Nearly 10% of adults diagnosed with substance use disorder were hospitalized in the past year, but most did not receive any form of medication treatment while in the hospital, a recent study found. Published April 1 in Annals of Internal…
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A total of 271 psychiatric facilities used zero hours of physical restraint, and 470 facilities used zero hours of sedation, according to CMS data. CMS’ Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Measure Data-by Facility database tracks quality measures including restraints, tobacco and…
Charlie Health has launched a virtual substance use disorder treatment program. The program will include multiple weekly sessions, and offer medication-assisted treatment, according to an April 29 news release. Clients will be placed in curated peer cohorts. The virtual program…
Patient volumes were down 1.6% year-over-year at UHS’s behavioral health facilities. King of Prussia, Pa.-based UHS reported its first quarter earnings April 28. The company recorded an operating income of $454.8 million, up from $388.8 million in the same quarter…
California is the state where psychiatrists are paid the most, and California and Nevada are the states where psychologists are paid the most, according to Bureau of Labor statistics data. The data was released April 18 and is up to…
New Mexico has the highest rate of drug use while Idaho has the lowest, according to a WalletHub report published April 30. WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 20 metrics in three categories: drug use…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is working to impose minimum staffing requirements for psychiatric hospitals, the San Francisco Chronicle reported April 29. Here are four things to know: 1. The administration is deploying the state’s emergency regulations regime to establish nurse-to-patient…
Four cities tied for the highest suicide rate in the U.S. and two cities in New Jersey had the lowest suicide rates, according to financial website WalletHub. The data is part of WalletHub’s research in ranking the “Happiest Cities in…
Knoxville, Tenn.-based Covenant Health has named Paul Smith as vice president of behavioral health. Mr. Smith was most recently vice president of behavioral health at HCA Healthcare’s Corpus Christi (Texas) Medical Center, according to an April 23 news release. In…
Idaho has the highest number of people per psychiatrist at 13,709, while the District of Columbia has the lowest at 1,442, according to industry data collected by the Kaiser Family Foundation and population figures from the U.S. Census Bureau. Becker’s…