Discovery Behavioral Health appoints regional CEO Discovery Behavioral Health (DBH) — a multi-state operator of mental health, substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and eating disorder recovery centers — has tapped Michael Uradnik as CEO of its Associated Behavioral Health Care (ABHC) unit. Uradnik will head ABHC — which serves clients in the Seattle-area — and […]
Category: Substance Use
Pathways Health and Community Support — a multi-state provider of behavioral health services — has completed its purchase of Renew Consulting, an Albany, Oregon-based provider of caregiving support for individuals with mental health needs, as well as those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). Terms of the deal, which was announced Wednesday, were not disclosed. […]
axialHealthcare — a Nashville, Tennessee-based substance use disorder (SUD) treatment company — has received a $75 million investment, along with rebranding itself to Wayspring. Founded in 2012, Wayspring is a value-based care solutions company that links prospective patients to providers of treatment services. Patients and providers are connected through a network of SUD treatment organizations, […]
The nation’s substance use disorder (SUD) epidemic continues to climb to new heights, with opioid use disorder (OUD) proving especially hard to beat back. But in a region of the country that knows too well the toll of OUD, one treatment provider is stepping up in the fight through a partnership with one the world’s […]
Quartet Health, a technology solutions provider that services behavioral health companies, has announced multiple new management and C-suite hires, which includes an addition from Beacon Health Options. Christina Mainelli, a veteran of the health care and insurance industries, has been named Quartet’s new chief operating officer, where she will oversee strategy and operations for the […]
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 […]
Broadstep Behavioral Health has had a busy 2021, acquiring regional care providers and expanding its multi-state reach. As the year enters the home stretch, the company is showing no signs of slowing down, as it has struck a deal to buy another provider. The Raleigh, North Carolina-based Broadstep — which serves individuals with intellectual and […]
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 […]
More than 14 million adults nationwide report suffering from alcohol use disorder (AUD), but only a small portion of those people — 7.3% — ever get treatment, according to research published by JAMA Psychiatry. An even smaller percentage — 1.6% — receive medication-assisted treatment (MAT), which relieves the withdrawal symptoms and psychological cravings associated with […]
Talkiatry appoints new chief growth officer Virtual psychiatric care provider Talkiatry has added to its executive ranks with the hire of Alex Kozersky as chief growth officer (CGO). As Talkiatry’s CGO, Kozersky will help the company expand its insurance partnerships in connection with a national roll out. Most recently, he was the chief sales officer […]
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