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Becker's Healthcare Behavioral Health — 175 episodes

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Scaling Mental Health Access, Reducing Burnout, and Tulsa’s Growth with Carl Hoopes

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Scaling Mental Health with Outcomes, Workforce Strategy, and AI with Kellan Tittle

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Scaling Behavioral Health While Preserving Clinical Autonomy with Ben Johnson

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Menopause & Mental Health: What Healthcare Leaders Need to Understand About Why the Two Can’t Be Treated in Silos

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Solving Behavioral Health’s Access Problem at Scale

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Ambient AI in Behavioral Health: Lessons for 2026 and Beyond

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Modernizing Employee Mental Health Support and Embedding Well-Being Into Organizational Strategy

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Connecting the Front Door: How Real-Time Technology and AI-Enabled Intake Improve ED Throughput, Operational Efficiency, and Patient Care

9

Scaling Behavioral Health: Building Sustainable Models in 2026

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Expanding Access and Sustainability in Behavioral Health with Stephen Merz

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Scaling Community Behavioral Health at GRAND Mental Health with Carl Hoopes

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Redesigning Behavioral Health Systems with Allie Friesen of AF Impact

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Reimagining Behavioral Health in Post-Acute Care Through Telepsychiatry

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Building and Sustaining NYC Health + Hospitals’ Behavioral Health Workforce with Omar Fattal, MD, MPH

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Kari-Beth Law, MD, Associate Chief Medical Officer and Board Member of the West Virginia University Health System, Professor of Adult, Child/Adolescent and Forensic Psychiatry, Vice Chair of Clinical Services, and Director of Telepsychiatry for the W

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J.R. Greene, Founder and Chairman of Psychiatric Medical Care

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Jill Wiedemann-West, CEO of People Incorporated Mental Health Services

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John Meier, CEO of Aurora Charter Oak Behavioral Health Hospital

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Building Integrated, Measurement Based Behavioral Health at Scale with Shannon Werb of Array Behavioral Care

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Joseph Lee, MD, President and CEO of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

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Expanding Trauma Informed Mental Healthcare for Mothers, Infants, and Families with Dr. Obianuju Berry

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Bernard R. Jones, Vice President, MGB Behavioral & Mental Health, Mass General Brigham; Vice President, MGB Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, McLean Hospital, Brigham & Women’s Faulkner Hospital

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Adam Williams, VP of Payer Operations and Strategy at Tava Health

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Scaling Operational Excellence and the 7 Levers Powering Healthcare Performance

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Mandy Fauble, PhD, LCSW, Vice President of Operations at UPMC Western Behavioral Health

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Dr. Matthew Hurford & Dr. Michael Lynch of UPMC

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Advancing Suicide Prevention and Crisis Care at Carelon Behavioral Health

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Dr. Dan Schatz, Medical Director of Addiction Services at NYC Health + Hospitals

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Using Telehealth to Diagnose and Treat Adolescent ADHD with Dr. Tracy Mullare of Iris Telehealth

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Redefining Mental Health: Building a Smarter, Stronger and Scalable Ecosystem of Care

31

Dr. Karin Price, Chief of Psychology at Texas Children’s Hospital

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Dorinda Mueller, CEO of Aliso Ridge Behavioral Health

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Unlocking Scalable, Evidence-Based Mental Health Care Through Digital Innovation with Susannah Feinstein of Amwell

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From Siloed to Seamless: Reimagining Behavioral Health with evolvedMD

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Leah Blackwell, RN, Chief Nursing Officer at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, and Eric Clay, VP of Security for Memorial Hermann Health System

36

The Business of Care: Elevating Behavioral Health Reimbursement with Purpose

37

Chris Beamish, Service Line Executive for Mental Health and Addiction at Fairview Health Services

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Transforming Trauma Care: Aimee McCann on Rethinking Mental Health Treatment

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Driving Whole-Person Care: Dr. Caroline Carney on Behavioral Health Innovation

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Investing in People and Safety: Building a Resilient Behavioral Health Workforce with Kristen Kichefski

