Middletown, Connecticut-based PursueCare has rolled out a new remote, integrated medication-assisted treatment (MAT) model for patients in Kentucky and West Virginia. PursueCare is a tech-enabled health services startup that aims to help curb the opioid epidemic. The company was founded in 2019, with investment from WRD Capital and Starboard Capital Partners, among others. For patients […]
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Little Leaves Behavioral Services has its eyes set on growth: The applied behavioral analysis provider has opened a new children’s autism center in Germantown, Maryland. It also has new locations in the works elsewhere in Maryland, Virginia and Florida, the company announced. Silver Spring, Maryland-based Little Leaves is a division of special education and instructional […]
As stigma dissipates and need grows, more people than ever before are seeking behavioral health services. To keep up with the demand, entrepreneurs are getting creative, launching innovative companies and bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars in funding. One reason for that is the growing prevalence of behavioral health conditions, from depression to substance […]
Emilio Health, a technology-enabled behavioral health startup, has raised $5 million in seed funding. Oak HC/FT provided the funding, which will allow Emilio Health to open its first clinics, launch its digital platform and grow its leadership team. Palo Alto, California-based Emilio Health launched in October, with the goal being to improve the way behavioral […]
The Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) demonstration program is set to be extended through May 2020. That’s thanks to the fiscal year 2020 funding package President Donald Trump is set to sign by midnight on Friday, Dec. 20. Congress passed the legislation earlier this week. Without the package, funding for the program would run […]
Digital behavioral health company NeuroFlow has raised $7.5 million in series A funding. The money brings total funding raised up to about $11 million, according to the funding tracker website Crunchbase. The latest round was led by Builders VC, with participation form Dreamit Ventures, Spring Point Partners, Red & Blue Ventures and AWT Private Investments. […]
Evolve Treatment Center has opened up a new residential facility for teenagers in the Bay Area. The new program will provide 24-hour treatment services for teens struggling with a variety of mental health and substance abuse services such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, psychosis and more. The 2.4-acre home, where patients are intended to live while […]
As 2020 approaches, behavioral health providers are staring down the barrel of financial and regulatory uncertainty. While they may not know exactly what to expect, policy experts at the National Council for Behavioral Health are optimistic about the behavioral health landscape in the year ahead. “[A government shutdown] seems extremely unlikely this year,” Rebecca Farley […]
Officials in one New Mexico county have opened a 24-hour triage and treatment center to provide behavioral health services to patients in the area, the Albuquerque Journal reported. The Comprehensive Assessment and Resiliency through Excellence (CARE) campus began accepting clients Dec. 2. The goal is to capture patients who might otherwise end up in jail […]
The U.S. government says federal grant dollars awarded for opioid and other substance abuse treatment can’t be spent on marijuana. The news comes as the opioid crisis continues to rage on in states across the country — more and more of which now allow the use medical and recreational marijuana. While the drug is illegal […]
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