Health News Leaders Plan Large Inpatient Mental Health, Addiction Treatment Center In The Columbia Gorge

Medicaid payments barely keep hospital mental health units afloat. Federal cuts could sink them.

This town’s hospital is a holdout on behalf of people going through mental health crises. The facility’s leaders have pledged not to shutter their inpatient psychiatric unit, as dozens of other U.S. Read More

Addiction treatment chain plans to open Ephrata location at former Retreat Behavioral facility site

An addiction treatment chain that operates primarily in western and midwestern states plans to open a treatment center at the Ephrata Borough property formerly owned by the defunct Retreat Behavioral ... Read More

Treatment leaders in Minnesota fear program closures without Medicaid increases

Leaders of some of Minnesota’s largest addiction treatment providers say that if state legislators do not approve increases to Medicaid reimbursement rates this session, they and other organizations ... Read More

New Green Valley center expands mental health, addiction care in rural Arizona

Arizona ranks 48th in the nation for access to mental health care, according to a report by Mental Health America. In response to this critical shortage, a new facility in Green Valley is working to ... Read More

Medicaid payments barely keep hospital mental health units afloat. Federal cuts could sink them

SPENCER, Iowa — This town's hospital is a holdout on behalf of people going through mental health crises. The facility's leaders have pledged not to shutter their inpatient psychiatric unit, as dozens ... Read More

Medicaid payments barely keep hospital mental health units afloat. Federal cuts could sink them.

Spencer Hospital is one of the smallest hospitals in Iowa still offering inpatient mental health care. (Tony Leys/KFF Health News) SPENCER, Iowa — This town’s hospital is a holdout on behalf of people ... Read More