Digital mental health provider Talkspace Inc. (Nasdaq: TALK) is now selling its services on Amazon. Specifically, Talkspace will be offered through Amazon Health Services’ Health Conditions Programs. These programs are meant to help consumers get access to insurance-covered services that they might not otherwise be able to access. Talkspace is the first virtual behavioral health […]
“There’s just some people that you meet in life that you know you’re meant to meet.” Such was the impression Ellen-Jo Boschert had of David Hans when the pair met at a job interview in the fall of 2022. Hans was chief clinical officer of American Addiction Centers, which runs eight residential treatment centers across […]
This May, Cara McNulty posted on LinkedIn that she was stepping down as president of behavioral health and mental well-being at CVS Health (NYSE: CVS). She wrote warmly of her five-year tenure at CVS, calling it the “experience and honor of a lifetime” while praising company CEO Karen Lynch as “a leader of leaders.” But […]
Certain sectors of behavioral health care are still “growing up.” For example, some industry insiders have said the autism therapy industry is in its toddler phase. The SUD industry, meanwhile, is working to shed some of the associations of its youth and enter a more adult era of addiction treatment. Some providers are modernizing their […]
BasePoint Academy is a father-son business whose start was inspired by a family tragedy. Twelve years ago, Brittany Serpa, the sister of BasePoint’s CEO Blake Serpa, and daughter of company chairman Roy Serpa, completed suicide after struggling as a teen with bipolar disorder. Then in 2019, Roy Serpa, a longtime health care executive, began to […]
Pinnacle pegs chief medical officer, chief clinician Chris Dennis has been appointed the new chief medical officer of Pinnacle Treatment Centers. Carin Kottraba was also tapped as Pinnacle’s chief clinical officer, the company announced Friday. Dennis joins the substance use disorder provider from Optum, where he served as chief behavioral officer. Pinnacle credited Dennis with […]
After a year and a half of scale-backs and tempered growth, LifeStance Health (Nasdaq: LFST) is planning a return to M&A. The target for that comeback: 2026. LifeStance is still completing processes designed to improve efficiency, David Bourdon, the company’s chief financial officer, said at the 22nd Annual Morgan Stanley Healthcare Conference on Wednesday. Along […]
Measurement-based care has been hailed by payers and providers as essential to promoting evidence-based, individualized treatment. Substance use disorder (SUD) providers hoping to craft new reimbursement arrangements or improve patient outcomes must establish robust internal measurement systems. Collecting patient data alone does not drive change, however. Providers must also leverage their findings to adjust treatment […]
In 2020, Derek Bullard felt a calling to help children with autism again. As CEO and founder of Already Autism Heath in Georgia, Bullard has watched his latest company grow rapidly since it began four years ago, expanding its initial service to three additional states. But running a new health care company focused on autism […]
It’s safe to say that artificial intelligence (AI) will have a role in the future of the behavioral health industry. However, the American public is doubtful of health information generated by AI chatbots. A new poll from health policy organization KFF found that only 29% of the public trusts AI chatbots, like ChatGPT or Google […]
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