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Concerns about kids’ safety at Grand Junction psych hospital prompt state actions

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By Susan Greene | Colorado News Collaborative

Colorado’s new Behavioral Health Administration shut down part of the Western Slope’s only psychiatric hospital on Wednesday in response to complaints about the quality and safety of the care it gives teenagers and kids as young as seven.

Also Wednesday, the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing said it will withhold payment for any new Medicaid inpatients until investigators complete a review of safety concerns…