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Former Humana Leader Named Executive Chair of Mental Health AI company; Children's Hospital Los Angeles Receives $2.5M Grant for Behavioral Health Research · Becker's Healthcare Behavioral Health

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  This is Randy Homan with Becker's Behavioral Health Podcast.
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  Here's your daily industry news brief for February 1st. First,
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  ASO digital health names David Ike as the executive chair of its board of
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  directors.
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  ASO Digital Health is a UK-based healthcare technology company developing
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  artificial intelligence, guided mental health treatments. Mr.
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  I serves as an advisor to Quida Digital Ventures,
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  a healthcare investment firm.
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  He previously served as Vice President of digital products at Humana,
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  according to an ASO news release yesterday. Second,
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  WellSpan Health based in York,
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  Pennsylvania uses a $7 million expansion to add 22 beds to
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  its 12 Spann Philhaven facility in Mount Graton of Pennsylvania.
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  According to Lebanon daily news report from Monday,
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  this is the second inpatient expansion at the facility. Since 2019,
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  the health system predicts it'll be able to serve 100 additional patients per
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  year. The expansion is also expected to help the facilities wait list,
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  which is currently over 1000 patients.
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  Last month, WellSpan announced plans to add 200 employees to its system.
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  50 of these employees will be allocated for the Philhaven location and the
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  expanded unit. In Mount Gretna third Children's Hospital,
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  Los Angeles receives a five year,
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  2.5 million grant Per behavioral health research,
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  the health resources and Services administration provides the grant as part of
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  the Bipartisan Sacred Communities Act.
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  The grant will be used to support clinical training and research on the mental
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  health crisis among children and youth through the community partnered pediatric
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  residency training and mental health and behavioral health project.
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  According to a news release yesterday,
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  the project aims to train almost 200 pediatric residents at C H L A on mental
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  and behavioral healthcare in the primary care setting.
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  C H L A was one of 24 grant recipients across the country and the only hospital
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  in Los Angeles County to be selected.
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