Mothers prescribed at least one sterol biosynthesis-inhibiting medication — including certain antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiolytics, beta-blockers and statins — had a 1.47-fold higher risk of having a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, according to a study published April 16 in Molecular Psychiatry.…
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Demand for behavioral health services is rising rapidly, but workforce capacity is not keeping pace. Health systems are seeing the downstream effects: strained emergency departments, fragmented care and patients falling through gaps during critical transitions. Traditional, episodic models are no…
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As care delivery expands beyond the hospital into outpatient, home and community settings, financial performance increasingly depends on how well executive leaders align. Health systems can no longer manage non-acute expansion in silos. Scaling care across sites now requires the…
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Dr. Jimmy Chung
Board Certified General Surgeon
Will Bryant
Chief Financial Officer, UNC Health
Tom Harvieux
Chief Supply Chain Officer, BJC Health
Ryan Rotar
Vice President, Healthcare Market Strategy, Tecsys
Tewksbury Hospital (Mass.) is facing increased scrutiny after a fourth reported assault on campus since an April 3 secruity policy change, NBC Boston reported April 20. The policy from the Executive Office of HHS barred Tewksbury Hospital security personnel from…
Behavioral health claims have long operated outside the scope of traditional payment integrity programs. As volume increases, and error rates can approach 50 percent, this gap is becoming harder to ignore. At the same time, parity enforcement is intensifying, creating…
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Lisa Pincher, MSN, RN, PHN
VP of Operations, Machinify
Darshak Sanghavi, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Machinify
A plant-based psychoactive compound, ibogaine, is making headlines. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to accelerate research, regulatory review and access to psychedelic drugs, including ibogaine compounds. Texas is moving forward with its own research program, and Mississippi is…
A new wellness center backed by Chicago-based Rush University System for Health and several community partners will open April 23 on Chicago’s West Side. The Sankofa Village Wellness Center — a joint effort between Rush, Chicago-based Erie Family Health Centers,…
New Albany-based Indiana University Southeast has earned accreditation for its Master of Arts in clinical mental health counseling program from the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs. The accreditation places the university among institutions that meet national…
Hamilton, Ohio-based Primary Health Solutions plans to acquire South Community Behavioral Health based in Moraine. The acquisition is expected to become effective in July, pending regulatory approval, according to an April 20 news release from Primary Health. Services provided by…
Outpatient revenue is growing at nearly twice the rate of inpatient — yet in many health systems, ambulatory operations remain fragmented and disconnected from health system strategy. The result: referral leakage, blocked demand, provider burnout and budgets built on assumptions…
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