New York City to boost clubhouse services as better mental health treatment

PHOTO: FILE - New York City Mayor Eric Adams tours a Fountain House mental health clubhouse. Monday, July 18, 2022.

Clubhouses have been a mental health service that a New York City official said was right “under our noses” for over 75 years. The model invites people with depression and other mental health conditions into a temporary home where they are surrounded by peers and counselors and given resources for their conditions as well as … Read more

Statewide Behavioral Health Commission Recommends Approval of Programs to Localize Mental Health Services – Flathead Beacon

Statewide Behavioral Health Commission Recommends Approval of Programs to Localize Mental Health Services - Flathead Beacon

The statewide Behavioral Health System for Future Generations Commission on Friday approved recommendation of two programs that would fund local behavioral health infrastructure in order to limit systemic bottlenecks and deliver care throughout the state. If implemented, the first of two recommended programs would provide 24-month pilot grants to counties to finance court-ordered mental fitness … Read more

Kaiser must overhaul behavioral health care services, pay $50M fine

Kaiser must overhaul behavioral health care services, pay $50M fine

article HOLLYWOOD, CA – JUNE 22: General views of Kaiser Permanente Hollywood Medial Offices on June 22, 2022 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) OAKLAND, Calif. – Kaiser Permanente must overhaul behavioral health care services and pay a $50 million fine under a settlement agreement announced Thursday by the California Department of Managed Health … Read more

UnityPoint, Presbyterian Healthcare Services not moving forward with planned partnership

Two major health care organizations will not pursue a plan for partnership they had announced in March. Subscribe today and support local journalism! UnityPoint Health and New Mexico-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services announced their intent to form a new health care company, but after planning and consideration, the two organizations will no longer pursue the transaction, … Read more