Sevita Acquires Good Neighbor and More, Continues Aggressive Growth

Sevita — a provider of community-based specialized health care —announced the acquisition of Good Neighbor, a Richmond, Virginia-based provider of services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. According to a news release, the acquisition reaffirms Sevita’s “renewed focus” to provide access to whole person care and in turn expands its “Community Support Services” operating […]

NOCD Raises $33 Million to Address Global OCD Crisis and Fuel Growth

NOCD, a provider of obsessive compulsive-disorder treatment, announced an impressive Series B funding round as it continues its efforts to address the global OCD crisis. NOCD pulled in $33 million in the funding round following the company establishing a new behavioral health market category called “Community-Driven Therapy”. The funds will be used to expand NOCD’s […]

Delic and Ketamine Wellness Centers Announce Merger to Become Largest Psychedelic Wellness Chain in U.S.

Delic Holdings, the psychedelic wellness platform, announced this week it will enter a binding merger agreement with Ketamine Wellness Centers Arizona LLC, making Delic the largest psychedelic wellness chain in the country. Ketamine Wellness Centers is a company based in Arizona and has 10 ketamine infusion treatment clinics in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, Nevada, […]

Population Health Partners With Thriveworks To Deliver and Expand Access, Affordability to Mental Health Services

SelectQuote and its Population Health patient engagement model have announced a partnership with Thriveworks to provide virtual behavioral health and medication management services as well as in-person services across the country. Bob Grant, SelectQuote’s president of the company’s Senior Division, said in a press release the move will expand and enhance SelectQuote’s Population Health platform […]

SAMHSA to Provide $15M Training Grant to Strengthen CCBHCs

On Friday, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a five-year grant to the National Council for Mental Wellbeing to operate a national center for technical assistance for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) grantees. The National Council for Mental Wellbeing will be given $3 million every year for five years and […]

Brightline Goes Nationwide, Will Offer Virtual Behavioral Health Support For Kids, Teens and Families

Access to behavioral health care for children and families will soon become a lot easier. This month, Brightline announced a nationwide expansion of its Brightline Connect platform, a first-of-its-kind behavioral health coaching programs and digital platform to make virtual pediatric behavioral health care more available for families across the country. Brightline launched behavioral health coaching […]

Government Proposes a Path to Address Significant Unmet Mental Health Needs, Which Further Came to Light With the COVID-19 Pandemic

On July 7, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Secretary Xavier Becerra renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration (the “COVID-19 Emergency Declaration”). It is expected that the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration will be renewed throughout 2021. HHS also renewed another public health emergency declaration on July 7, 2021, that most likely […]

Identifying Behavioral Health’s Workforce Diversity Issue, How to Fix It

As demand for behavioral health services continues to grow, providers nationwide are still contemplating the best way to recruit and retain workers amid industry-wide labor shortages. A related and pressing issue is the lack of diversity in the workforce. While there is a significant shortage of behavioral health workers in general, clinicians of color are […]

Opioid Settlements Mean More Money for SUD Treatment Providers — But Amount, Timeline Unclear

Earlier this summer, Johnson & Johnson and the country’s three major drug distributors reached a $26 billion settlement in a deal with the attorneys general of several states for their role in the opioid epidemic, which has killed hundreds of thousands Americans and left many more on the wrong side of debilitating addictions and other […]

VOICES: Tom Fahey, VP of Business Development, WellSky Behavioral Health

This article is sponsored by WellSky®. In this Voices interview, Behavioral Health Business sits down with WellSky Behavioral Health Vice President of Business Development Tom Fahey to learn about how WellSky Behavioral Health technology supports interoperability across levels of care, how one startling mental health statistic reveals the challenges the industry faces and why the […]