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Expanding Access and Empowering Clinicians in Behavioral Health with Dr. Priyanka of Mindpath Health

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Rylee Wilson speaks with Dr. James O’Dea and Dr. J. Craig Allen of Hartford HealthCare

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Transforming Behavioral Health: Innovations in Crisis Care & AI with Tammer Attallah

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Thomas Otten, Vice President of Avera Behavioral Health Services

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Dr. Manish Sapra, Executive Director of the Behavioral Health Service Line at Northwell Health

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Innovating Emergency Psychiatry: Meeting Behavioral Health Demand Head-On

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Kelsey Smith & Jenni O'Donnell of Providence Swedish

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Natalie Schneider, Founding CEO of Fort Health

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Dr. Colby Newsome, Director of Behavioral Health Pharmacy at Appalachian Regional Healthcare

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Matt Brown, Chief Administration Officer and President at ARC Healthcare

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Exploring the Intersection of Sports Psychiatry and Eating Disorder Care with Dr. Mark Allen

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Tammy Boyd, Chief Revenue Officer at Lakeside Neurologic

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Renee Rafferty, Senior Vice President of Behavioral Health at Children's Nebraska

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Transforming Behavioral Health in Health Systems with Iris Telehealth

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Dr. Sarah Jerstad, Medical Director of Behavioral Health Services at Children's Minnesota

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Dr. Thomas Pineo, a medical director at UPMC Community Osteopathic

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Caroline Carney, President of Behavioral Health and Chief Medical Officer at Magellan Health

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Robert Krayn, Co-founder and CEO of Talkiatry

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U of Vermont launches integrated addiction program to tackle record overdose rates; 10 most common mental health diagnoses

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Merger Will Form 2nd Largest Behavioral Health MCO in North Carolina; Biden Administration Awards $88M in Grants for Youth Mental Health, Substance Use Treatment

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OCD Virtual Treatment at Forefront of New Partnership; Washington Buys Recently Shuttered Psychiatric Hospital

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3 States Host 60% of the Best Hospitals for Psychiatry; Texas Behavioral Health Center Gets $8M for Crisis Center

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50% People will Develop a Mental Disorder in their Lifetime: Study; New Jersey Hospital Launches Campaign to Support Behavioral Health Unit

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Methodist, Acadia to Open New Behavioral Health Hospital in Iowa; 69% of Youth Seeking Mental Healthcare Do Not Receive It

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Cherokee Nation Launches Behavioral Health Scholarship; NeuroFlow Acquires Behavioral Health Lab Parent Company

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TX Behavioral Health Network Receives $750K Grant; 5 Reasons Behavioral Health Patients Aren't Getting the Care they Need

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McLaren Northern Michigan Opens Behavioral Health Center; Trinity Health Michigan, Universal Health Services Partner on Behavioral Health Hospital

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5 Hospitals with Most, Fewest Psychiatrists Per Capita; How to Drop Physician Turnover by 40%: Report

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Froedtert Health Closes Behavioral Health Unit; Missouri Lawmakers Approve $300M for Behavioral Health Hospital

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Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Launches $16M Career Accelerator Program; NJ Governor Signs Bill Allowing Mental Health Providers to Operate in Emergency Shelters

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Psychiatric Advance Directives Now Available in Georgia; Children's Health Launches Mental Health Training Program

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Steve Wigginton Named CEO of Collegiate Behavioral Health Associates; 8 Mental Health Crisis Stats to Know from the National Association of Counties

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CHE Behavioral Health Partners with NextGen Healthcare; CenCal Health to Allocate $7M for California Student Behavioral Health Program

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Embark Behavioral Health Opens New Clinic in Colorado; Children's Hospital New Orleans Expands Behavioral Health Services

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Illinois Bill Pushes for Insurance Coverage on Annual Mental Health Assessments; $580M in Psychotherapy Improperly Billed to Medicare in 2020, HHS says

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APA Foundation Welcomes its Largest, Most Diverse Class of Psychiatry Fellows; Court Reverses Order Blocking Crozer from Turning Hospital into Behavioral Health Center

