with commercial insurance are nine times more likely to see a psychiatrist not in their insurer's network than a medical or surgical specialist.
California has selected Elevance Health's Carelon Behavioral Health as the administrative services organization for the state's Child and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, Open Minds reported in March.
Sixteen school-based mental health clinics will open within the next six months to offer care to more than 6,000 New York City Public Schools students across the Bronx and Central Brooklyn.
Construction is underway on a 72-bed behavioral facility in Youngstown, Ohio, as a joint venture between Mercy Health and Lifepoint Health.
The Cigna Group will provide $27 million in grant funding for organizations improving youth mental health.
Nationwide, people with commercial insurance are nine times more likely to see a psychiatrist not in their insurer's network than a medical or surgical specialist.
Phoenix-based Valley Hospital, a private psychiatric facility, has tapped Anna Hirsivara as CFO.
Patients are more likely to seek care from out-of-network behavioral health providers than from out-of-network medical or surgical providers, a report from the Research Triangle Institute found.