BetterUp Goes DTC with Walmart to Offer Caregiver Mental Fitness Platform

Virtual counseling and coaching unicorn BetterUp is expanding its services to consumers, as it has teamed up with Walmart to launch a mental fitness platform for caregivers. BetterUp for Caregivers was designed by PhDs and behavioral scientists and will be available through The Wellness Hub, an online resource offered by Walmart that promotes health goals […]

Biden Administration Unveils $35M Grant Package for Youth Mental Health Services

The Biden administration Wednesday announced a grant package of nearly $35 million aimed at expanding mental health and anti-suicide programs for children and young adults. The package consists of six grant programs offered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and one from the Office of Minority Health (OMH). More than 70 […]

SCAN Health Medicare Advantage Plan Using Peers to Help Beneficiaries Address Mental Health Concerns

Since 1977, SCAN Health Plan has been serving California seniors with health plan coverage. And as mental health conditions have worsened among adults 65 and older, Long Beach-based SCAN has been trying to address its members’ whole-person care needs with an emphasis on behavioral health solutions. “The most basic whole-person approach is to understand that […]

Discovery Behavioral Health Launches Integrated Outpatient Division and Executive Team

Discovery Behavioral Health (DBH) is rolling out a new integrated division that combines traditional, telehealth and specialized outpatient services to treat depression and substance use disorders (SUDs). DiscoveryMD is the fourth division of Los Alamitos, California-based DBH, which operates over 130 centers in 13 states for mental health, SUD and eating disorder treatment. DiscoveryMD will […]

More Than 30% of Behavioral Health Organizations Failing to Protect Confidential Health Information

Most of the time, behavioral health organizations appear to be adhering to quality standards when it comes to meeting operations and management benchmarks. But a significant number overall are still not hitting the target, according to a recently released report by a leading health care accrediting body. The nonprofit Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC), […]

Inside Hopebridge’s Ambitious Growth Plans for 2022 and Beyond

For the last several years, Hopebridge Autism Therapy Centers has been on an ambitious expansion plan into new markets. Hopebridge’s plans are also happening as the pandemic has forced over half of behavioral health organizations nationwide to close programs. In spite of the closures and a move away from in-person services across behavioral health, Hopebridge […]

Aetna and Equip to Roll Out Virtual Treatment for Eating Disorders

Aetna has announced that it is partnering with eating disorder treatment provider Equip to provide virtual treatment services to the insurer’s commercial members. The program will initially be rolled out to Aetna members in California, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas and Washington, with hopes to roll it out to more states next year. The […]

Armed With Over $11M in New Funding, Nirvana Health Aims to Help Behavioral Health Providers Simplify Insurance and Operations

New York-based Nirvana Health continues to see growth by helping behavioral health providers streamline their business operations, which includes assisting them with billing processing services.  Nirvana works with clinicians across all 50 states in managing back end operations with insurance reimbursements. Founded in 2019 and having officially launched for business the following year, Nirvana to […]