Category: Behavioral Health

DHS awards grants to cover room, board costs for Medicaid members in residential treatment

The Department of Health Services awarded $2.5 million in grants Wednesday to help 1,300 Wisconsin Medicaid members access residential treatment for opioid use disorder. 
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Bills would make it easier for out-of-state mental health, hearing care providers to practice in Wisconsin

Lawmakers are considering legislation making it easier for professional counselors, audiologists and speech-language pathologists licensed in other states to practice in Wisconsin.
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Budget committee backs $7 million for MCW psychiatry, behavioral health residencies

The Joint Finance Committee unanimously signed off last week on providing $7 million in state dollars through the 2023-25 budget to support a psychiatry and behavioral health residency program run by the Medical College of Wisconsin. 
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Arbor Place plans to bring residential treatment to western Wisconsin for pregnant women, mothers

Arbor Place, a mental health and substance use disorder treatment provider in Menomonie, expects to open western Wisconsin’s first residential treatment facility for pregnant women and mothers by 2025, thanks to $4.9 million from the state’s share of opioid settlement dollars. 
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Rogers leader calls for more action on mental health parity

John Boyd, Rogers Behavioral Health CEO and president, weighed in this week on the challenges facing mental healthcare, the need for parity and the potential impact of artificial intelligence and psychedelic therapy.
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