In the behavioral health world, Sheppard Pratt has long been a stalwart. Founded in 1853, Towson, Maryland-based Sheppard Pratt is the nation’s largest nonprofit provider of mental health, substance use disorder (SUD), developmental disability, special education and social services. Ranked as one of the top hospitals for psychiatry by US News & World Report, Sheppard […]
The search to find Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s next chief medical officer has wrapped up, as the substance use disorder (SUD) treatment provider on Thursday announced Dr. Alta DeRoo as its new CMO. DeRoo is the first female CMO in the history of Center City, Minnesota-based Hazelden, which was founded in 1949. DeRoo has been […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a final rule that it says promotes wider use of telehealth in the behavioral health industry. On Tuesday, the federal health care regulator announced its final rule on the Physician Fee Schedule for Medicare payments for the calendar year 2022. In it, CMS eliminates restrictions on where […]
Mental health claims continue to encompass a huge share of telehealth utilization in the U.S. But for the first time this year, that share of telehealth claims shrank — a little. This comes within an incremental, but months-long decline in overall telehealth utilization in the U.S., according to new data from New York City-based nonprofit […]
After reorganizing its health division, Google has made a new hire with the addition of Megan Jones Bell as its clinical director of consumer and mental health. The tech giant made the announcement in a press release Tuesday, with Bell assuming her new role this week. Bell arrives at Google from Headspace Health, where she […]
UnitedHealthcare Group (NYSE: UNH) is rolling out a new health plan for members that allows them to receive various services — including behavioral health care — both virtually and in-person. NavigateNOW is a 24/7 service offered to employers in nine markets, in which members are given access to a care team provided by Optum, which […]
Last week, Pear Therapeutics announced that MassHealth will reimburse for prescriptions for Pear’s products reSET and reSET-O. The former treats substance use disorder while the latter treats opioid use disorder. Founded in 2013, Pear Therapeutics develops prescription digital therapeutics: or PDTs. The company has successfully received clearance to commercialize three PDTs. The third, other than […]
Cloud-based behavioral health company Owl Health announced a partnership Monday with the Recovery Centers of America (RCA), where it will provide its measurement-based care (MBC) platform to the treatment operator. The MBC platform contains a library of over 250 evidence-based measures, with collected data used by providers to assess clinical outcomes of patients being treated […]
When it comes to behavioral health, Ohio has garnered much attention due to substance addiction plaguing wide swaths of the state. But outside of substance use disorders (SUDs), there are many Buckeye State residents needing behavioral health assistance for very different reasons, such as for autism and other conditions related to intellectual and developmental disabilities […]
To say Shawn Coughlin has a lot on his mind these days is putting it mildly. Throughout the pandemic, behavioral health conditions nationwide have worsened and substance use disorder (SUD) overdose rates have continually broken records. Although the numbers paint a bleak picture, Coughlin — who heads one of the behavioral health industry’s leading groups […]
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