Kelly (Nasdaq: KELYA, KELYB), a workforce solutions provider, acquired childhood therapeutics company Children’s Therapy Center (CTC). The acquisition expands Kelly’s clinical services in what the company called a “high-margin, high-demand” sector. “The demand for services has been going on for years, actually, and certainly well before the pandemic, when you think about the increase of […]
While medication-assisted treatments (MAT), such as methadone and buprenorphine, are hailed as the gold standard for treating opioid use disorder (OUD), some patients with the condition instead opt for non-opioid medications. Clinicians too are much more likely to prescribe non-opioid medications. These preferences, based on misinformation and misunderstandings, can keep patients from the most effective […]
UNIFI Autism Care reshuffled two C-Suite roles while its CEO seeks new employment. The applied behavior analysis (ABA) provider has named its chief clinical officer, Breanne Hartley, its president. It also appointed Dr. Steven Merahn, a former strategic advisor to the company, its chief medical officer. The company has not yet announced a new CEO. […]
Stride Autism Centers named Emily Patrizi its chief operating officer. The Trumpet Behavioral Health vet plans to focus on precision and operational rigor to continue to evolve Stride’s mission, Patrizi told Autism Therapy Business. She is tasked with overseeing center operations, human resources, technology and data and supporting clinical initiatives. Chicago-based Stride Autism Centers provides […]
Behavioral health providers are hungry for meaningful innovations in treatment modalities. A cutting-edge technique known as precision psychiatry could be an answer to fostering more timely and improved outcomes, experts told Behavioral Health Business. This practice, an application of the more general term precision medicine, requires significant data and technology investments, however, which could hamper […]
The ongoing need for behavioral health services will be no surprise to anyone involved in the industry. Patients continue to have high rates of need and often present with greater acuity. This demand for behavioral health services was reflected across payers’ Q3 earnings calls. The result? Sky-high utilization levels. For example, David Cordani, the CEO […]
Limbic, raised $14 million in March to expand into the U.S. market. Now it has done so. The London-based mental health artificial intelligence (AI) company has clinched a partnership with the nonprofit behavioral health system Rogers Behavioral Health. Through the deal, Rogers Behavioral Health is changing its “front door” screening system from primarily phone-based to […]
Outpatient substance use disorder (SUD) provider Crossroads Treatment Centers has appointed a new president and chief operating officer. Nick Sulaiman, who has served in executive roles at multiple health care companies, took over the role as of Monday. “I came to Crossroads because of its powerful mission of saving the lives of those impacted by […]
Virtual pediatric behavioral health provider Fort Health is executing its partner-first, expand-after strategy, securing a round of funding while landing a new payer partnership. The New York City-based provider raised a $5.5 million round led by venture capital firms Twelve Below and Vanterra, Fort Health exclusively told Behavioral Health Business. The funds will be used […]
Access to behavioral health care continues to elude people across the country. To solve this problem, Highmark Health is taking a whole-person approach to behavioral health, Senior Vice President and Executive Medical Director of Population and Curated Health Dr. Anil Singh told Behavioral Health Business. The challenge to Highmark Health’s behavioral health strategy is the […]
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