UTHealth Houston has been approved by the UTHealth system and the state of Texas to open a new school to train behavioral healthcare workers.
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Gaines Township, Mich.-based Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services has acquired Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Cherry Health's employee assistance program contracts, MLive reported March 22.
The North East Independent School District in San Antonio has been granted $2.6 million to fund mental health services for students and families, KSAT reported March 23.
Though merger and acquisition deals were down in 2022, activity is expected to rebound this year, according to VMG Health's 2023 mergers and acquisitions report, released March 21.
Bend Health's virtual pediatric mental health services are now available to more than 170 million people through new partnerships with leading insurers including UnitedHealthcare and Magellan, as well as with employers and health systems.
Psychiatrists were the second most recruited specialty in 2022, according to a new report from Doximity. Child and adolescent psychiatrists also ranked in the top half of the list.
The Washington State Senate has proposed allocating $860 million of the state's budget toward behavioral health initiatives, Peninsula Daily News reported March 23.
Advanced Health Network and Recovery Health Solutions, two affiliated behavioral health independent physician associations, have partnered with Unite Us, a healthcare software company.
Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System is partnering with Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare and the Sisters of Saints Cyril and Methodius congregation to build an inpatient behavioral hospital in Mahoning Township, Pa., pending approval of the final land purchase.
The Louisiana Department of Health may have improperly spent $13 million in behavioral health provider fees, according to a state auditor's report.