Pipeline: Hazelden Betty Ford Expands Telehealth Footprint; New Rogers Facility, Autism Centers

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 […]

Telehealth Pioneer Array Behavioral Care Targets 30% Growth in 2021

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 […]

Movers & Shakers: LifeStance Fills New C-Suite Role; Ashley Addiction Treatment Hires VP of Engagement

LifeStance Health creates, fills new C-Suite position LifeStance Health, a private equity-backed outpatient behavioral health provider, has named Felicia Gorcyca as its first chief people officer. Gorcyca comes to LifeStance Health from TPG Capital — a Dallas-based private equity company that backs LifeStance alongside Summit Partners and Silversmith Capital Partners — where she was an […]

Pipeline: Promises, Spero Open New Facilities; ABA Expansions in Multiple States

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 […]

Financial Strain Has 40% of Mental Health, SUD Treatment Organizations Facing Closure

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 […]

Seaside Leverages Home-Based Medicaid Model, Sets Sights on Five-Fold Growth

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 […]

Pipeline: UHS Opens Two New Facilities; SUD, ABA Expansions

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 […]

Transactions: Eating Disorder Treatment Providers Merge; New ABA Tech Deal

The Emily Program, Veritas Collaborative join forces Two eating disorder treatment providers are merging. St. Paul, Minnesota-based The Emily Program and Durham, North Carolina-based Veritas Collaborative have announced their intentions to merge operations, with the deal expected to close around the end of March. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The two companies have […]

Movers & Shakers: Biden Picks Leader for CMS; New CEOs at Alsana, Tempest

Biden picks new head of CMS President Biden has tapped Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), according to various media reports. As of Friday afternoon, Biden had yet to announce the news. Brooks-LaSure’s appointment to the position is contingent upon the Senate confirming her nomination. CMS oversees Medicare and […]

Pipeline: Spero, SaVida Add New Treatment Centers; Caravel Deepens Footprint in Illinois

Banyan Treatment Centers opens first Texas location Banyan Treatment Centers has opened its newest facility in Waelder, Texas. Located in the southeastern part of the state, Banyan Texas is a 70-acre facility that provides drug and alcohol detoxification and residential addiction treatment services. The services are geared toward dual diagnosis patients struggling with addiction and […]