Accanto Health CEO Dr. Tom Britton is stepping down from his role at the company, marking the second CEO to leave the company since the merger that created the eating disorder provider. The company has tapped Chief Financial Officer Jessie Morsching to fill the role. Morsching has worked in the health care sector for more […]
Autism Support Now has used a dogged approach to culture and advocacy to rapidly expand into one of the largest Medicaid-focused autism therapy providers in Missouri. Headquartered in Independence, Missouri, the autism therapy operates nine clinics — eight in Missouri and another in Olathe, Kansas. It was initially founded in 2016 as an in-home applied […]
Nine outpatient addiction treatment organizations have launched a new industry advocacy organization focused on office-based outpatient treatment (OBOT). Monikered the National Alliance for Comprehensive Addiction Treatment Solutions (NACATS), the nonprofit advocacy organization is led by Spero Health co-founder and CEO Steve Priest. He has taken on the role of president of the organization. In its […]
Houston, Texas-based autism therapy provider BlueSprig Pediatrics has named a new CEO after being led by a chief transition officer for almost a year. On Wednesday, BlueSprig Pediatrics named Will Abbott CEO. Abbott was most recently the CEO of the value-based care-focused health care company InnovaCare Health. The CEO role opened up at BlueSprig when […]
This is an exclusive BHB+ story Nonprofit behavioral health provider Centerstone has elevated its chief financial officer to the role of chief operating officer. New COO Carol Bean is planning to be “bold” to accelerate Centerstone’s growth and seeks to double the company’s revenue. Specifically, she aims to spur the company’s certified community behavioral health […]
Not-for-profit behavioral health care provider Rogers Behavioral Health and for-profit workforce mental health provider Lyra Health have forged an alliance. The collaboration, announced Tuesday, gives Lyra access to Rogers’ health plan networks while allowing Rogers to scale its virtual services using Lyra’s national footprint. For Rogers and Lyra executives, the most important aspect of the […]
Virtual opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment provider Bicycle Health has achieved profitability after abandoning its “growth at all costs” mindset and streamlining its business model. The company is now set for long-term, disciplined growth, including acquiring other providers, founder and CEO Ankit Gupta told Addiction Treatment Business. Bicycle will use funds from a new $16.5 […]
Health insurance plans may have the worst reputation in health care. Number two might be private equity. Private equity is often criticized for cost-cutting and layoffs, and those critiques are unlikely to change any time soon, according to Steven Gold, executive partner at Lindsay Goldberg and F3 Partners and former CEO of Refresh Mental Health. […]
Amwell (NYSE: AMWL) has sold its virtual psychiatric business to clinician-to-clinician telehealth provider Avel eCare for $21 million. The deal allows Amwell and Avel to focus on their core operations, Avel’s CEO Doug Duskin told Behavioral Health Business. “[Amwell is] focusing on technology as their primary service,” Duskin said. “We’re more of a technology-enabled service […]
Peer support startup Fello is angling to become the “Uber” of mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) support. The company, led by a former Uber Eats executive, raised $10.4 million earlier this month from investors including 62Ventures, The Capital Factory Fellowship Fund, Katalyst Capital and Offline Ventures. CEO Alyssa Pollack compared the platform, launched […]
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