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Business Briefs: UHS, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Prosperity Behavioral Health, Mirah
UHS Partners With Lehigh Valley Health Network on New Facility
Universal Health Services (UHS) and Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) have announced plans to build a 144-bed behavioral health hospital in Hanover Township, Pennsylvania. The new facility will be located across from the Lehigh Valley Hospital—Muhlenberg campus.
Groundbreaking for the 97,000-square-foot facility is slated for spring 2024. The hospital is expected to open in fall 2025. The new facility will be operated jointly by LVHN and UHS and is projected to create more than 300 full-time jobs for nurses, clinicians, therapists, technicians, and administrative staff.
The opening of the facility will nearly triple the number of inpatient beds available in the Lehigh Valley, LVHN CEO Brian A. Nester, DO, said in a news release.
Prosperity Behavioral Health Acquires Elevated Billing
Prosperity Behavioral Health, a national provider of financial solutions for behavioral healthcare facilities, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Elevated Billing. Based in Utah, Elevated is a revenue cycle management firm that serves behavioral healthcare facilities.
The acquisition continues a growth phase for Prosperity. In 2022, the company received an investment from NewSpring Capital to fund an expansion of its services. Previously, Prosperity acquired Vertex Healthcare Services in 2019, doubling its size and expanding its service offerings.
Former National Council CEO Joins Mirah as Advisor
Mirah, a platform for survey administration, measurement feedback, and data collection to facilitate measurement-based care in the behavioral healthcare sector, announced that Linda Rosenberg, MSW, the former president and CEO of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, is joining the organization as an advisor.
Rosenberg, who also currently serves as part of the Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, brings more than 30 years of mental health practice and policy experience. She is credited as a key driver behind the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic program, and led the development of the national Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration grant program and the Medicaid Health Home option.
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