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Kaiser therapists vote to strike | How MUSC streamlines BH triaging | AHA: It's time to rethink behavioral care delivery | 10 workforce challenges defining 2026 | 7 new BH sites to know

EmPATH model gains traction, workforce pressures mount and systems expand behavioral access February 24, 2026 1. Kaiser therapists OK 1-day strike Full story 2. Healthcare leaders should rethink behavioral care delivery: AHA Full story 3. From regulatory shifts to workforce…

Mich. system plans $83M behavioral hospital | EmblemHealth settles 'ghost network' case | Where BH workforce plans go wrong | 5 investments in youth BH | 3rd patient dies after Idaho BH program cuts

Big investments, payer accountability and workforce risks to watch February 23, 2026 1. U of Michigan Health to build $83M behavioral health hospital Full story 2. EmblemHealth to pay $2.5M to settle mental health 'ghost network' violations Full story 3.…

HHS steps up SUD record enforcement | Nev. eyes mental health parity fines | Systems confront BH fragmentation | Why Caron formalized gambling disorder care | Mich. hospital debuts autism unit

Federal enforcement ramps up as states and systems reshape behavioral healthcare February 19, 2026 1. How health systems are tackling behavioral health fragmentation Full story 2. Inside Caron's move to formalize gambling disorder treatment Full story 3. Behavioral health VPs…

Cigna drops TMS prior auth | Magellan to split from Centene | FDA removes autism webpage | 7 billionaires in healthcare | NJ addiction provider adds 22 beds

Cigna eases TMS prior auth; Magellan to be acquired February 18, 2026 1. Cigna drops prior authorization for transcranial magnetic stimulation Full story 2. Magellan Health to be acquired by investment group Full story 3. Rising neurology volumes strain access.…

SSM navigates fixed-rate Medicaid shift | Telehealth reshapes rural psych care | Advocate invests in affordable housing | 10 exec moves | Mental health provider expands Boston footprint

Medicaid payment shifts, telepsych growth and expansion plans lead today’s behavioral health news February 17, 2026 1. 'Psychiatry is so variable': SSM Health navigates fixed-rate Medicaid payments Full story 2. How telehealth is reshaping psychiatric care in rural West Virginia…

WellSpan's flexible-use ED beds boost BH access | 11-hospital push targets maternal overdoses | NJ hospital opens EmPATH unit | Hospital addiction care gaps persist | Caron Treatment Centers offers gambling disorder care

Flexible ED design, maternal overdose response and addiction care gaps to know February 16, 2026 1. How WellSpan's flexible-use ED rooms expand behavioral health capacity Full story 2. The post-discharge breakdown: Where hospitals lose addiction patients Full story 3. Culture…

Children's hospitals form behavioral network | Staffing crunch shrinks NC psych hospital capacity | OU Health taps psychiatry leader | BayCare expands harm-reduction vending machines | Okla. buys SSM facility for behavioral hospital

Pediatric systems collaborate, capacity lags and behavioral health investments February 12, 2026 1. 30 children's hospitals join forces to fast-track behavioral health initiatives Full story 2. North Carolina psych admissions fall 73% as 300 beds sit unused: 6 things to…

Oceans CEO: Outdated federal laws limit BH access | Kaiser inks $28M parity settlement | Centerstone taps CIO | House subpoenas 8 payers in ACA fraud probe

Decades-old BH legislation limits access, $28.3M parity payout, ADA ruling, new CIO and ACA fraud pr February 11, 2026 1. The decades-old laws handcuffing behavioral healthcare access, per this CEO Full story 2. Kaiser to pay $28.3M in parity settlement…

Inside Boston Children's $640M behavioral campus | 9 ways systems are rethinking behavioral care | AHA, FBI partner on violence prevention | Share of adults with mental health conditions by state | CMS proposes sweeping ACA overhaul

How systems are expanding mental health care and easing ED pressure February 10, 2026 1. Inside Boston Children's $640M plan to transform pediatric mental health Full story 2. 9 ways health systems are rethinking behavioral care Full story 3. Behavioral health…

Emerging behavioral health role takes shape in EDs | HHS taps pilot sites for behavioral data exchange | Tufts, Acadia plan 144-bed hospital | Henry Ford hospital to become BH facility | SUD treatment beds by state

ED flow gains, federal pilots and hospital conversions reshape behavioral healthcare February 9, 2026 1. The role changing the ED game in behavioral health Full story 2. Federal agencies launch 9 behavioral health IT pilots Full story 3. Cognitive conditions…