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Birmingham, Ala.-based addiction treatment and recovery services Bradford Health Services has acquired Southaven, Miss.-based Vertava Health.
A Michigan bill is looking to require insurance companies to cover mental health and substance use care treatment, according to a Nov. 13 report from the Detroit Free Press.
Seventy percent of U.S. counties lack sufficient maternal mental health resources, according to recent data from the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health.
New York has appointed television host Ruth Westheimer, EdD, as the nation's first "ambassador to loneliness."
A Rhode Island social worker pleaded guilty to orchestrating a billing fraud scheme that cost Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers $3.5 million.
The Federal Aviation Administration has formed a committee focusing on the mental health of pilots.