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IU Receives $8.6M Grant to Study Alcohol Use; UHS Hits $13.4B Revenue Despite Behavioral Health Bottleneck · 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 April 11th. First,
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  researchers at Indiana University in Indianapolis are receiving an
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  8.6 million grant.
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  The grant will be used to research heavy alcohol use and binge drinking.
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  The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is funding the research.
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  It will support research for another five years.
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  This marks the school's eighth consecutive funding cycle.
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  Researchers will focus on the behavioral and neurological risks associated with
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  alcohol misuse.
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  This includes predispositions to drinking and rates of alcohol intake.
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  Second three,
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  Iowa mental health professionals are facing licensed sanctions related to
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  sexual misconduct allegations.
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  The Iowa Board of Behavioral Science is charging Indianola counselor Kyle Grip.
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  His charges include four counts of failure to comply with the American
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  Counseling Association's code of ethics by having an inappropriate sexual or
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  romantic relationship with a client,
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  engaging in sexual activities or sexual contact with a client or former client's
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  relative and knowingly making misleading or untrue representations in the
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  practice of the profession.
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  Iowa's board is also charging Sue City counselor Ronda Lata,
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  for engaging in sexual activities with a former client.
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  Within five years of terminating the counselor client relationship,
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  Iowa's bored as suspending the license of James Bur Halter,
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  a social worker in Iowa City.
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  This follows a 2021 charge for having a sexual relationship with one of his
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  clients while he was employed at University of Iowa Hospitals and clinics,
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  which is also in Iowa City. Mr.
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  Burke halter's license will remain suspended until a board approved evaluator
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  determines he can practice safely.
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  He will also have to complete an education course on professional boundaries.
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  If his license is reinstated,
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  he will be on probation for three years and subject to onsite monitoring.
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  Third Universal Health Services. In King Appre,
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  Pennsylvania hits a 13.4 billion revenue
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  despite a labor issue. Last week,
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  the system released its 2022 annual report. Last year,
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  labor issues forced the system to turn patients away. In some markets,
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  u h s provided care to over 3.4 million patients.
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  It is hiring temporary personnel to help its labor shortage.
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  It's also increasing wages and benefits to recruit and retain nurses and other
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  personnel at its acute care and behavioral health hospitals in several markets,
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  particularly at behavioral health facilities, UHS says.
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  It was unable to fill all vacant positions,
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  which forced it to limit patient numbers.
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  UHS Behavioral Health Division served more than 730,000 patients.
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  It also added almost 400 inpatient beds at new and existing facilities.
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