Corporate Retreat Reopens as Addiction Treatment Center

A former corporate retreat complex in Indiana has been turned into an addiction treatment center, according to the News and Tribune. Summit Behavioral Healthcare officially opened the Henryville, Indiana-based facility last month. Named Wooded Glen Recovery Center, it will be the company’s first residential treatment center in the state.  Franklin, Tennessee-based Summit BHC operates a […]

Government Must Provide Mental Health Services for Migrant Families

The federal government must provide mental health services to thousands of migrant parents and children who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border, a federal judge in California ruled Tuesday. The move underscores the importance of and the growing federal commitment to providing mental health treatment to those who need it.  Per the rule, those services […]

Acadia Falls Short of Analysts’ Estimates in Q3

Acadia Healthcare (Nasdaq: ACHC) posted mixed results in the third quarter of 2019, with revenue up slightly and income down year-over-year. Overall, the Franklin, Tennessee-based company fell short of analysts’ estimates. In Q3 2019, revenues rose to $777.3 million compared to $760.9 million for the same period a year earlier. Analysts had predicted revenue of […]

Mental Health America of Roanoke Valley closes

Mental Health America of Roanoke Valley has closed after more than 70 years in business, according to The Roanoke Times. It ceased operations on Oct. 31.  The Virginia organization did advocacy for people with mental illnesses, in addition to offering mental health services such as free psychiatric clinic, mental health training for police officers and […]

D.C. Medicaid Program Granted First IMD Waiver Specifically for Mental Health

A first-of-its-kind Medicaid demonstration project aimed to improve care for beneficiaries with serious mental illness (SMI) and/or serious emotional disturbance (SED) has been approved in Washington, D.C. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the approval of D.C.’s Section 1115 Medicaid waiver Wednesday. It quite literally waives federal rules that typically prevent Medicaid […]

Four Arkansas Behavioral Health Providers Plan Merger 

Four behavioral health providers in Arkansas have announced plans to merge and form one integrated behavioral health system. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The new non-profit, Arisa Health, will be headquartered in Springdale and have 49 locations in 41 counties in the northern half of the state. Counseling Associates, Mid-South Health Systems, […]

Blue Cross Blue Shield Parent Company Sued Over Stringent Behavioral Health Guidelines

The parent company of Blue Cross Blue Shield plan providers in five states is being sued over allegations that it’s been denying behavioral health benefits to members due to overly restrictive guidelines, according to Law360. The federal lawsuit seeking class action status was filed late last month against Chicago-based Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC). The […]

HonorHealth, Universal Health Services Partner to Build New Behavioral Health Hospital

HonorHealth and Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) have signed an agreement to open a new behavioral health hospital in the greater Phoenix area. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. HonorHealth is a nonprofit health system serving about 1.6 million people in and around Phoenix. It has five acute-care hospitals, multiple outpatient surgery […]

White House: Opioid Crisis Cost U.S. $2.5 Trillion from 2015 to 2018

The opioid epidemic cost the U.S. an estimated $696 billion in 2018 alone — and more than $2.5 trillion total from 2015 to 2018, according to new estimates from the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA).  The White House released those numbers last week, demonstrating the continued importance of substance abuse treatment facilities nationwide. […]