Maple Heights Behavioral Health Hosts Ceremony Celebrating Opening

Maple Heights Behavioral Health, a new hospital at 3955 W. Washington Center Rd., held a ribbon-tying ceremony Wednesday to mark its opening and celebrate the joint venture between Acadia Healthcare and an affiliate of Lutheran Health Network.

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Maple Heights Behavioral Health hosts ceremony celebrating opening. From left to right: Isa Diaz, senior vice president of strategic affairs, Acadia; Dr. Jeffrey Woods, operations group president, Acadia; Jennifer Snyder, CEO, Maple Heights; Mark Medley, regional president, Community Health Systems; Stephanie Crandall, director of intergovernmental affairs, City of Fort Wayne; John Urbahns, president & CEO, Greater Fort Wayne Inc.; Tim Hingtgen, CEO, Community Health Systems; Scott Shaffer, chaplain for Dupont Hospital, Lutheran Health Network; Drew Martin, Vice President of Behavioral Health, Community Health Systems. (Photo: Business Wire)

Maple Heights Behavioral Health will offer inpatient mental healthcare for adults and seniors for a range of behavioral health concerns, including anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, with plans to add inpatient adolescent and intensive outpatient treatment programs in the future.

Lutheran Health Network and Acadia Healthcare announced the joint venture to build the 120-bed hospital and began construction in 2021. Maple Heights will complete regulatory certifications required for new hospitals over the next month and then officially begin accepting inpatient admissions.

“The welcome from the local community has been very encouraging,” said Jennifer Snyder, CEO of Maple Heights Behavioral Health. “This symbolizes the willingness to bring behavioral health services to those in need, regardless of the stigma that often limits a desire to seek care.”

As a provider of acute behavioral health services, Maple Heights Behavioral Health will assess incoming patients immediately and stabilize any emergency situations. Over the course of treatment, patients will receive restorative therapies and healing care. Once stabilized, patients will be matched with long-term services needed to help them to achieve and maintain their mental health needs.

“Lutheran Health Network has a proud history of growing to meet the health care needs of our community,” said Clyde Wood, Lutheran Hospital CEO and Maple Heights Behavioral Health board member. “After a community needs assessment made it clear the local demand for mental health care was not being met, we were glad to collaborate with Acadia Healthcare on a new behavioral health hospital. Today is a proud day for our two organizations and the community as a whole.”