The mental health industry is pivoting after the market’s rapid expansion related to COVID-era telehealth and increased demand for behavioral health services. Mental health providers are now seeking new methods of care, including AI-enabled tools, to improve existing mental health treatment frameworks, industry insiders told Behavioral Health Business. Mental health companies are also seeking new […]
The year 2023 saw several autism therapy organizations make dramatic — sometimes painful — adjustments to an evolving marketplace. And the landscape is set to shift even more heading into the new year. While the echoes of the coronavirus pandemic fade, inflation and stagnant payer rates put the squeeze on providers. On top of that, […]
Addressing the staffing shortage among autism service providers will likely require a multi-pronged approach. As rates of autism diagnosis have rapidly increased over the past few years, providers have struggled to keep up with the demand. Still, operators have successfully retained talent by building new career pathways for employees, increasing pay, and creating a meaningful […]
Behavioral health giants Odyssey Behavioral Health and Discovery Behavioral Health, both private equity-backed diversified companies, are scaling back their eating disorder treatment locations. These closures come at a time when other PE-backed behavioral health providers, at least on the surface, appear to be navigating the treacherous waters of the highly-specialized eating disorder treatment space. The […]
For years, the Lewis & Clark Community Counseling Center in Portland, Oregon, had helped a small group of patients dealing with gambling addiction. “We could offer someone an appointment the same or next business day,” Frankie DiFerdinando, director of Lewis & Clark’s problem gambling service, told Addiction Treatment Business. Then came the gambling apps, which […]
The behavioral health industry often falls short when caring for underserved communities with serious mental illness and substance use disorders. Despite the infusion of capital that poured into the mental health industry over the last few years, the bulk of that investment has been centered around low-acuity patients with commercial health plans. However, many are […]
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) has increasingly become the gold standard for treating opioid use disorder (OUD). However, the industry has a long way to go in developing more therapies to better support patients with OUD. OUD treatment provider Groups Recover Together leverages MAT and group therapy to promote members’ recovery through in-person or virtual care models. […]
Many behavioral health providers, including Lyra Health, Pyramid and Recovery Centers of America, boast that they offer “evidence-based” care. Evidence-based care typically means that clinicians have been trained in research-backed practices, but there is no consensus in the industry. Thus, the term “evidence-based” may be as helpful in determining quality of care as the “natural” […]
People with substance use disorders (SUDs) are more likely to have co-occurring disorders, including mental health conditions and physical illnesses. With that in mind, residential SUD treatment providers are stepping up to offer more comprehensive treatment. Operators are weaving services like psychiatry and eating disorder treatment into residential offerings to provide the necessary breadth of […]
Dating slang is helping behavioral health professionals describe a troubling evolution in payer relations. Payer ghosting. In dating, someone “ghosts” another person when they abruptly stop communicating despite previous interest. In this context, payer ghosting occurs when payers stonewall providers on claim reimbursement. This can be a trickier challenge for providers than the typical payer […]
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