Acadia Healthcare Expands to New Hampshire; $140M Behavioral Health Hub Opened by Mount Sinai

Mount Sinai Health System opens $140M behavioral health center in New York City

Mount Sinai Health System announced June 8 the opening of the $140-million behavioral health facility meant to be a one-stop-shop for integrated behavioral health and primary care needs.

The system touts the facility as the largest private investment in behavioral health services in the history of behavioral health. Located at 45 Rivington Street in Lower Manhattan, the facility houses several levels of treatment for psychiatry, mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Its services include outpatient care, crisis intervention, day treatment and inpatient care.

Mount Sinai said the facility will increase access and create seamless health care experiences in the inherently fractured American health care system.

It also houses research and education efforts by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Mount Sinai Health System and the medical school are affiliated and part of a large healthcare-education system.

“We believe everyone should have access to the care they need in a setting that is convenient, supportive, and purpose-built — and that is exactly what the Mount Sinai-Behavioral Health Center provides for New Yorkers,” Dr. Kenneth Davis, CEO of the Mount Sinai Health System, said in a news release. 

To date, the Mount Sinai Health System has invested more than $1 billion in downtown New York, the release states.

Acadia Healthcare, SolutionHealth partner for New Hampshire JV

Franklin, Tennessee-based Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHC) and Bedford, New Hampshire-based SolutionHealth will build a 144-bed behavioral health hospital in southeast New Hampshire as part of a joint venture.

Joint ventures are vital to Acadia Healthcare’s mission to double its revenue by 2028.

The project is backed by a $15 million award from the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. The facility will provide inpatient, emergency and behavioral health triage services.

The deal will see Acadia Healthcare, the largest pure-play behavioral health provider in the U.S., establish its first New Hampshire facility. It is Acadia’s 19th joint venture.

“The goals of the joint venture include increasing behavioral health access in the region, reducing emergency department waiting periods for behavioral health triage and disposition, and providing a state-of-the-art behavioral health environment center of excellence for patients, close to home,” SolutionHealth CEO Bradley Kreick said in a news release.

Children’s Mercy and KVC Health Systems Form Joint Venture to Build New $53 Million Mental Wellness Campus

Children’s Mercy Kansas City, part of the Kansas City, Missouri-based nonprofit health care system Children’s Mercy, will build a 72-bed, $53 million behavioral health hospital in Olathe, Kansas, as part of a joint venture with KVC Health Systems, according to a news release.

The facility is slated to open in late 2024. KVC Health Systems’ subsidiary, Camber Mental Health, will operate the facility. Camber Mental Health presently operates mental health services at other nonprofit hospitals and residential treatment centers. It operates three other children’s hospitals.

The 72,700-square-foot facility is estimated to be able to care for 3,400 patients annually and will create 150 new jobs, according to a news release.

The new facility will provide inpatient services for children and adults: 48 beds will be dedicated to pediatric care, while the other 24 will be for adult care.

The construction and design partner on the project is JE Dunn Construction. Hoefer Welker is the architect and interior designer, the release states.

“We continue to see an increasing need for these services each year,” Paul Kempinski, Children’s Mercy president and CEO, said. “This new hospital will take a significant strain off area emergency departments that are not well-suited to facilitate care for patients in mental health crises by increasing access to acute inpatient care designed specifically for their needs.”

$105 million behavioral health hospital announced in Florence, South Carolina

Several private and public entities announced that a behavioral health facility with a $105 million budget is to be built in Florence, South Carolina.

The South Carolina legislature appropriated the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services $100 million for the project. The City of Florence is contributing $5 million.

The other partners in the project are the Medical University of South Carolina, McLeod Health, HopeHealth and Francis Marion University.

The facility will serve as a regional hub. Its planned services include triage, crisis stabilization, telehealth, and outpatient and inpatient services, according to a news release. It will encompass a 63-bed inpatient psychiatric unit, 23 of which will be transferred from McLeod Behavioral Health Center in Darlington, South Carolina.

It will be built on property owned by the Medical University of South Carolina.

Bloom Health Centers opens two new centers

Towson, Maryland-based Bloom Health Centers opened two new locations in June, expanding its footprint to 12 in the Mid-Atlantic region.

The multispecialty outpatient mental health provider opened locations in Charlottesville and Winchester, Virginia.

The Charlottesville location will be led by Dr. Sherief El-Mallah and offer psychiatric care for pediatric, adult and geriatric patients. Dr. Suzanne Eschenbach and Tamara McDaniel, a physician assistant, will lead the Winchester location. It will offer services to adults and seniors.

Bloom Health Centers saw a change in management at the very top a few months ago.

Dr. Neel Nene became the CEO on Feb. 15. He took over the role from Lorraine Riche, who was president of the company. Nene concurrently holds the role of chief medical officer.

In March 2022, Psych Associates of Maryland acquired Arlington, Virginia-based Comprehensive Behavioral Health to create Bloom Health Centers.