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APA Foundation Welcomes its Largest, Most Diverse Class of Psychiatry Fellows; Court Reverses Order Blocking Crozer from Turning Hospital into Behavioral Health Center · Becker's Healthcare Behavioral Health

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  This is Randy Homans Behavioral Health Podcast.
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  Here's your daily industry news brief for May 5th. First,
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  the American Psychiatry Association Foundation's 2023 Class of Psychiatry
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  Fellows, ISS largest and most diverse class in history.
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  The class consists of 116 fellows from over 20 states and 80 medical
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  institutions. Almost 80% are people of color.
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  Over 60% are women,
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  and almost a quarter are part of the lgbtq plus community.
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  Each fellow will be assigned to one of nine different fellowships.
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  The fellowship program provides educational mentoring and professional
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  development opportunities to psychiatric residents.
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  Second,
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  peace Health in Washington is planning to open a new behavioral health clinic in
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  July. The clinic will be located in Bellingham, Washington.
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  It's expected to care for 30 to 50 patients per day.
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  It will offer both in-person and remote care.
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  Patients can receive help and services for anger, anxiety, adolescent issues,
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  and severe mental illnesses.
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  The clinic will provide individualized care related to lgbtq plus support,
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  depression, and relationships. Initially,
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  the facility will not accept Medicaid. Third,
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  a Pennsylvania Appeals Court is reversing a lower court's ruling that initially
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  blocked Crozer Health from turning Delaware County Memorial Hospital into
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  Behavioral health Center.
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  The lower court granted a preliminary injection in October.
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  It blocked the hospital from closing its ED and ending general inpatient
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  services. The foundation of Delaware County filed the lawsuit.
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  The foundation argues that plans to turn the hospital into a behavioral health
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  facility into services like Urgent Care had violated the sale agreement.
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  The agreement required Prospect Medical Holdings to Keeper's,
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  hospitals open for at least 10 years.
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  The Appeals Court says that the foundation did not prove that irreparable harm
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  would come to the community due to the closure. Thanks for listening.
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