LifeStance Health (Nasdaq: LFST) Founder and CEO Michael Lester said a hybrid approach of telehealth and in-person care is the future and this approach will drive continued growth after its first year as a publicly-traded company. “Our ability to support our patients both at home and in our physical locations has solidified our position as […]
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 […]
Universal Health Services Inc (NYSE: UHS) has been seeing a high demand for health care services, even though it has also had to turn away some of that demand due to behavioral workforce shortages. Although bed capacity is on the rise for UHS, the hospital operator believes there is more room for improvement on the […]
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 […]
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 (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 […]
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), […]
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 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 […]
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 […]