Sauget, Ill.-based SIHF Healthcare received approval from Illinois regulators to build a $231 million hospital in Cahokia Heights that will replace Touchette Regional Hospital, the Belleville News-Democrat reported July 21. Construction on the 108-bed hospital is expected to begin in…
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Yale New Haven (Conn.) Children’s Hospital launched a Crisis Intervention Center, a dedicated behavioral health treatment area within its emergency department. The center will begin caring for patients in August. The center will provide 24/7 care for children up to…
Louisiana has the most at-risk youth of any U.S. state, according to a ranking from personal finance website WalletHub. WalletHub developed the list by comparing all 50 states and Washington, D.C., across 15 metrics focused on education and employment and…
Companies accused of fueling the opioid crisis are paying roughly $58 billion nationwide to settle lawsuits, and oversight of how that money gets spent varies widely by state, KFF Health News reported July 21. The money is meant to help…
Behavioral health leaders are confronting a structural mismatch: demand keeps outpacing capacity even as Medicaid pressures, workforce shortages and emergency department boarding intensify. A growing consensus holds that adding beds and providers alone won’t close the gap — what’s needed…
Radiology Partners has named Matt Peterson president of RP Clinical Services and Krishna Nallamshetty, MD, chief operating officer of RP Clinical Services, effective July 20. Mr. Peterson will oversee strategy and execution across the organization’s national clinical services business, according to a…
HHS and CMS are deferring more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid funds to Minnesota and California, agency officials confirmed July 21. The agencies said they are deferring approximately $867.5 million in payments to California and $199 million to Minnesota…
Three people have sued Great Plains Hospital in Nevada, Mo., alleging they were sexually abused as children during inpatient stays at the facility, according to court records obtained by Becker’s. The three plaintiffs — identified by the pseudonyms John Doe…
Radiology Partners has named Matt Peterson president of RP Clinical Services and Krishna Nallamshetty, MD, chief operating officer of RP Clinical Services, effective July 20. Mr. Peterson, who most recently served as executive vice president and president of the behavioral…
Dallas, Texas-based Metrocare Services, the largest provider of mental health and developmental disability services in Dallas County, has secured authorization for an emergency loan of up to $18 million from Dallas-based Parkland Health as it projects a funding shortfall of…