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Talkspace Upped Revenue 11% in Q1; Brightline Suffers Data Breach, Potentially Impacting 783K Patients

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Better Behavioral Care Collaboration: An Integrated Ecosystem Approach to Care Starts by Empowering Providers

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Loneliness is a Threat to Public Health, Surgeon General Says; Most Physicians See Declining Mental Health in their Patients: CVS Health

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Wisconsin Seeks to Invest $500M in Behavioral Health Over Next Two Years; Philadelphia Addiction Treatment Facility Closes Doors

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New Jersey Bill Would Lower Age for Youth Mental Healthcare Without Parental Consent; Connecticut Physician, Behavioral Health Group Owner Gets 4 Years Prison for Psychotherapy Fraud

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Michigan Mental Health Facility to Embark on $3.4M Expansion; Alabama Bill Would Add Phone Surcharges to Fund Crisis Hotline

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Louisiana Behavioral Health Hospital Reopens Intensive Outpatient Program; National Fatherhood Initiative, Virginia Department of Behavioral Health Partner for New Program

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CVS Health Expands Mental Healthcare Presence: 3 Moves to Know; Average Pay for Psychiatrists, Nurses and More

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2 New CEOs; Collegiate Behavioral Health Associates Offers New Program for Student-Athletes

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Victoria Gore, a Coach at Holistic Recovery Services

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Top Behavioral Health and Mental Health News for April 13

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Eating Disorders in the US: 6 Numbers to Know; Former Physician Who Prescribed Fatal "Holy Trinity" to Teenager gets 30 Months Prison

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IU Receives $8.6M Grant to Study Alcohol Use; UHS Hits $13.4B Revenue Despite Behavioral Health Bottleneck

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Ohio School Gifted $50K to Support Student Athlete Mental Health; MTV to Help Fund 22 Nonprofits Through Mental Health Action Day

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Utah Governor Signs Four Mental Health Bills into Law; Pennsylvania Nurse Practitioner, Mental Health Facility Owner to Pay $450K for Prescription Fraud

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Proposed Bill Would Protect Oregon Mental Health Workers from Insurance Audits; Honolulu Addiction Treatment Center to Pay $450K for Illegal Pay Practices

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HHS Commits $25M to Grow Primary Care, Mental Health Services in Schools; Tulalip Tribes Behavioral Health Facility in Washington Gets Green Light

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Mental Health Leads the Way on Healthcare's Self-Employment Trend; Nebraska Bill Would Increase Mental Health Professionals' Authority in Emergency

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Sen. John Fetterman Still Running His Office While in Inpatient Depression Treatment; Gauge Capital Invests in Behavioral Health Electronic Records Company

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5 Hehavioral Health Trends Shaping the Economy; Biden's 2024 Budget Would Lower Medicare Behavioral Health Costs

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U of Michigan to Offer Students Free Counseling Sessions; UCHealth Adds New Inpatient Unit

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Former NFL Player, Alliance Health Open Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center; 15 Addiction Treatment Centers Close Following CEO Fraud Charges

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BetterHelp Fined $7.8M by FTC; Lifepoint Behavioral Health, Centra Enter Joint Venture for New Inpatient Hospital

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Hawaii Senate Passes 4 Behavioral Health Bills; Massachusetts Health Center Launches Mobile Behavioral Health Screenings

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Brightline, Cigna form Strategic Partnership; February's 5 Biggest Behavioral Health Investments Total $2.5B: An Overview

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Cerebral Lays Off 15% of Staff; 75% of Youth with Major Depression Aren't Being Treated in These 4 States

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Black Physicians Utah Receives Grant from the NBA Foundation to Expand Mental Health Services; Illinois Governor Launches Children's Behavioral Health Initiative

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Colorado Lawmakers Propose Bill for Mental Health Screenings in Schools; How Hospitalists are Maintaining Happiness, Mental Health

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UHS' $61M Joint Venture Behavioral Hospital to Triple Region's Inpatient Capacity; Texas Children's, Menninger Clinic Team Up Amid 800% Spike in Youth Mental Health Needs

