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Methodist, Acadia to Open New Behavioral Health Hospital in Iowa; 69% of Youth Seeking Mental Healthcare Do Not Receive It · Becker's Healthcare Behavioral Health

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  Becker's Behavioral Health Podcast. Here's your industry news for Wednesday,
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  July 26. First Methodist,
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  Jenny Edmondson Hospital and Acadia Healthcare are partnering to build a
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  behavioral health hospital in Iowa.
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  They're investing over $55 million to alleviate unmet behavioral
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  health needs in the region.
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  There's a deficit of over 300 inpatient behavioral health beds in Iowa and
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  Nebraska.
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  The new hospital is planned to hold almost 100 beds and provide outpatient
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  services. It'll also include treatment rooms,
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  spacious enough for group therapy sessions, centralized nursing stations,
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  high ceilings,
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  and windows to highlight natural light outdoor spaces and high tech features.
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  The joint venture is in the process of securing land and awaiting regulatory
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  approval. The hospital is expected to open in three years.
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  Second,
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  NYC Health Plus Hospitals Peer Academy graduated 50 individuals with lived
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  mental health or substance use experience who are now trained to become
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  certified peer counselors.
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  N YC Health's team has almost 90 peers.
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  17 of these are recent graduates of its Peer Academy program.
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  Eight people from the first graduating have been hired as peer at
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  organizations.
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  Graduates experience 20 of online workshops and almost
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  of classroom training
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  who are seeking mental healthcare. Do not receive it.
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  A patient experienced survey collected almost 3000 responses across 26
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  behavioral health consumer organizations.
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  57% of patients who seek mental healthcare do not receive care. However,
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  32% of patients who seek physical healthcare do not receive it.
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  Receive one major barrier is the difficulty of finding an in-network provider
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  who is accepting new patients. Thanks for listening.
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