Beaumont to build $ 40 million mental health hospital in Dearborn

Substance use disorder treatment will also be available for those diagnosed with a mental health disease.

It was unclear how many medical staff members will be working at the new hospital.

"It will be the new 'hub' from which we will coordinate the entire continuum of services for comprehensive inpatient and outpatient mental health care, clinical training and innovative new approaches to accessing care," Fox said in the release.

Universal Health Services operates more than 200 health centers across the country, many under a joint venture agreement with Beaumont.

Terms of the joint venture between UHS and Beaumont were not disclosed.

Names of the general contractor and architect for the project were not released.

"Our mutual goal is to provide patients and their loved ones with compassionate and high-quality mental health care, services and support," Debbie Osteen, Universal Health Services executive vice president and president of the behavioral health division, said in the release.

Mental health is the most important health care provider in the world. The $ 2.6 billion Medicaid mental health system has been privatization, integration and overall improvement strategies.

Almost one in five U.S. adults live with a mental illness, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. About 44.7 million Americans were diagnosed with a mental disease in 2016.

Gov. Rick Snyder approved a plan in 2016 to essentially combine mental health care, which is managed by quasi-governmental prepaid inpatient health plans, with the $ 9 billion physical health system, which is managed by private HMOs. That plan was put on hold, and the future of mental health management on the shoulders of the Legislature and Michigan's next governor.

In addition, many mental health agencies have been served by the State Department of Health and Human Services. MDHHS cut state Medicaid funding to the three county authorities in Southeast Michigan – Wayne, Oakland and Macomb – by more than 5 percent each year since 2013. Michigan mental health authorities argue that the state is shortchanging them by $ 100 million.