Bangor, Maine-based Northern Light Acadia Hospital has received $500,000 to expand its behavioral health services, Bangor Daily News reported April 4.
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A lawsuit against UnitedHealthcare, United Behavioral Health and MultiPlan for allegedly underpaying claims for mental health treatment has been dropped, Bloomberg Law reported April 3.
Physicians have the highest suicide rate of any professionals and among all specialties, psychiatrists were among the second-most likely to have suicidal thoughts, according to a report from Medscape.
Here are 16 newly opened or announced behavioral health facilities reported by Becker's in April:
Katharine Woods, DO, has been named chief medical officer of the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals and Eleanor Slater Hospital in Cranston.
The privatization of the mental health workforce will have the most significant effect on marginalized communities, according to a recent report from Cornell University.
Daniel Bard, a closing pitcher for Major League Baseball team the Colorado Rockies, has been placed on the injured list to start the season for mental health reasons, according to a March 30 news report from ESPN.
David McIntosh has been appointed CEO of Indianapolis-based Hopebridge Autism Therapy Centers, which has locations across 12 states.
Medicaid reimbursement rates are set by individual states, and they vary wildly between states. Nebraska's Medicaid rates are the best in the nation, at 167 percent the equivalent Medicare rate and more than double the national average.
A new bill in Idaho would only allow first responders to use naloxone drug overdose kits, Longview News-Journal reported April 1.