Behavioral Health news and information

Universal Health Services, King of Prussia, Pa., is facing an inquiry from HHS' inspector general's office into the operations of several behavioral health facilities.
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Hospital stays for mental illness or substance abuse rose as hospital visits for other medical care fell the first year insurers were required to treat behavioral health like any other condition.
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As more payers appear poised to reimburse providers for the care-coordination services provided under the patient-centered medical home model, other players are stepping up their medical home ancillary business services.
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From Aurora, Colo., to Newtown, Mass., to the apparent suicide of country singer Mindy McCready, the issue of mental illness has become a high-profile topic. Time after time, in tragedy after tragedy, we find people who have lost hope, become severely depressed, or who have displayed significant...
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HHS on Wednesday released a final regulation on the health reform law's essential health benefits, actuarial value and accreditation provisions that closely follows the department's proposed rule from last November.
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At Castlewood Treatment Center, patients with eating disorders receive intensive, one-on-one therapy at three estate-like residential campuses nestled in the hills of St. Louis.
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A pair of Indiana University computer scientists set out to devise a computer-based, artificial intelligence system that could “think like a doctor.” But what they created may be even better, producing a system that could outperform physicians in making care decisions over time.
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The debate over stronger gun control measures could boost behavioral health companies if any legislation includes provisions for expanded mental health services.
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One potentially nettlesome provision of the new omnibus federal healthcare privacy rule involves patient consent rights over the disclosure of their medical information if they self-pay.
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Mental health legislation introduced by a bipartisan group of seven senators would establish criteria for the designation of healthcare facilities as Federally Qualified Community Behavioral Health Centers, giving them the type of Medicaid prospective payment system reimbursement that Federally...
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