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Nevada's Mental Health Crisis Hotline Encounters Language, Cultural Accessibility Issues; Trinity Health to Open New Mental Health Facility by 2025

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New York Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Opioid Distribution; Maryland Lawmakers Introduce 7 Bills to Improve Mental Healthcare

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Proposed Bill Seeks to Open Overdose Prevention Sites in Colorado; Cherokee Nation Unveils First In-House Drug Treatment Center

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Digital Health Funding Down 57%: What to Know; Ballmer Group Invests $165M into School Support Services Nationwide

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Aetna, Community Care Put $1.2 into Mental Health Counseling Degree Program in West Virginia; UnitedHealth Group Partners with East Carolina University on Pediatric Mental Health

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$9M Awarded to Crisis Stabilization Services in Pennsylvania; UHS, LVHN Team Up for Behavioral Health Joint Venture in Pennsylvania

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BCBS Arizona Foundation to Invest $1M Toward Mental Health Initiatives; $9M Awarded to Crisis Stabilization Services in Pennsylvania

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North Carolina Launches Online Registry for Behavioral Health Beds; Chicago Department of Public Health Expands Mental Health Network

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Staffing Projected as Top Financial Strain for Behavioral Health Services in 2023; Mental Health America in Support of Biden's Mental Health Plan

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Ballad Health Opens 24-hour Behavioral Health Center in Tennessee; Sun River Health Receives $3.8M to Expand Community Health Center Services in New York

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Pennsylvania Rep Reintroduces Bill to Aid Homelessness and Behavioral Health; South Dakota Bill to Allocate $20M in Scholarships for Behavioral Health Careers Advances

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Arizona Hospital to Open 24-Bed Inpatient Behavioral Health Center; Community Mental Health Affiliates Pays $384K to Settle Overbilling Allegations

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Dr. Katie McLaughlin to Lead Ballmer Institute for Children's Behavioral Health; NAMI Los Angeles Adds Michele Broadnax to Board

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Former Humana Leader Named Executive Chair of Mental Health AI company; Children's Hospital Los Angeles Receives $2.5M Grant for Behavioral Health Research

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Dr. Shayla Sullivant, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Children’s Mercy Kansas City

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CMS wants new annual state reports to gauge healthcare disparities; 62% of Medicare Advantage members unsatisfied with mental health coverage, study finds

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CVS, Walgreens, Walmart must pay $650M to 2 Ohio counties for roles in opioid epidemic; UnitedHealth donates $11M to support behavioral healthcare, community services

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How AMA is tackling physician mental health issues; South Florida mental health center earns Joint Commission gold seal

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Behavioral health tops UPMC community assessment priorities; APA's stance on 6 mental health issues

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Indiana tries out mental health program at 5 county jails; Selena Gomez's mental health startup scores $5M funding

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Wisconsin allocates $14M for new behavioral health providers, youth mental health; Behavioral health company serving Medicaid patients announces value-based care contract

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BrightView acquires Column Health, aims to add 200 locations by 2027; Amazon Care adds on-demand behavioral healthcare option

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HearMe, Ingenovis Health partner to provide nurses with 24/7 mental health support; Online therapy directory accused of using physicians' profiles without their OK to lure clients

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Mass. correctional psych hospital uses excessive force, injections, report alleges; Mental health software market to reach $5.6B market value in 2028: 3 key factors driving growth

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Colorado psychiatrist indicted on prescription drug charges; Overview of Briden's expanded mental health crisis strategy

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TidalHealth opens joint venture behavioral crisis center; Allegheny Health partners with nonprofit for new outpatient behavioral clinic

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New Jersey psychiatrist found guilty of sexually assaulting former patient; Government health authorities consider task force for psychedelic, entactogenic therapy testing in 2 years

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Shuttered California hospital opens with behavioral health focus; Ingenovis Health launches staff wellbeing, retention program

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Massachusetts General Hospital granted $50M for suicidality, bipolar research; Washington, DC, psychiatric patients abused by staff, rights organization alleges

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Stuart Archer, Chief Executive Officer at Oceans Healthcare

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Abbott's breakthrough deep brain stimulation treatment; NYC Health+Hospitals has $1M to ease mental health clinicians' student debt: do you qualify?

