Connections Community Support Programs, which is Delaware’s largest provider of behavioral health services, has named Chief Operating Officer William Northey as its interim CEO. Williams, who joined Connections in 2017, succeeds Catherine McKay, who announced her retirement last October. Based in Wilmington, Delaware, Connections operates more than 100 facilities offering behavioral health and substance abuse […]
Quartet Health, a technology platform services company for behavioral health providers, has reached an agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) to establish a new value-based payment model for the Tar Heel State insurer. The goal is to ensure people get high-quality mental health care in a timely manner while improving […]
More children and young adults with mental health issues are seeking assistance at emergency departments (EDs) nationwide, new research concludes. The findings underscore the need for pediatric behavioral health providers. The study, which was published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine, was conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Southern California […]
Behavioral health providers have long advocated for the primary care behavioral health (PCBH) model as a way to improve access to services, cut costs and deliver better health outcomes for patients. And yet, widespread adoption within the industry has yet to be seen. Experts discussed the conundrum and shared tips to make the process more […]
Medicaid expansion could be credited with saving the lives of thousands from opioid overdoses, researchers assert in a new study. In fact, states that adopted Medicaid expansion between 2014 and 2016 recorded fewer opioid-related deaths than states that did not, according to results published by JAMA Network Open. Medicaid expansion was born out of the […]
AAC Holdings (AAC) — which experienced a tumultuous 2019 following personnel changes and a delisting from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) — has announced the promotion of Andrew McWilliams to CEO. AAC is the parent company of American Addiction Centers. McWilliams has been with Brentwood, Tennessee-based AAC since 2014, when he was hired as […]
Coming soon Montana children’s hospital opens behavioral health clinic Helena, Montana-based Shodair Children’s Hospital is opening a new mental health clinic in February in Missoula. The new clinic is located at the Community Medical Center. A staff of roughly 10 will work at the facility, which will primarily offer telepsychiatry services, according to The Missoulian. […]
West Orange, New Jersey-based RWJBarnabas Health, which operates a number of independent health care providers throughout the state, has named Frank Ghinassi as senior vice president of its behavioral health and addictions service line. Ghinassi comes to the position from Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC), where he has been president and CEO since 2016. […]
Most low-income teens and young adults who survive opioid overdoses don’t receive adequate treatment and resources afterward to help them combat their addictions, results of a new study show. In fact, less than one in every three Medicaid enrollees age 13 to 22 receive timely addiction treatment following an overdose of heroin or other opioids, […]
Opened CleanSlate Centers opens new Wisconsin location CleanSlate Centers, a Nashville-based provider of outpatient alcohol and opioid addiction treatment services, has opened a new location in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, bringing its number of facilities in the state up to 13. Overall, CleanSlate operates facilities in 11 states, nine of which are east of the Mississippi River. […]
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