Spero opens new Kentucky center Substance use disorder (SUD) treatment provider Spero Health has opened a new clinic in Kentucky, located in the town of Monticello. Situated in the southeastern part of the Commonwealth State near the Tennessee border, the location provides a combination of in-person and telehealth services. It accepts Kentucky Medicaid and most […]
Category: Eating Disorders
Pinnacle adds new facility Pinnacle Treatment Centers has opened its newest facility in Virginia, located in the northern part of the state in Culpeper. Culpeper Treatment Services provides outpatient medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services with medications such as methadone and buprenorphine, in addition to counseling. The new facility — which accepts Medicaid — is Pinnacle’s 11th […]
CCMP Capital is reportedly preparing to sell Eating Recovery Center (ERC), according to PE Hub. Citing people familiar with the plans, the publication reported that the private equity firm is looking to begin the process later this year. CCMP Capital focuses on leveraged buyout and growth capital transactions. It currently has about 4.7 billion in […]
Meadows hires executive director of virtual outpatient Phoenix-based Meadows Behavioral Healthcare has hired Mark Baumgartner as its executive director of virtual outpatient services. Before coming to Meadows, Baumgartner spent most of his career at the Betty Ford Center, which is part of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. He worked there almost two decades, serving his […]
Acadia partners with suicide prevention organization to open new centers Acadia Healthcare (Nasdaq: ACHC) has opened 15 community resource centers in partnership with a leading suicide awareness organization to help young individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD). The centers are located in four states across the country within Acadia’s Comprehensive Treatment Centers (CTC), which provide […]
Despite the fact that eating disorders are one of the most deadly behavioral health conditions, treatment providers in the space rarely get the policy and payer support they need. Just ask Joel Jahraus. By day, he is the chief medical officer at Monte Nido & Affiliates, a Miami-based eating disorder treatment provider that offers inpatient […]
In order for the shortened 988 suicide hotline to be a success when it rolls out in 2022, community stakeholders at various levels must do a better job helping individuals experiencing behavioral health crises, according to a new report published by the National Council for Behavioral Health. The 209-page report, which was authored by the […]
BayMark Health Services acquires MAT provider Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) provider BayMark Health Services has announced that it has purchased Washington, D.C.-based Partners in Drug Abuse Rehabilitation Counseling (PIDARC). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. PIDARC provides medication assisted treatment services (MAT) like methadone to patients with opioid use disorder (OUD). It also offers substance […]
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 […]
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 […]