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Psychologist pleads guilty to $1.6M Medicaid fraud
A Connecticut psychologist pleaded guilty to $1.6 million in Medicaid fraud. -
New Mexico crisis center closes
The Doña Ana County Triage Crisis Center in Las Cruces, N.M., has closed, CBS affiliate KOB reported Jan. 31. -
8 states to participate in behavioral health policy lab
Eight states have been selected to participate in a children's behavioral health state policy lab in Baltimore between Feb. 7 and 9, The Daily Record reported Jan. 31. -
Optum shutters eating disorder clinics
Several Optum-owned eating disorder clinics are set to close. -
States with the highest ratio of state psychiatric beds by population
Delaware is the state with the highest ratio of state psychiatric beds by population, according to data from the Treatment Advocacy Center. -
Talkiatry launches geriatric psychiatry program
Behavioral health provider Talkiatry has launched a telepsychiatry program for adults 65 and older. -
9 behavioral health facility openings in 2 weeks
From new behavioral health crisis units to full facilities, here are nine new behavioral health projects that Becker's has reported on since Jan. 16: -
13 states increasing their number of state psychiatric hospital beds
Although the numbers of state psychiatric hospital beds have largely either decreased or remained stagnant across 37 states, some states increased their number of beds between 2016 and 2022. -
Illinois partners with Google to improve behavioral health resource access
The Illinois Department of Human Services has partnered with Google Public Sector to develop a youth behavioral health resources portal. -
Covenant hospital seeks funding for behavioral program operating at $10M loss
St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine, Ga., is seeking $10 million in state funding to cover the deficit from its behavioral health service line and launch a new program, the Portland Press Herald reported Jan. 28. -
States with the largest declines in state psychiatric beds
State psychiatric beds are declining in number, and those that are available are often occupied by patients committed to the hospital through the legal system, leaving even fewer state beds available for other patients, according to a recent report from the Treatment Advocacy Center. -
New Jersey hospital adds behavioral health crisis unit
Overlook Medical Center in Summit, N.J., has expanded to include a behavioral health crisis unit. -
Behavioral health urgent care opens in North Carolina
A behavioral health urgent care has opened in Jacksonville, N.C. -
Behavioral health facility to open in Georgia
River Edge Behavioral Health is demolishing a shopping complex to make way for a new behavioral health center and outpatient clinic in Macon, Ga. -
Montefiore plans behavioral care improvements with excellence designation
Montefiore Health System has been named a New York State Office of Mental Health Behavioral Health Center of Excellence. -
Where psychiatry ranks among medicine's most burnt-out specialties
Psychiatry lands close to the bottom of the specialties ranked by burnout levels in Medscape's 2024 "Physician Burnout and Depression Report." -
More training needed, 988 counselors say
Counselors and staffers who work for the nation's 988 suicide and crisis hotline are asking for more training in the face of increasing calls, according to a Jan. 24 report from KFF Health News. -
Diamond Recovery Group to open behavioral health facility in Florida
Substance use recovery services provider Diamond Recovery Group is opening its first behavioral health facility. -
The 3 behavioral health roles at the top of Indeed's best jobs of 2024
Three behavioral health-related roles are among the top 10 of Indeed's list of the 25 best jobs of 2024, with mental health technician topping the list. -
Patient charged with attempted murder at UHS behavioral facility
A patient at Dover (Delaware) Behavioral Health was charged with attempted murder after allegedly assaulting another patient at the facility, NBC affiliate WRDE reported Jan. 22.
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