Becker’s Behavioral Health

South Carolina failed to ensure that insurers administering its Medicaid program complied with federal requirements prohibiting stricter prior authorization limits on mental health services compared to medical services, an audit report published Sept. 8 by the HHS Office of Inspector…

The FDA has taken a string of actions in recent months that could reshape how substance use disorders, ADHD and other behavioral health conditions are treated in the years ahead.  From clearing a novel alcohol use disorder drug for trials…

Osawatomie (Kan.) State Hospital is at the center of patient safety concerns over a proposed $1 billion, 283-acre data center that would sit a few hundred yards from the psychiatric facility, KSHB 41 reported Sept. 6.   Clayton Sherlock, who spent…

Suicide-related emergency department visits among children increased 74% from 2016 to 2022, according to a study published Sept. 3 in Annals of Emergency Medicine. The study represented more than 5 million pediatric mental health ED visits in the U.S. Here…

U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., introduced the bipartisan 988 Crisis Response Act Sept. 3 to fund professional mobile crisis response teams dispatched by 988 Lifeline operators as well as establish Medicaid reimbursement for crisis call centers and resources. The legislation…

Clinton, Ohio-based New Destiny Treatment Center owes $1.4 million to the Ohio Department of Medicaid following a compliance examination of selected behavioral health services from Jan. 1, 2021 through Dec. 31, 2023, according to a report by Keith Faber, auditor…