Orlando Health and Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare have broken ground on a new 144-bed behavioral health hospital in Apopka, Fla.
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Maryland has selected Elevance Health's Carelon to administer mental health and substance use disorder services under its public behavioral health system, which is currently administered by UnitedHealth's Optum. Optum did not submit a bid to be considered for the new contract.
The city of New York has filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms, Alphabet, Snap and TikTok owner ByteDance, alleging the social media companies have contributed to the youth mental health crisis, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 14.
The Florida State Senate moved forward with a plan Feb. 13 that would designate $114 million to behavioral health teaching hospitals across the state, PBS affiliate WUFT reported Feb. 15.
Proposed legislation would designate four behavioral health teaching hospitals in Florida, the Tampa Bay Business Journal reported Feb. 14.
Here are five new behavioral health projects and programs that Becker's has reported on so far in February:
Jeanne Lackamp, MD, has been named director of the University Hospitals Behavioral Health Institute, in addition to appointments as psychiatrist in chief and chair of the department of psychiatry for UH.
Overall healthcare-focused private equity activity saw a 16.2% year-over-year decrease in 2023, according to PitchBook's "Healthcare Services Report" published Feb. 8.
Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare purchased $9 million worth of land in St. Johns, Fla., with plans to build a 144-bed hospital, the Jacksonville Daily Record reported Feb. 13.
A program administrator for a Washington, D.C.-based mental health services provider was sentenced to five years in prison for a Medicaid fraud scheme.