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A Behavioral Healthcare Executive article on the LegitScript certification process for addiction treatment online marketing took second place in the Features: Trends category of the All Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards presented by the Press Club of Cleveland on Friday night. The story was…

Recovery Centers of America on Monday announced that it has promoted Dawn Belamarich, LPC, LCADC, ACS, to the role of CEO of RCA at Lighthouse, a 133-bed inpatient substance use disorder treatment center in Mays Landing, New Jersey. Belamarich succeeds David Dorschu, who is taking on the role of…

We know from years of trauma research that our bodies and minds “perceive danger” in different ways. As a result, it’s reasonable to expect that not everyone responding to the personal, emotional and professional threats of COVID will react in the same way. Individual perception and how people…

Centerstone, a not-for-profit health system that provides mental health and substance use disorder treatments, announced it has received a grant from SAMHSA that will be used to establish a Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Center that will provide treatment and recovery support services for substance…

Autism & Behavior Consulting Services, a Nashville, Tennessee-based behavioral therapy services provider that specializes in treating children with autism spectrum disorders, has been acquired by Proud Moments ABA. The deal was announced in a news release by Generational Equity, a mergers and…

A doctor in Palm Beach County, Florida, has been charged with conspiring to commit healthcare fraud and wire fraud for allegedly participating in a years-long scheme of billing for fraudulent tests and treatment for patients seeking care for drug and/or alcohol addiction, the U.S. Justice…

Financial performance is critical to the future of our field. Healthcare costs are central in any discussion of performance, and there are several ways to evaluate costs. Evaluations will differ according to who frames the questions. Some analyses advance our work while others derail us. Let us…

Providence Treatment, an operator of three outpatient addiction treatment centers in the Greater Philadelphia area, announced last week that it has acquired Main Line Recovery, outpatient program in the Philadelphia suburb of Haverford, Pennsylvania. Main Line is now operating under the Providence…

BrightView, an outpatient addiction treatment provider with 21 locations in Ohio and Kentucky, announced that it has acquired HOPE Center North from the Lindner Center of Hope. Located in Mason, Ohio, the facility opened in 2015 to provide medication-assisted treatment to patients in the Greater…

Addiction Campuses, the Nashville, Tennessee-based operator of substance use disorder treatment and recovery programs, announced recently that the company will begin operating under a new name: Vertava Health. The name is a combination of two Latin words—vert (“turn”) and ava (“life”)—which the…