Growth of Collaborative Care Model Driven by ‘Pockets of Champions’

The use of collaborative care models has taken off in terms of utilization by providers and patients alike.  A new study by Milliman details explosive early growth of the collaborative care model, an integration of behavioral health services into the primary care setting.  Depending on how you slice it, the report shows massive growth increases […]

‘We’re Incredibly Inefficient’: LifeStance Health Talks Infrastructure, Technology Investments

LifeStance Health (Nasdaq: LFST) has and will continue to see its administrative expenses remain relatively high as it invests in initiatives and systems, previously deprioritized during its rapid expansion through a flurry of mergers and acquisitions, which enabled it to become one of the largest providers of outpatient mental health services in the U.S. Top […]

Exclusive: Forge Health Names New CEO

Forge Health has named Rondi Rabuse as its new CEO. She succeeds co-founder and founding CEO Eric Frieman, who announced he will transition to the chief revenue officer role in late April. She comes to the White Plains, New York-based behavioral health provider with 30 years of experience in health care. Her most recent role […]

Nest Health, MiraSol Push Behavioral Health Beyond Telehealth with In-Home Delivery

Integrating physical and behavioral health care for vulnerable populations is an ongoing challenge across industry. Two providers are bridging traditional care gaps to do just that. And they are doing that in home-based models, a care delivery method not typically seen in mental health and addiction treatment — in the home Nest Health and MiraSol […]

3 Medical Specialties Perfect for Behavioral Health Collaboration

This is an exclusive BHB+ story About a month ago, I was talking to a source who told me psychiatrists and therapists rarely speak to each other. As absurd as that is, with these two specialties so closely aligned and no discourse, it got me thinking: What other specialties should really be brought into the […]

Veterans with Mental Health Conditions Receiving VA-Purchased Community Care Face Higher Suicide Rates, Report Lower Satisfaction

Veterans with mental health conditions are not satisfied with the quality of care they receive from clinicians outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The new report, published in JAMA, highlights a concerning lack of specialization and effectiveness from community providers in meeting the specific needs of vulnerable veterans. This comes at a time when […]

Exclusive: Nystrom & Associates Strikes Deal to Acquire 25 of Ellie Mental Health’s Clinics

Outpatient mental health provider Nystrom & Associates Ltd. is working through a deal to acquire Ellie Mental Health’s Minnesota clinics. While still pending regulatory review, the deal would move the 25 locations of Ellie Mental Health—Minnesota to Nystrom & Associates. This would deepen Nystrom’s footprint in Minnesota: 42 of its 59 locations listed on its […]

LifeStance Signals Digital Therapeutics, Specialty Service M&A on the Horizon

LifeStance Health Group (Nasdaq: LFST) is considering a disciplined approach to mergers and acquisitions for the remainder of 2025. Company leadership hinted at more tuck-in deals to expand its footprint in new markets. Other deal activity could involve acquisitions related to digital therapeutics or specialty services, according to LifeStance CEO Dave Bourdon. He noted during […]

Why Asking if AI Will Replace Therapists Misses the Point

This is an exclusive BHB+ story Artificial intelligence is getting pretty dang good at replicating its source materials. Outpatient mental health is no exception. We are at the point now with AI that its text-based products are indistinguishable from human-generated outputs. Researchers at Dartmouth College have given us two notable examples: A study released earlier […]