Henry Ford Health and Trillium Health partner to expand behavioral health services in Oakland & Macomb counties

FEBRUARY 5, 2026 – Madison Heights, Mich. – In a major step toward expanding behavioral healthcare access in eastern Oakland and western Macomb counties, Henry Ford Health will be transferring its Madison Heights hospital to Trillium Health Care Management, which plans to transform the space into a state-of-the-art inpatient behavioral health facility. Detroit-based Henry Ford Health will continue to operate and staff the Madison Heights emergency department as a standalone site, ensuring continued round-the-clock emergency medical care for the community.

As early as this spring, Warren, Mich.-based Trillium will assume ownership of the facility at 27351 Dequindre Road and begin extensive renovations to convert the site into a high-tech, best-in-class, 75-bed inpatient behavioral health hospital. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, more than 3.6 million Michiganders live in a community without enough mental health professionals. The new facility, which has not yet been named, will provide crucial inpatient psychiatric care and services and address a growing and urgent demand for behavioral health services across the region. Renovation is expected to take about a year.

“We are grateful to Henry Ford Health for recognizing the crucial need for expanded inpatient mental healthcare, and for trusting us to be the right partners in this transition,” said Aaryn Ebner, Chief Administrative Officer with Trillium. “This investment allows us to add much-needed inpatient beds now, with plans to grow to more than 100 inpatient beds in the near future. Alongside a fully renovated facility, we’re also developing partial-day and outpatient mental health programs to strengthen the full continuum of behavioral healthcare, ensuring patients receive comprehensive, high-quality care at every stage of treatment.”

Under this partnership, Trillium will own, operate and staff the new behavioral health facility. The organization will lease back the emergency department to Henry Ford Health, which will seamlessly continue emergency care with its own physicians, nurses and other medical providers. Henry Ford Health’s remaining inpatient and surgical services will be transitioned from Madison Heights to Henry Ford Warren Hospital, just five miles away. Madison Heights team members will transfer to other Henry Ford Health locations.

“Our commitment to providing the right care in the right place at the right time has never been stronger,” said Denise Brooks-Williams, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Henry Ford Health. “We are thrilled to have found the ideal partner to deliver the inpatient behavioral healthcare our community needs. We remain dedicated to providing industry-leading emergency care in Madison Heights and ensuring our resources system-wide make the biggest impact on our patients.” 

Trillium will share more details on the behavioral health facility in the months ahead. For more information on Trillium, visit www.trilliumbehavioral.com. For more information on Henry Ford Health, visit www.henryford.com/about. 

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