Results from a performance review of 63 grant programs funding court-ordered assisted outpatient treatment for adults with serious mental illnesses (SMI) have been deemed inconclusive by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The GAO identified several issues with the reporting process, including differences in grantee programs, the use of patient self-reported data, nonresponse and bias risks, […]
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A united front of leaders from Acadia Healthcare (Nasdaq: ACHC) and Geisinger Health System are pressing for the annulment of Medicare’s longstanding 190-day lifetime coverage cap for inpatient psychiatric treatment. Acadia Chief Strategy Officer Andrew Lynch, CEO Chris Hunter and Chief Medical Officer Stephanie Eken, as well as Imad Melhem, chair of psychiatry and behavioral […]
Orchard Mental Health Group announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Maryland Counseling Associates, adding four new locations to its footprint and 31 clinicians to its clinical workforce. This marks the third acquisition by Orchard Mental Health Group in 2025. In February, it acquired GBCC Behavioral Health and Oasis Behavioral Health Urgent Care. Cumulatively, Orchard […]
Nashville, Tennessee-based Acute Behavioral Health has acquired Nova Behavioral Health’s residential treatment facility in Kinston, North Carolina. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The facility operates 42 beds across three different buildings on a six-acre campus. Technically speaking, the facility, called Oakwood Treatment Center, is licensed by North Carolina as a psychiatric residential […]
The use of collaborative care models has taken off in terms of utilization by providers and patients alike. A new study by Milliman details explosive early growth of the collaborative care model, an integration of behavioral health services into the primary care setting. Depending on how you slice it, the report shows massive growth increases […]
This is an exclusive BHB+ story While workforce woes have begun to improve in the behavioral health industry overall, the idea of mandatory staffing minimums in psychiatric hospitals has started to circulate. For many of us, 2004 was the year of low-rise jeans, wearing dresses with pants and LiveStrong bracelets. If you were in the […]
LifeStance Health (Nasdaq: LFST) has and will continue to see its administrative expenses remain relatively high as it invests in initiatives and systems, previously deprioritized during its rapid expansion through a flurry of mergers and acquisitions, which enabled it to become one of the largest providers of outpatient mental health services in the U.S. Top […]
Forge Health has named Rondi Rabuse as its new CEO. She succeeds co-founder and founding CEO Eric Frieman, who announced he will transition to the chief revenue officer role in late April. She comes to the White Plains, New York-based behavioral health provider with 30 years of experience in health care. Her most recent role […]
Integrating physical and behavioral health care for vulnerable populations is an ongoing challenge across industry. Two providers are bridging traditional care gaps to do just that. And they are doing that in home-based models, a care delivery method not typically seen in mental health and addiction treatment — in the home Nest Health and MiraSol […]
The safety-net and nonprofit segments of the addiction treatment industry have long faced immense challenges. But those challenges have produced some of the most compelling innovations in terms of clinical, operational and reimbursement models. One key element of this development is the necessity to understand a community’s needs, Beth Keeney, CEO and president of Jeffersonville, […]
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