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New moves by National Alliance on Mental Illness; 30% of healthcare workers clinically depressed, French study shows

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CVS Health names Dr. Taft Parsons, III, its new chief psychiatric officer; Bicycle health, Included Health partner to boost opioid treatment access

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Big Stories in Behavioral Health for 8/1

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Steven Airhart, Group CEO, Hartgrove Behavioral Health System & Garfield Park Behavioral Hospital with Universal Health Services (UHS)

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Children more likely to inherit anxiety from same-sex parent, study finds; Neuronetics, Alleviant Health form exclusive partnership

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At-home ketamine therapy 'incredibly effective,' study finds; FDA approves Neuronetics' transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment for depression-related anxiety

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Duke psychiatrists push more mental health resources for adolescents; AI chatbot app Wysa lands $20M

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Psychiatric ward staffers quit NYC hospital; U of Wash. plans 184K-sq-ft behavioral health teaching facility

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'No convincing evidence' that depression is caused by chemical imbalance, study finds; $237M Texas psychiatric hospital won't 'provide any relief,' county official says

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How Colorado strengths its pipeline of mental health workers; Texas psychiatrist's license indefinitely suspended after assault, gun charges

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Pittsburgh's program treats prenatal, postpartum depression in Black families; Nevada program links counselors, police responding to mental health crises

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CMS seeks 2023 fee boost for behavioral health physicians; 8 issues with major depressive disorder treatment, per Psychiatric Times

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Chicago's Compass Health Center now in-network with Optum; N.C. psychiatric hospital expands, now faces crippling staff shortages

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Company Arise to treat eating disorders virtually; N.Y. county combatting opioid crisis with $63M

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Liabilities of digital mental health companies; Ohio provider opening multiple behavioral health clinics with SAMHSA grant

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California county invests $50M in behavioral health; Study finds transcorneal electrical stimulation reduces stress in lab rats

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Psychiatrist sentenced for $112M addiction treatment fraud, Aetna expands youth mental health programs

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New York 'at a crisis point' with children's mental healthcare, Key notes on Medicare's latest behavioral health proposal

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California hospitals must begin sharing patient data; Acadia, Tufts building behavioral health hospital near Boston

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Study finds U.S. adult suicide rates dropped after medicaid expansion; Key takeaways from bipartisan Safer Communities Act

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Social media safeguards for children, California health system gets $76M to build behavioral health campus

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Sheridan Memorial Health's plan to combat lack of psychiatric care; Northwell Health changes credentialing to accommodate mental health

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Sheridan Memorial Health's plan to combat lack of psychiatric care; Northwell Health changes credentialing to accommodate mental health

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Children's Minnesota opening its first inpatient mental health unit, FDA breakthrough designation for VR device that treats serious mental illness

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In-home mental health treatment program alternative to ER

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Top stories in behavioral health today - June 22

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The Behavioral Health field in review: Top stories for June 21

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Behavioral Health News Update - 6/17/2022

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New Hackensack brand campaign, Broward Health offers innovative program for stroke risk

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Pioneer of forgiveness therapy awarded APA medal, Elite group of mental health professionals deployed to Ukraine

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Behavioral Health Brief June 10: How to support your physicians with 5 mental health tips

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Mt Sinai nurses publish report, Joint Commission facing pressure to require safe staffing for accreditation

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Behavioral Health Brief June: $1M PTSD treatment center, Florida budgets almost $300M for mental health services

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Dr. Brian Palmer, Psychiatrist at Allina Health

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Dr. Patrick Runnels, Chief Medical Officer of Population Health at University Hospitals & Vice Chair of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

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The Future of Online Mental Health Care

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Dr. Christopher Reist, Chief Medical Officer at Prairie Health

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Emily Snow, Director of Behavioral Health Initiatives at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City

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Paul Sheesley, Psychotherapist & Consultant in the Washington DC-Baltimore Area