Acadia Healthcare: CMS Issues Immediate Jeopardy Citation to Youth Hospital Under Ongoing Federal Investigation and Facing Multiple Sexual Assault Lawsuits; Investigators Find 20 Girls Locked in Rooms for Several Days for No Reason and Abusive Staff Repeatedly Put Back on Floor with Patients

A Spring 2026 inspection of Lakeland Behavioral Health, a youth psychiatric facility in Missouri operated by Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), resulted in government investigators issuing an immediate jeopardy citation to the facility, the worst citation a facility can receive

Published on Jun 17, 2026

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