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The 2026 Medicare policy changes that affect your patients
By Eileen Weber
In late 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) issued a final ruling on the Medicare Physician...
Mental Health ER option; Mental Health Screenings for New Mothers; Behavioral Health Care in CT; Electroconvulsive Therapy in NH;
By New England Psychologist Staff
Griffin Hospital launches mental health ER alternative
Griffin Hospital in Derby, Connecticut, has opened a specialized emergency unit for individuals experiencing...
Trinity Health Closures in CT; MA Behavioral Health Hospital Expands; VT Telehealth Law to Improve Rural Access
By Tricia Stortz
CT lawmakers push for input following Trinity Health closures
This summer, Trinity Health of New England is closing two outpatient mental health programs in Hartford,...
Sweetser to open residential facility for youth
By Danielle Ray
Advocate questions it is best use of funding This past spring, nonprofit Sweetser was awarded $2...
Facilities for at-risk kids in Mass. spared from shut downs
By Eileen Weber
Massachusetts, like so many other states, is struggling with a behavioral health crisis. A staff...
RI agrees to consent decree for children with behavioral health disabilities
By Eileen Weber
Rhode Island has reached an agreement with federal authorities to resolve violations of disability...
NH redesigns rapid response
By Eileen Weber
Help comes with many names—crisis intervention team, mobile crisis unit, or rapid response. Whatever...
Behavioral health care funds to be released in Mass.
By Eileen Weber
Money meant to address staff shortages Last year, Massachusetts set up a behavioral health fund amounting...
CT makes recommendations to improve children’s behavioral health
By Eileen Weber
What came first, the increase in children’s mental health issues or the shortage in staff to help...
New behavioral health hospital opens in Mass.
By Eileen Weber
Valley Springs Behavioral Health Hospital opened its doors late this summer to treat children,...