Health & Fitness
Health and Fitness
Health and Fitness
Tue, May 25, 2010
Mon, May 24, 2010
BRADENTON, Fla.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Manatee Palms Youth Services, a Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSYS) (PSI) facility, announces a recent moratorium on new admissions has been lifted. Effective immediately, the facility will begin accepting new admissions and referrals.
"We are pleased with the AHCAa™s findings and appreciate the confidence they have shown in Manatee Palms"
On April 16, Manatee Palms was issued a moratorium by the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) banning the facility from accepting new patients. Since the moratorium was issued, Manatee Palms has continued to treat its existing patients while working with the AHCA to implement the necessary corrections for the moratorium to be lifted.
aWe are pleased with the AHCAa™s findings and appreciate the confidence they have shown in Manatee Palms,a said CEO Jeff Turiczek. aWe continue to be dedicated to providing the highest quality of care to our patients.a
About Manatee Palms Youth Services
Manatee Palms Youth Services is a fully licensed, 60-bed Level IV Intensive Residential Treatment Facility (IRTF) that provides services to children and adolescents ages 6 to 17 years old. The facility provides trauma-informed care, specializing in a girlsa™ specific unit, a boysa™ specific unit and sexually maladaptive/sexually reactive unit for boys. Manatee Palms is licensed by the State of Florida and fully accredited by The Joint Commission. Manatee Palms is the recipient of the 2008 Florida Trauma Champion Award presented by the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute. For information, please visit [ www.manateepalmsmediapsi.com ]
About Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. (PSI)
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. offers an extensive continuum of behavioral health programs to critically ill children, adolescents and adults and is the largest operator of owned or leased freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities with more than 11,000 beds in 32 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. PSI also manages freestanding psychiatric inpatient facilities for government agencies and psychiatric inpatient units within medical/surgical hospitals owned by others. For more information, please visit [ www.psychiatricsolutionsmedia.com ]
