Digital mental therapeutics provider Woebot Health has raised $9.5 million from Leaps by Bayer, the investment arm of global pharmaceutical and consumer health company Bayer AG. Founded in 2017, San Francisco-based Woebot Health uses artificial intelligence (AI) and a relational agent – dubbed “Woebot” – to provide mental health advice and solutions to users via […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Tuesday that it is rolling out two grant programs totaling $25.6 million to expand medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD), along with preventing the misuse of prescription drugs. The funding – which is being dispersed through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services […]
Across the health care ecosystem, hybrid models are integrating behavioral health more as part of the full continuum of care offered to patients. For San Clemente, California-based Crossover Health, hybrid care is not just a buzzy term but a core part of their overall services. Founded in 2010, Crossover provides a full continuum of care […]
White Oak Healthcare Finance has announced that it has acted as the sole lender and administrative agent of a credit facility to Youth Opportunity Investments (YOI), a Carmel, Indiana-based provider of adolescent and psychiatric treatment services. The facility will be used to recapitalize and extend growth capital to YOI, which was founded in 2009 and […]
Alma – which is a business services platform for independent mental health practitioners – has joined the behavioral health network of health care solutions provider Evernorth, which is a division of insurer Cigna (NYSE: CI). The partnership has already taken effect, as Evernorth customers are currently able to use Alma’s online directory to locate in-network […]
Over time, various studies and academic literature have asserted that video games – long thought by many to contribute to adverse behaviors – can have positive emotional effects on users. A believer in the positive power of the video game experience, Boston-based Mightier is a gaming platform designed to improve a variety of behaviors among […]
The importance of mental health to one’s overall health continues to be affirmed by the rising demand for services. However, there remains a disconnect between investment in behavioral health and a consumer’s interest in it, according to a newly released report. The findings were part of an overall survey conducted by Evernoth – which is […]
In the fight against substance use disorders (SUDs), a number of providers have been turning to contingency management (CM) services as a solution, and a new report from the government shows it is working. The idea of providing certain incentives to individuals for hitting treatment benchmarks has been backed by various published studies. Additionally, the […]
evolvedMD, which provides behavioral health staffing and services to primary care providers, is partnering with care coordination platform NeuroFlow at over 20 locations in the Southwest. Philadelphia-based NeuroFlow will employ its proprietary patient registry and mobile technology as part evolveMD’s collaboration with HonorHealth, a nonprofit health care provider based in Arizona. NeuroFlow’s registry will collect […]
Telehealth is not going anywhere and most people prefer to receive such assistance for behavioral health concerns, according to a new survey by commercial real estate company Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). The survey was conducted this January as Medicare began expanding options for where recipients can receive telehealth services – a move that behavioral health […]
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