Geisinger and Acadia Healthcare Hold Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Behavioral Health Center in Moosic
September 16 2021 - 6:57PM
Business Wire
Inpatient treatment facility to be named
Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Northeast
Geisinger and Acadia Healthcare Company today held a
groundbreaking ceremony for Geisinger Behavioral Health Center
Northeast, a new 96-bed inpatient behavioral health facility. The
event occurred on the site of the new facility at 60 Glenmaura
National Blvd. in Moosic.
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On September 16, 2021, Geisinger and
Acadia Healthcare broke ground on the new Geisinger Behavioral
Health Center Northeast slated to open in the fall of 2022 in
Moosic, Pennsylvania. (Photo: Business Wire)
Slated to open in the fall of 2022, the facility is a joint
venture between Acadia Healthcare, the nation’s largest provider of
behavioral health services, and Geisinger, which serves more than 1
million people across 45 counties in Pennsylvania. The center will
address the growing need for accessible, high-quality behavioral
health services in northeastern Pennsylvania.
The facility will provide care for adult, pediatric and
adolescent patients who struggle with acute symptoms of behavioral
health disorders such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder,
psychosis, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This array of
acute behavioral health services provides a level of care
unparalleled in northeastern Pennsylvania, especially for children
and adolescents. The facility represents an approximately $40
million investment in the community.
“The need for behavioral health resources is a national issue
that we also face here in northeastern Pennsylvania,” said Jaewon
Ryu, M.D., J.D., Geisinger’s president and chief executive officer.
“Geisinger is committed to making better health easier for all of
the communities we serve, and we are excited to partner with Acadia
to provide these much-needed services close to home for our
patients.”
“We’re thrilled to have an opportunity to introduce this new
facility to Moosic and the surrounding communities,” said Debbie
Osteen, chief executive officer of Acadia Healthcare. “We are so
proud to work together to address a rising need in this area. This
facility, like all in the Geisinger network, will become a strong
member of the community, collaborating with all organizations,
hospitals and first responders.”
Geisinger and Acadia will open a similar facility in Danville,
with construction slated to begin in 2022. These two new centers
will allow Geisinger to consolidate inpatient behavioral health
programs from Geisinger Medical Center, Geisinger Bloomsburg
Hospital and Geisinger Community Medical Center, providing
additional capacity and expanded private room availability at those
hospitals. Together, the new facilities are expected to create
approximately 200 new jobs by 2024.
About Geisinger
Geisinger is committed to making better health easier for the
more than 1 million people it serves. Founded more than 100 years
ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes nine hospital
campuses, a health plan with more than half a million members, a
Research Institute and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of
Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,600 employed
physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania
by billions of dollars annually. Learn more at geisinger.org or
connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
About Acadia Healthcare
Acadia is a leading provider of behavioral healthcare services
across the United States. As of June 30, 2021, Acadia operated a
network of 229 behavioral healthcare facilities with approximately
10,100 beds in 40 states and Puerto Rico. With more than 20,000
employees serving approximately 70,000 patients daily, Acadia is
the largest stand-alone behavioral health company in the U.S.
Acadia provides behavioral healthcare services to its patients in a
variety of settings, including inpatient psychiatric hospitals,
specialty treatment facilities, residential treatment centers and
outpatient clinics.
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Geisinger: Ashley Andyshak Hayes 570-271-8081
arandyshakhayes@geisinger.edu
Acadia Healthcare: Gretchen Hommrich (615) 861-6000
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