July 3, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Optum's behavioral health business: 5 things to know Full story 2. Walmart sells virtual behavioral health platform amid clinic closures Full story 3. Hackensack Meridian sues HHS secretary in wake of Chevron ruling Full…
Behavioral Health
July 2, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. 2nd executive at shuttered behavioral health chain dies Full story 2. Tampa General appoints Humana exec as CEO of new behavioral hospital Full story 3. Maryland to close schizophrenia research unit Full story 4.…
June 27, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. 8 new behavioral CEOs in the first half of 2024 Full story 2. States lacking in behavioral facility oversight, federal report finds Full story 3. Behavioral health COO steps down after Optum acquires clinic…
June 26, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Multiple mental health centers abruptly close after CEO's death Full story 2. Should social media carry warning labels? Psychiatrists weigh in Full story 3. Federal opioid study falls short in reducing deaths Full story 4. Memorial Hermann…
June 25, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Texas invests $1.5B in new behavioral health facilities Full story 2. Michael Dowling: The many reasons we've spawned 'The Anxious Generation' Full story 3. Behavioral mergers and acquisitions down in 2024 Full story 4.…
June 20, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. 7 new behavioral health sites Full story 2. What 1 system plans to do with $41M for behavioral care Full story 3. Nationwide Children's Hospital gets $25M for mental health research Full story 4. Data breaches…
June 18, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. California health system to build $580M behavioral health campus Full story 2. Surgeon general calls for mental health warnings on social media Full story 3. Fraud scheme could disrupt ADHD care for thousands Full story…
June 13, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Senate report: Children face abuse, mistreatment in behavioral facilities Full story 2. U of Arkansas debuts new depression treatment Full story 3. US has 'hit a wall' reducing worker burnout, survey finds Full story 4. A…
June 12, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. Mental distress, depression, drug deaths increasing among older adults Full story 2. 77-clinic autism treatment chain changes hands Full story 3. VA waives copays for mental health, substance use treatments Full story 4. Healthcare…
June 11, 2024 BHR Newsletter 1. How Mercy Health cut behavioral ED lengths of stay by 64% Full story 2. Psychiatrist gets prison for $19M Medicare, insurance fraud scheme Full story 3. U of Michigan Health-Sparrow proposes $97M psychiatric hospital…