TITUSVILLE, Fla., September 13, 2018 — Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS) today announced the opening of Palm Point Behavioral Health, a new 80-bed facility that expands access to inpatient and outpatient mental health treatment across the region. While the facility will commemorate the opening with a ribbon cutting today, the hospital will begin accepting patients on October 8, 2018, and will continue to add programs and services over the coming months.
“The new Palm Point Behavioral Health will address the growing need for inpatient behavioral healthcare and will continue serving the community with vital resources well into the future,” said Debbie Osteen, UHS Executive Vice President, and President, Behavioral Health Division. “The excellent team of clinicians and staff hired at Palm Point are focused on delivering robust clinical outcomes for patients and their families.”
The facility’s dedicated child and adolescent unit and separate adult units will offer specialized treatment for individuals experiencing behavioral health issues such as depression, bipolar disorder, psychosis or substance use disorder. Another feature to be offered by the facility in the coming months is a mobile assessment team that will go into the community and respond to requests from local physician and therapist offices, urgent care centers, and school systems to provide no-cost assessments to determine if the patient should be recommended for treatment at Palm Point Behavioral Health.
About Palm Point Behavioral Health
Opened in 2018, Palm Point Behavioral Health is a new 80-bed behavioral health facility designed to be a haven and a resource for our community. We are creating a healing environment for patients whose behavioral health symptoms are interfering with their daily lives. It is our goal to provide excellent behavioral health and chemical dependency care for you, your family, friends and neighbors. We will provide inpatient and outpatient services for children, adolescents, adults and seniors.
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About Universal Health Services
One of the nation’s largest and most respected hospital companies, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. In 2018, UHS was recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune, ranked #268 on the Fortune 500; and in 2017, listed #275 in Forbes inaugural ranking of America’s Top 500 Public Companies.
Our operating philosophy is as effective today as it was 40 years ago, enabling us to provide compassionate care to our patients and their loved ones: Build or acquire high quality hospitals in rapidly growing markets, invest in the people and equipment needed to allow each facility to thrive, and become the leading healthcare provider in each community we serve.
Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has more than 83,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates more than 326 inpatient acute care hospitals and behavioral health facilities, and 32 outpatient and other facilities in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom.
