Our Joint Ventures

Acadia partnered with Ochsner Health System in LaPlace, Louisiana, to consolidate and expand Ochsner’s behavioral health services in the greater New Orleans area. Acadia worked to redesign and convert an Ochsner long-term acute care facility into a new 82-bed behavioral health hospital.

River Place Behavioral Health provides comprehensive inpatient mental health services for adults age 18 and older. The center also serves as a regional referral facility for Ochsner’s multi-city catchment area.

“The strategic partnership between Ochsner and Acadia Healthcare provides critically needed behavioral health services to the River Parishes. Repurposing the former site of River Parishes Hospital to the current state-of-the-art River Place Behavioral Health was an innovative use of existing resources to create a collaborative regional referral center that provides vital assistance to patients in need of substance abuse and mental health treatment.” – Stephen Robinson, chief executive officer of Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner

To develop a full continuum of behavioral health services, Erlanger Health System selected Acadia as its partner. A new 88-bed behavioral health hospital was built in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Erlanger Behavioral Health provides personalized, age-appropriate programming for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors. The hospital includes 24 beds for seniors, 24 for adults who have mental health needs, 22 for adults who are also struggling with co-occurring addiction, and 18 for the adolescent program.

“The partnership with Acadia Healthcare has expanded our capacity to treat patients with mental health needs in our community. Together we have developed a full continuum of behavioral health services including a state-of-the-art hospital. Erlanger selected Acadia as its partner because of its behavioral health expertise and our mutual focus on providing compassionate and high-quality care to patients.” – William Jackson, M.D., M.B.A., FACP, FCCP, president and chief executive officer of Erlanger Health System

In partnership with Southcoast Health System, Acadia built a 120-bed state-of-the-art behavioral health hospital in Dartmouth, Massachusetts that opened in 2015. The new facility was at capacity by the third year of operations and a 24-bed expansion was completed in 2018.

Southcoast now has 144 beds offering inpatient behavioral health services for adolescents, adults, geriatrics, and adult dual diagnosis. In late 2022, the facility is expanding with an additional 48 inpatient beds to better meet the community’s needs, which will include the new service line of inpatient pediatric beds. 

Southcoast’s programming also includes a dual diagnosis unit for adults age 18 and older who have been experiencing mental health challenges and co-occurring addiction.

“Southcoast Behavioral Health is proud to partner with Acadia Healthcare to provide inpatient behavioral healthcare services to the community. Acadia’s team has been a valuable partner and collaborator in delivering clinically excellent care at our facility in Dartmouth. We share Acadia’s mission to meet the region’s behavioral healthcare needs by offering our patients access to high-quality services.” – Renee Clark, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Southcoast Behavioral Health

Tower Behavioral Health was created via a partnership between Acadia Healthcare and Tower Health. The facility, which opened in July 2020, is located in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Tower Behavioral Health currently offers acute inpatient care for adults who are struggling with mental health concerns and co-occurring substance use disorders. When scheduled expansion projects are completed, the center will include 144 inpatient beds, with age-appropriate inpatient services available for children, adolescents, adults, and seniors.

“Tower Health is committed to serving communities throughout this region, and we are proud to be partnering with Acadia Healthcare to increase access to this much-needed service while fulfilling our promise of advancing health and transforming lives.” – Tower Health President and CEO Clint Matthews

Ascension Saint Thomas Behavioral Health Hospital is a joint venture between Acadia and Ascension Saint Thomas. Ground was broken for construction of the new 90-bed hospital in August 2019.

Ascension Saint Thomas Behavioral Health Hospital provides personalized services for adults and seniors who are struggling with mental health concerns and substance use disorders. Levels of care will include inpatient treatment, a partial hospitalization program (PHP), an intensive outpatient program (IOP), and traditional outpatient services.

“Giving people in our city access to another first-class hospital with highly trained staff will make Nashville an even stronger, more caring, and safer place for all of us. This hospital will provide residents with the care they deserve, and I thank Ascension Saint Thomas and Acadia for partnering to make it possible.” – Former Nashville Mayor David Briley

Acadia is partnering with Covenant Health to build East Tennessee Behavioral Health in Knoxville, Tennessee. The hospital, which is slated to open in the summer of 2022, will have 90 inpatient beds. The facility is being designed to support a future expansion of 48 additional beds, which will increase capacity to 138 patients.

East Tennessee Behavioral Health will offer a full continuum of personalized care for adolescents, adults, and seniors whose lives have been disrupted by mental health concerns and substance use disorders. Levels of care will include inpatient treatment, a partial hospitalization program (PHP), and an intensive outpatient program (IOP).

“The shortage of resources for mental health is a national problem that we also face in East Tennessee. Covenant Health and Peninsula, our behavioral health division, have a long-standing commitment to the provision of mental health services, and we are very pleased to announce with Acadia that construction is getting underway for East Tennessee Behavioral Health.” – Jim VanderSteeg, Covenant Health President and CEO

Acadia Healthcare partnered with Delta Medical Center (now Delta Specialty Hospital), Baptist Memorial Health Care, and Saint Francis Hospital to build an 80-bed behavioral health hospital located in Memphis, Tennessee. 

The facility, now called Crestwyn Behavioral Health Hospital, provides inpatient and outpatient treatment for adults and seniors who are struggling with mental health and substance use disorders. 

“There is a shortage of beds in this area for those struggling with mental health and addiction [concerns],” said Bill Patterson, CEO of Delta Medical Center at the time. “A new provider means more choices for those who need behavioral health treatment.”