Youth behavioral health residential treatment facilities could face more scrutiny following additional public pressure by a powerful federal lawmaker. On Wednesday, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) publicly called on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate four major behavioral health providers to determine if their youth residential treatment programs committed Medicaid fraud. […]
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The substance use disorder (SUD) treatment industry has a history as a scattered network of small cash-pay providers. It remains largely fragmented. Delray Beach, Florida-based Guardian Recovery has experience evolving from a founder-led, boutique provider to an expansive network of 17 physical facilities and virtual care options. The challenge for the provider now is to […]
Lack of sleep can increase a person’s chance of developing hypertension, diabetes, heart attack and stroke. There’s an intrinsic link to mental health and well-being, too. Sleep loss and behavioral health conditions can lead to a feedback loop in which lack of sleep worsens behavioral health conditions, and behavioral health conditions lead to lack of […]
Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS) is looking to get its behavioral health margins back to pre-COVID times. Reductions in labor costs, enhanced productivity and a bump in patient volume are among the factors that will support that goal, according to Steve Filton, the company’s chief financial officer. “We had originally set a target for [2024] […]
Senate Finance Chair Pressures Biden Administration on Oversight of Residential Treatment Facilities
Sen. Ron Wyden, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, is calling on the Biden administration to use existing authority to beef up regulations on residential treatment facilities that care for vulnerable youth. The lawmaker did so via a Sept. 3 letter addressed to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Administration […]
Industry insiders anticipate that health care private equity deal activity will increase in the second half of 2024. In the behavioral health sector, sluggish deal flow could be picking up. Several notable transactions have crossed the finish line as investors increasingly focus on outpatient care rather than full continuum care, according to a new report […]
Building a new substance use disorder (SUD) facility can significantly improve a community’s access to much-needed behavioral health care. However, stigma and misconceptions can lead to significant local backlash. For SUD providers, neighborhood pushback can lead to lengthy, expensive legal and regulatory processes. Restrictive zoning policies paired with a lack of community support can prevent […]
Reports of abuse and neglect have increasingly rang alarm bells about the lack of oversight of children in residential behavioral health facilities. A new report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that almost one-third of states fail to collect the information that could identify patterns of maltreatment among foster children in residential facilities. […]
Industry insiders have pushed back on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee’s highly charged report on the at-risk youth industry, claiming it failed to address the key drivers of abuse in the industry and chart a clear path forward after creating a public spectacle. Despite the lack of a clear path forward, the report and comments […]
After years of facing criticism for wrongdoing and mistreatment of patients, the at-risk youth industry was blasted in a report released on Wednesday by the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. The report and communications from the committee chairman, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), conclude that systemic harm and abuse are “routine” parts of the at-risk youth industry. […]
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