CMS finalized new rules requiring Medicare Advantage plans to maintain adequate numbers of outpatient behavioral health providers in their networks.
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Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health will close its inpatient behavioral unit while a new facility is being constructed, The San-Diego Union Tribune reported April 4.
Primary and urgent care providers at HCA Healthcare can now refer patients to Talkiatry psychiatrists through HCA's EMR.
Although the average annual salary among psychiatrists in the U.S. in 2023 was $256,930, that figure can vary by up to $206,110 depending on the state one practices in.
Behavioral health providers commonly fell short on Joint Commission safety standards to prevent suicide in 2023.
Acadia Healthcare has appointed Stephanie Eken, MD, as chief medical officer.
There aren't enough behavioral health providers participating in Medicare and Medicaid networks, HHS' Office of Inspector General said in a new report.
Twenty-four percent of employees who received mental healthcare in 2023 did so for issues with anxiety, according to a survey by employee assistance provider ComPsych.
The healthcare industry is at the center of the opioid epidemic, and a strategic approach across the field can be the key to addressing it, Holly Geyer, MD, Mayo Clinic Arizona's opioid stewardship chair said.
Acadia Healthcare will partner with Uber Health to provide patients with transportation to Acadia's comprehensive treatment centers.