Hospitals and health systems invested in new inpatient and outpatient behavioral health projects in 2024, and new substance use treatment and other clinics opened across the U.S.
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California lawmakers introduced legislation to require social media companies to display warnings about potential mental health risks
West Palm Beach-based HCA Florida JFK North Hospital is facing scrutiny from local officials after it stopped accepting Baker Act hospitalized children younger than 12, The Palm Beach Post reported Dec. 10.
CMS will bump payment rates for inpatient behavioral health services and make other adjustments to reimbursement in 2025.
Acadia Healthcare's methadone clinics fraudulently billed Medicaid and other insurers for therapy sessions that did not take place, The New York Times alleged in an investigation published Dec. 7.
Grand Junction, Colo.-based West Springs Psychiatric Hospital had its state licensure fully restored after nearly 30 inspections, The Daily-Sentinel reported Dec. 8.
California has appointed Will Lightbourne to lead the state's Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.
Two properties owned by Retreat Behavioral Health could be sold by the end of the month, the LancasterOnline reported Dec. 6.
Insurers are failing to comply with parity laws for substance use disorders, the American Medical Association alleged.
A recent study reveals that decades of exposure to leaded gasoline — especially during childhood — have left lasting harm on the mental health of Americans, particularly for Generation X, according to a Dec. 4 news release published in Duke…