State Policy · NC
UNC Health Pardee Opens Adolescent Behavioral Health Inpatient Unit in Hendersonville
UNC Health Pardee has opened an inpatient adolescent behavioral health center in Hendersonville, North Carolina, serving teens in Henderson and surrounding counties experiencing mental health crises. The new facility addresses a regional gap in youth psychiatric services. The opening is relevant to North Carolina Medicaid given that Medicaid covers approximately half of all children in the state and is a major payer for behavioral health services, including inpatient psychiatric care for eligible adolescents.
Why it mattersThe facility expansion increases inpatient psychiatric capacity for Medicaid-enrolled adolescents in a region where such services have been limited, potentially affecting network adequacy and access metrics for North Carolina managed care plans serving this population.