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UHS' $61M Joint Venture Behavioral Hospital to Triple Region's Inpatient Capacity; Texas Children's, Menninger Clinic Team Up Amid 800% Spike in Youth Mental Health Needs · 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 23rd,
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  first,
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  Lehigh Valley Health Network and Universal Health Services are joining forces.
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  They're creating a 61 million behavioral health hospital in Hanover Township,
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  Pennsylvania.
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  Builders will break ground early next year to build the 144 bed and
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  97,000 square feet hospital.
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  It's set to open in the second half of 2025.
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  It will nearly triple the inpatient behavioral care capacity in the region.
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  The hospital is expected to create over 300 full-time jobs.
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  Financial terms of the joint venture were not disclosed. Second,
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  Santa Clara County in California recently broke ground on a behavioral health
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  center. The child, adolescent,
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  and adult behavioral health services center will be over 200,000 square feet and
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  will cost 422 million.
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  It will be built on the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center campus in San Jose.
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  The center will be the first county operated acute inpatient care for an
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  underserved population.
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  It will consolidate and integrate behavioral health services provided all around
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  campus into just one single facility.
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  It will also include over 70 inpatient vets.
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  It'll provide a pharmacy emergency, psychiatric services,
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  and mental health urgent care for children.
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  It will also have a separate secured area for adult services.
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  Third,
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  Texas Children's Hospital and the Menninger Clinic announced the beginning of a
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  joint effort. This effort is focused on addressing youth mental health.
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  Since 2019,
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  the Texas Children's Hospital has seen an 800% increase in youth behavioral
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  health needs.
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  This partnership will focus on inpatient care and also transitional outpatient
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  treatment. At first,
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  it'll focus on stabilizing patients 12 to 17 years old who suffer from
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  depression, anxiety, and suicidality.
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  This center will have 12 inpatient beds and menning.
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  Recently the c D C released data that showed an increase in persistent sadness
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  and suicidal ideation for all genders, but especially teenage girls.
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  Patients in the program will receive care from staff at both Menninger and Texas
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  Children's Hospital. It opens next week on March 1st.
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  Outpatient support and therapy services will also be offered to patients as
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  needed. Thanks for listening.
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