Georgia is moving forward with plans to build its largest state psychiatric hospital in decades as officials seek to reduce a growing backlog of forensic patients waiting for court-ordered mental healthcare, according to a July 20 report from the Georgia…
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Behavioral healthcare M&A activity climbed in 2025, and transactions in 2026 suggest continuing activity across the sector. Deal volume rose more than 42% in 2025 with 104 publicly announced transactions, compared to 73 in 2024 and 83 in 2023. Here…
Red Bank, N.J.-based PAX Health acquired Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.-based Makraf IME, a statewide psychology and neuropsychology independent medical examination (IME) provider group operating across 17 counties. Makraf IME provides independent medical examination opinions on causality, need for treatment, maximum medical improvement,…
Leominster, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health-Community Healthlink has increased planned layoffs to 231 positions, effective Sept. 16, and plans to permanently close all of its programs and cease operations as an agency, according to a WARN report shared with Becker’s. The…
State governments have emerged as some of the most active funders of behavioral health expansion in 2026, committing billions of dollars to new psychiatric beds, crisis response programs and treatment infrastructure as demand continues to outpace capacity nationwide. This round-up…
Nearly two decades after Congress passed the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, the law’s future enforcement is in flux, caught between a stalled federal rule, a wave of state-level activity and a new bill introduced in Congress that…
Despite the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce federal funding for harm reduction initiatives, several Republican-led states have expanded support for programs aimed at reducing overdose deaths, according to a July 18 report from Politico. U.S. drug overdose deaths have fallen,…
Nearly half of U.S. hospitals now offer remote patient monitoring (RPM) services. The next challenge is turning those programs into better chronic disease management, stronger patient engagement and measurable outcomes. In fact, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)…
Aug 20, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
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- Lucienne Ide, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, Health Recovery Solutions
- Lindsey Valenzuela, PharmD, APh, BCACP, VP Population Health Integration, Desert Oasis Healthcare
Eli Lilly and Co. has agreed to acquire AtaiBeckley, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapeutics for mental health conditions, to advance the drugmaker’s push into psychedelic-based research. The acquisition comes as the federal government has pursued actions to advance…
Synthetic identity fraud and deepfake-enabled attacks are active, scaled, and accelerating. Most organizations haven’t caught up. The verification methods many healthcare providers rely on were built around a simpler threat: one document, one face, one check. Today’s fraudsters combine AI-generated…
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