Acadia Healthcare Forms Joint Venture Partnership With Nebraska Methodist Health System
25 July 2023
Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. announced today that it has formed a joint venture with Nebraska Methodist Health System to build a state-of-the-art, 96-bed behavioral health hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. This new partnership with a leading health system will expand Acadia’s acute service line into a new state through the development and operation of the first freestanding behavioral health hospital in the greater Omaha-Council Bluffs metro area.
The new hospital will be affiliated with Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital and offer a full continuum of inpatient and intensive outpatient behavioral healthcare services for patients of all ages, including the most vulnerable members of the community. Together, Acadia and Nebraska Methodist will expand behavioral health resources in the area. This new partnership is the 20th joint venture for Acadia.
“This facility will have a tremendous impact, expanding critically needed behavioral healthcare services to the Omaha-Council Bluffs metro area,” said Chris Hunter, chief executive officer of Acadia Healthcare. “As we have proven in operating our joint ventures, we will bring the best practices of both organizations and expand access to quality behavioral healthcare services providing healing and hope to those in need in western Iowa and eastern Nebraska. We will continue to partner with leading health systems to combat the mental health and substance use crises across our country.”
“Patients of all ages in the region will have access to the specialized behavioral healthcare they need in a carefully designed environment,” said David Burd, president and chief executive officer of Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital. “Methodist partnered with Acadia Healthcare because they are preeminent experts in behavioral healthcare. This hospital will be a tremendous resource and will strengthen our level of expertise, implement proven best practices, and enhance the quality and number of behavioral health services available to patients throughout the area.”
Source:businesswire.com
