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Business Briefs: Behavioral Health Group, BayCare, Magdalen House, Creekside Behavioral Health, Helping Hands Family, Evernorth Care Group
BHG Partners With Sonara Health for Take-Home Medication Monitoring
Sonara Health, developer of a web-based application that allows patients to record dosing of take-home medications, announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Behavioral Health Group (BHG) to make Sonara’s app available to 3 opioid treatment programs in South Carolina.
BHG operates 115 outpatient programs in 22 states overall. Through its partnership with Sonara, patients at its centers in Charleston, Aiken, and Spartanburg, South Carolina, will be able to remotely record methadone doses for their care teams to review. The process will expedite the process for patients to qualify for take-home medications and increase their number of take-homes over time.
In a news release announcing the deal, BHG National Clinical Director Christine Martin said the organization anticipates Sonara’s remoting dosing and other digital tools to help BHG programs to reach more individuals seeking recovery and maintain patient engagement.
BayCare to Open Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center in Florida
BayCare Health System is launching a behavioral health urgent care center in New Port Richey, Florida, that will serve the state’s West Central region. The center will allow same-day appointment scheduling and walk-ins, and it will provide mental health and addiction screening and assessments. BayCare will renovate a building next to existing behavioral health facilities operated by the organization to house the center.
Last week, Pasco County Commission awarded $3.7 million in opioid settlement funds, to be distributed over 3 years, to the organization. Funds received in the first year will cover construction costs, and funds over the remaining 2 years will be used to meet operational needs.
The behavioral health urgent care center is slated to open in December.
Magdalen House Opens Men’s Program in Texas
The Magdalen House, a Dallas, Texas-based operator of a women’s alcohol addiction treatment program for 36 years, announced on Wednesday that it is opening a men’s program facility in Dallas. Services at the not-for-profit’s new men’s program will mirror those offered at its women’s program, using the principles of 12-Step recovery. The Magdalen House offers its services—without insurance or state funding—free of charge to patients.
Creekside Behavioral Health Completes Campus Expansion
Creekside Behavioral Health announced that it has completed a 24-bed expansion of its campus in Kingsport, Tennessee, increasing the facility to 96 beds. The company is also opening a new outpatient space in Kingsport this month and has plans to launch a child and adolescent outpatient clinic in Knoxville, Tennessee, and a new outpatient center in Johnson City, Tennessee, later in 2024.
Helping Hands Family Adds Third Maryland Location
Helping Hands Family (HHF) Autism Services has opened an autism therapy clinic in Lanham, Maryland, joining the organization’s existing in-state programs in North Bethesda and Columbia. HHF provides applied behavior analysis therapy in 5 states, with individualized treatment plans to deliver services in clinics, homes, and schools, based on patients’ needs.
Evernorth Care Group Partners With evolvedMD to Expand Behavioral Health Services
Evernorth Care Group has announced plans to bolster its onsite behavioral health services through a collaboration with evolvedMD, a national firm that integrates behavioral health into primary care. Through its partnership, Evernorth will embed evolvedMD behavioral health clinicians within each of its 20 healthcare centers, allowing the specialists to work alongside Evernorth primary care providers and care team members.
At launch, behavioral health services will be made available at the group’s Paseo Multi-Specialty Center and Urgent Care in Glendale, Arizona. Services will expand to other Evernorth locations over time, with virtual visits available.
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