Health systems looking to open new behavioral health hospitals can face opposition from neighbors, KFF Health News and Fortune reported April 9. Over the past 10 years, proposed psychiatric facilities for children in at least six states have faced resistance…
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New federal legislation would put resources toward formalizing pathways for peer support specialists. Sens. Tim Kaine and Jim Banks introduced the PEER Support Act April 8, according to a news release from Mr. Kaine. The bipartisan bill is backed by…
Leavenworth, Kan.-based Saint John Hospital and Buffalo, N.Y.-based Erie County Medical Center tied for the lowest readmission rates among inpatient psychiatric facilities in the U.S., according to CMS data. CMS gathered provider-level data on quality measures including transition records, screening…
Mental health organizations have expressed concern that staffing cuts at HHS and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration could upend progress made on mental health challenges. In March, HHS announced plans to layoff 10,000 employees and eventually cut…
Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania have the highest rates of substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors per overall employment, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The BLS published updated occupation-specific data in 2024 on April…
ProHealth has closed the inpatient psychiatric unit at ProHealth Waukesha (Wis.) Memorial Hospital, NBC affiliate TMJ4 reported April 8. The unit closed April 7, the health system told the outlet. A low patient census made it difficult to maintain the…
Pueblo, Colo.-based Health Solutions will take over operations at Mind Springs Health. Grand Junction, Colo.-based Mind Springs Health will now operate as Health Solutions West, according to an April 7 news release. In March, Mind Springs closed its 48-bed inpatient…
Behavioral health needs are rising, and systems are getting creative in how they remove barriers to care. “One of the biggest challenges in U.S. mental health care is that we don’t really have a unified mental health system,” Katharine Dalke,…
Since it emerged in 2006, recovery-oriented cognitive therapy has expanded to use in residential facilities and hospitals as a way to reduce patient outbursts and hospitalizations for complex behavioral patients. Recovery-oriented cognitive therapy, or CTR, is designed to give healthcare…
Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai created a program that helps hospitalized patients with opioid use disorders receive addiction consultations and improve patient outcomes. The study, published April 7 in JAMA Internal Medicine and led by Cedars-Sinai and RAND, included 325 patients across…