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Hospitals shouldn’t be daunted by taking on multiple levels of behavioral healthcare at once, according to Jonathan Alpert, MD, chair of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. New York City.-based Montefiore Health…
An AI-powered chatbot produced similar outcomes to outpatient therapy, a study published March 27 in NEJM AI found. The study, conducted by researchers at Dartmouth College’s Geisel School of Medicine in Hanover, N.H., was the first of a generative AI-powered…
North Dakota is the highest paying state for psychiatrists in 2024, according to new Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Becker’s used BLS data to determine the annual mean salary in every state, as well as calculate the hourly adjusted wage…
Salem-based Oregon State Hospital has been placed in immediate jeopardy after another patient’s death, OregonLive reported April 2. On March 18, a patient in seclusion fell and became unconscious, later dying. Investigators from both CMS and The Joint Commission filed…
Current regulations on methadone dispensing are holding back effective treatment, according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine. The society, along with the National Community Pharmacists Association and other interest groups, penned a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi…
Behavioral health provider SonderMind has expanded to New York and Michigan, now reaching all 50 states, according to an April 1 news release. The company expanded to four additional states at the end of 2024. SonderMind provides therapy through telehealth…
Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center opened its new adolescent medical psychiatry unit April 1. The six-bed inpatient unit is staffed by child psychiatrists, psychologists, pediatricians and other mental health professionals who will provide mental health care to adolescents ages…
Finding behavioral health providers is hard. Finding providers equipped to treat eating disorders is harder, according to Howard Weeks, MD, chief medical officer at Eating Recovery Center and Pathlight Mood and Anxiety Center. Eating Recovery Center is launching its own…
Fort Health is enlisting AI to upskill its therapists. The youth behavioral health provider has partnered with the talent acquisition platform Colleva to develop AI avatar-led simulations for its therapists, according to a March 18 news release. Therapists participating in…
House lawmakers have introduced legislation to boost Medicare reimbursement for integrated behavioral health services with primary care. Reps. Lizzie Fletcher, Nicole Malliotakis, August Pfluger and Steven Horsford introduced the Connecting Our Medical Providers with Links to Expand Tailored and Effective…