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 […]
“There’s just some people that you meet in life that you know you’re meant to meet.” Such was the impression Ellen-Jo Boschert had of David Hans when the pair met at a job interview in the fall of 2022. Hans was chief clinical officer of American Addiction Centers, which runs eight residential treatment centers across […]
Sandstone Care expands youth outpatient services Youth provider Sandstone Care has opened a new outpatient facility in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. The center will be dedicated to providing age-specific behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment for teens and young adults. Patients will be able to access intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) and partial hospitalization programs (PHPs) […]
Substance use disorder (SUD) providers are increasingly building trauma therapy into their practices, offering screenings and specific treatments to address trauma and improve patient outcomes. Including these services may make providers more attractive partners for health plans. Still, providers may be missing a wide swath of their patient base who need trauma care. Research has […]
Payers and providers have struggled to draw out a roadmap for value-based care in addiction treatment. As a result, the adoption of value-based contracting in substance use care remains low. Still, some payers and providers blazed the trail over the past several years, highlighting some core do’s and don’ts for value-based care contracting. “I’ve been […]
The public comment period hasn’t begun for the Biden administration’s recently published proposed mental health parity rule. But that hasn’t stopped a flood of commentary on the rule from entering the public sphere already. On July 25, the administration released a proposed rule that firms up mental health parity in terms of health plan’s compliance […]
In 2023, substance use disorder (SUD) executives forecast retaining and recruiting challenges, more modality flexibility, deeper adoption of data and value-based care and shifting regulatory frameworks. Behavioral Health Business reached out to top executives in the substance use disorder space to get their insights on two key questions — What will be the defining market […]
American Addiction Centers named Ellen-Jo Boschert as its new chief operating officer. The Brentwood, Tennessee-based addiction treatment company announced Tuesday that Boschert’s appointment is effective Oct. 17. She comes to the role with more than 30 years of experience managing multi-site and multi-state health care organizations. At American Addiction Centers she will lead the company’s […]
The behavioral health industry awaits a vital federal appeals court decision in a long legal battle between payers and operators. No matter the decision, the ruling in Wit v. United Behavioral Health will have far-reaching consequences for behavioral health advocates pushing insurers on reimbursement parity. The class-action lawsuit — originally filed in May 2014 by […]
Multi-state treatment provider American Addiction Centers Holdings (AAC) has named Dr. Tom Britton as its new CEO. Britton comes to AAC from the Chicago-based Gateway Foundation. Britton had been president and CEO of Gateway – one of the largest non-profit addiction treatment providers in the nation – since 2015. “I am both humbled and excited […]
By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. more information
The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.
