California Requires Health Insurers To Cover Maternal Mental Health Screening...
California now requires health care service plans and health insurers to cover additional screenings to detect perinatal depression and other mental health conditions occurring during the perinatal...
View ArticleThe $2.8 Trillion Opportunity
The concept of "equity" has taken a bit of a beating over the past month. But despite that, 75% of life sciences executives and 64% of health care executives anticipate an... The post The $2.8 Trillion...
View ArticleWashington State To Consider Using Digital Behavioral Health Technologies To...
The Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) is gathering information to determine how to incorporate digital behavioral health technologies to support youth and young adults with mental health...
View ArticleAfter Launch Of 988 Crisis Lifeline, Peer Services Increased, But Not Other...
After the nationwide 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline went live in July 2022, mental health treatment facilities increased peer support services, decreased psychiatric walk-in services, and decreased...
View ArticleNortheast Ohio Medical University To Launch Program To Train Certified Mental...
Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) plans to launch a master’s level training program for certified mental health assistants by late 2026. The program will provide two years of training in......
View ArticleWoodland Recovery Center Announces $25 Million Expansion With New 100-Bed...
Woodland Recovery Center invested $25 million to build a new 100-bed behavioral health treatment facility in Southhaven, Mississippi. The organization broke ground on February 4, 2025, and the new...
View ArticleWellpath’s Former Recovery Solutions Emerges From Reorganization As An...
Former Wellpath business line Recovery Solutions, which provides behavioral health services on behalf of public entities, completed a sale transaction that created it as an independent organization...
View ArticleMassachusetts Governor Proposes Closing A Mental Health Center & A Pediatric...
In the state’s 2026 budget proposal, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy presented plans to close Pocasset Mental Health Center in Bourne and Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital in Canton. Both facilities...
View ArticleHow Stigma Stifles
What are the key elements in helping consumers with addictions on the road to recovery? Medication is the "gold standard" for treatment (see The MAT Barriers) —and therapy, a support... The post How...
View ArticleThe Market Seesaw: The Most Read 2024 OPEN MINDS Organizational Profiles
Hospital expenses rose in 2024 but did not outpace inflation on a volume-adjusted basis. In addition, bad debt and charity care rose in 2024—a change attributed by the study authors... The post The...
View ArticleSilver Hill Hospital Completes Acquisition Of Freedom Institute To Expand...
Connecticut-based Silver Hill Hospital, a psychiatric hospital, completed its acquisition of non-profit Freedom Institute in Manhattan, New York. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed....
View Article9.4% Of Denied Prescription Fills For Atypical Antipsychotics Led To Acute...
About 9.4% of Medicaid beneficiaries who experienced a procedural prescription denial in 2023 for an atypical antipsychotic had an acute care event within the next 60 days. After a first... The post...
View ArticleFederal Offices Find Persistent Gaps In Mental Health Parity Enforcement
A report to Congress from three government offices reported that, while payers are making strides in addressing disparities around mental health and addiction care services, these payers are still...
View Article2024 MHPAEA Report To Congress
On January 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Department of Health, and the Department of the Treasury published this Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and... The post 2024...
View ArticleTown Of Westport, Connecticut Contracts With Silver Hill Hospital To Provide...
In an agreement signed in late January 2025, the town of Westport Connecticut contracted with Silver Hill Hospital, a psychiatric hospital, to provide free urgent mental health assessments and...
View ArticleNorth Carolina & Trillium Health Resources Award $13 Million For Four New...
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) and Trillium Health Resources will award $13.15 million to four provider organizations to open community crisis centers and...
View ArticleMore Than The Money
Greetings from Clearwater Beach and the 2025;OPEN MINDS;Performance Management Institute. The day has been filled with discussions of strategy, margin management, growth, and financial sustainability.;...
View ArticleAlter Behavioral Health Opens New Residential Mental Health Facility In Dana...
Alter Behavioral Health opened a new residential mental health center in Dana Point, California. The facility will provide treatment for depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar...
View ArticleOregon Medicaid MCO Changes Reimbursement Policies For Independent Mental...
CareOregon, a Medicaid managed care organization (MCO), is ending reimbursement for non-contracted independent associate mental health therapists and social workers. The change goes into effect on July...
View ArticleCareOregon Behavioral Health Contracting & Networking Change
On December 12, 2024, CareOregon, a Medicaid managed care organization in Oregon published this behavioral health contracting and networking change provider update. It presents details about a change...
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