Hazelden Betty Ford grows virtual care footprint The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, the nation’s largest nonprofit addiction treatment provider, has announced it is bringing its telehealth services to Missouri residents who have commercial insurance, no matter where they live in the state. The services are part of Hazelden Betty Ford’s RecoveryGo tool, which provides telehealth […]
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Inpatient admissions for behavioral health recovered from the coronavirus at a much quicker rate than for other medical services, according to a Milliman analysis of behavioral health claims from 12.5 million people. Milliman is an international actuarial and consulting firm based in Seattle, Washington. The results of the report — shared with Behavioral Health Business […]
Telebehavioral health services have become vital amid the pandemic, with social distancing recommendations prompting behavioral health providers to take things virtual. However, telebehavioral health has been a focal point for Array Behavioral Care for more than two decades. Founded in 1999, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey-based Array partners with health care providers and payers to deliver […]
Promises Behavioral Health opens new facility in Texas Promises Behavioral Health has opened its latest facility, an addiction and mental health treatment center in Texas. Located in College Station, Promises Brazos Valley spans over 50,000 square feet and provides addiction and mental health treatment services to adults and college students. College Station is home to […]
Behavioral health providers have long struggled with low reimbursement rates and slim margins, and the coronavirus only compounded those problems. As a result, a large number of American mental health and addiction treatment organizations could be forced to shut their doors if they don’t get more federal relief, the National Council for Behavioral Health found […]
Better behavioral health care for Americans would not only produce better results for patients, but generate billions in savings annually, according to a recently released economic report from the global consulting firm McKinsey & Company. The report identified actions that public, private and social stakeholders could take to produce substantial savings in annual health care […]
HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA) — a publicly traded health system with national scale — could be in the market for behavioral health assets. Headquartered in Nashville, HCA operates more than 2,000 care sites across 21 states and the United Kingdom. Those locations include surgery centers, freestanding ERs, urgent care centers, diagnostic and imaging centers, walk-in […]
Seaside Healthcare may not be one of the most well-known names in the behavioral health space, but the company is hard at work establishing a national presence for itself. Founded in 2009, the Shreveport, Louisiana-based company’s roots go back several years and are intertwined with Hurricane Katrina. That’s when Franklin Roemer, who had been living […]
UHS co-opens two behavioral hospitals Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS) has opened two new behavioral health hospitals as a result of recent partnerships. One of those is a new specialty facility in Clive, Iowa. Clive Behavioral Hospital is a partnership between UHS and Iowa-based health care provider MercyOne. The hospital spans 83,000 square feet and […]
Acadia Healthcare (Nasdaq: ACHC) believes the sale of its United Kingdom operations has put the company in a favorable position for the future, leaders said Friday during the provider’s Q4 and year-end 2020 earnings call. Throughout the call, the company reiterated both its focus and financial commitment to strategic growth on the homefront. The Franklin, […]
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