Two Ohio-based addiction treatment providers have officially joined forces, as Sunrise Treatment Center has completed its purchase of Port 45 Recovery. Terms of the deal, which was finalized effective September 22, were not disclosed. “Sunrise is grounded in two guiding principles: providing high-quality, comprehensive addiction treatment services to its patients, and implementing best practices to […]
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Debbie Osteen, who as Acadia Healthcare’s (Nasdaq: ACHC) CEO has led the company’s growth while paring down on assets, is retiring from the company in early 2022. Osteen will continue to sit on the board of the Franklin, Tennessee-based behavioral health care giant and will assist in the transition and selection of a new CEO. […]
Towson, Maryland-based Sheppard Pratt Hospital — which is one of the oldest psychiatric health systems in the country — has launched a new division to expand service access throughout its Baltimore-area homebase and beyond. Sheppard Pratt Solutions will use mental health professionals to provide consulting, management services and development-based partnerships with health care organizations nationwide. […]
Jaime Blaustein has experienced his rock bottom. Blaustein, the former investment banker, knows firsthand what it’s like to be in despair, not knowing where to turn, in need of guidance, support and some tough love. In fact, he’s had a few moments like that. “The lowest of lows I’ve had, I could go into all […]
Pending legislation could usher in the ability for older and disabled Americans to access hundreds of thousands more behavioral health care providers. Experts say outdated policies currently limit many Medicare policyholders’ behavioral health care options because swaths of clinicians have remained ineligible for reimbursement for decades. But that could all change thanks to a bill […]
Sevita — a provider of community-based specialized health care —announced the acquisition of Good Neighbor, a Richmond, Virginia-based provider of services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. According to a news release, the acquisition reaffirms Sevita’s “renewed focus” to provide access to whole person care and in turn expands its “Community Support Services” operating […]
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Aetna on allegations that the health insurer did not adhere to mental health parity laws for residential treatment services. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, where the plaintiff alleged that he had been denied reimbursement for his son, […]
On September 9, the Biden administration issued a mandate for all health care workers at federally funded facilities to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. The order also extends to behavioral health care workers, whom a leading industry group last year described as being an afterthought when it came to inoculating frontline staff. A number of behavioral health […]
Acadia breaks ground on JV behavioral health facility with Geisinger Ground has been broken on a 96-bed, 73,000-square-foot inpatient behavioral health facility in Moosic, Pennsylvania that will be operated as a joint venture (JV) between Acadia Healthcare (Nasdaq: ACHC) and Geisinger Health System. Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Northeast will treat adult, pediatric and adolescent patients […]
On Friday, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a five-year grant to the National Council for Mental Wellbeing to operate a national center for technical assistance for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) grantees. The National Council for Mental Wellbeing will be given $3 million every year for five years and […]
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