Lehigh Valley Health Network plans to open a new behavioral health hospital in 2025. Dr. Edward Norris, chief medical executive for behavioral and community health and chair of the department of psychiatry at LVHN told Lehigh Valley Business about the plans. 

To meet the growing demand for behavioral health services, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) has expanded its Quakertown Campus’s Adult Behavioral Health Unit by 13 beds. 

St. Luke’s University Health Network’s (SLUHN) approach to reducing hospital readmissions for behavioral health issues has earned it an Achievement Award from The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP).  

Lehigh Valley Health Network has announced plans to build a 144-bed behavioral health hospital that would create more than 300 jobs to the Lehigh Valley 

The Lebanon VA Medical Center has expanded and remodeled its Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic to provide care to veterans of Southcentral Pennsylvania. 

The Lehigh Valley Business Coalition on Healthcare (LVBCH) has selected Health Advocate as the Coalition’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Partner, ensuring behavioral health coverage. 

Schnecksville-based KidsPeace has named Robert Scheffler to the newly created position of vice president of Pennsylvania residential, education and hospital programs. 

Health networks are looking at creative ways to support an increasing demand for mental health treatment at a time when healthcare workers are in short supply.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently awarded a $3.9 million dollar grant to St. Luke’s Penn Foundation to provide round-the-clock care for people with behavioral health issues.

St. Luke’s University Health Network has plans to open an adolescent behavioral unit to its Easton Campus, the former Easton Hospital.