The facility, which Henry Ford sold to Trillium at an undisclosed price, eventually will grow its inpatient services to 100 beds. It also will provide a continuum of behavioral health care that will include partial-day and outpatient mental health programs.<\/p>\n
For years, mental health advocates have lamented a lack of inpatient services throughout Michigan. In announcing the plans, officials noted that more than 3.6 million Michiganders live in a community without enough mental health professionals, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness<\/a>.<\/p>\n Related: <\/p>\n In addition to the need to \u201cintensify\u201d behavioral health care, the Madison Heights hospital \u2014 despite its busy emergency department \u2014 had been operating at a \u201cmoderate to low\u201d volume, said Denise Brooks-Williams, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Detroit-based Henry Ford Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n The announcement is good news for a state in need of more mental health services, said Bob Sheehan, chief executive officer of the Community Mental Health Association of Michigan<\/a>.<\/p>\n When it operates with 100 beds, he said, the still-unnamed hospital will be \u201cby far\u201d one of the largest providers in the state, he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Moreover, \u201cit takes expertise to run a psychiatric hospital, and (Trillium) brings that to the table,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Henry Ford will begin to take beds offline in late March, and renovations by Trillium are expected to take about a year, she said.<\/p>\n Still, Henry Ford won\u2019t completely vacate the building.<\/p>\n Rather, it will continue to operate the hospital\u2019s 24-hour emergency department, staffing it with Henry Ford physicians, nurses and other medical providers and leasing the space from Trillium.<\/p>\n Brooks-Williams called the venture a \u201cpartnership\u201d even though the hospital and emergency room will operate independently of each other.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019ll be another access point for us to be able to provide care,\u201d she said, referring to Henry Ford patients who need behavioral health services.<\/p>\n The facility\u2019s inpatient and surgical services shift to Henry Ford\u2019s Warren Hospital, about five miles away, and non-emergency Madison Heights hospital staff will be able transfer to other Henry Ford Health locations, Brooks-Williams said.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a significant intent to ensure that employees are placed within our large-footprint health system,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n The agreement is pending regulatory approvals, including the state\u2019s certificate-of-need<\/a> process, Brooks-Williams said.<\/p>\n Detroit-based Henry Ford Health significantly expanded its footprint in 2024 with the acquisition<\/a> of eight Ascension hospitals, and construction continues<\/a> on a $3 billion expansion of its downtown campus \u2014 a \u201chospital for the next 100 years\u201d it has been called.<\/p>\n Turning over the Madison Heights site to Trillium leaves Henry Ford with a dozen acute care hospitals<\/a>, in addition to three behavioral health hospitals \u2014 the 192-bed Henry Ford Behavioral Hospital <\/a>which opened early last year, the Henry Ford Brighton Center for Recovery<\/a>, which it acquired in the Ascension deal, and the Henry Ford Maplegrove Center<\/a>, also on the West Bloomfield campus.<\/p>\n \n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n Thank you to our Michigan Health Watch Sponsors<\/p>\n Bridge Michigan Health Watch is made possible by generous financial support from our sponsors. Sponsorship supports our independent journalism mission but does not constitute sponsor endorsement of individual articles or editorial content. Bridge Michigan journalism remains fact- and data-driven and independent at all times.<\/p>\n Please visit the\u00a0About<\/a>\u00a0page for more information and to\u00a0subscribe<\/a>\u00a0to Health Watch. Interested in becoming a sponsor?\u00a0Contact Emma Carr<\/a>.<\/p>\n Republish This Story<\/p>\n
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