Magellan Health, a health plan focused on special populations, has been on the cutting edge of value-based care contracting in the mental health space. The organization has inked several high-profile value-based care contracts through its managed care subsidiary, Magellan Healthcare. These include a deal with autism providers Kyo Autism and Invo Healthcare. “We’re believers in […]
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Array Behavioral Care’s New CEO, Shannon Werb, has ambitious plans to streamline the patient experience by offering a unified continuum of virtual care services. The behavioral health tech company recently announced a C-suite shakeup not only naming a freshly minted CEO, but also a new chief medical officer and chief financial officer. This comes as […]
Tech provider Kipu Health announces new CEO Kipu Health, a behavioral health software provider based in Coral Gables, Florida, named Carina Edwards its new CEO. “We’re seeing the needs of behavioral health providers only grow as they scale and evolve to serve a broad range of mental health challenges today,” R. Andrew Eckert, Kipu’s chairman […]
The majority of large employers report seeing the impact of increased mental health issues in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s according to the Business Group on Health’s 2024 Large Employer Healthcare Strategy Survey, which included responses from 152 employers representing 19 million covered lives. Seventy-seven percent of employers said that they are seeing […]
Corbin Petro, founder and CEO of hybrid substance use disorder (SUD) provider Eleanor Health, announced her plans to resign. She said she intends to remain on the company’s board and take a more strategic role in the future. “As I look at where I can be most valuable to Eleanor during this next phase of […]
More than 40% of polled behavioral health industry insiders believe the addiction and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment space has the most significant growth opportunity moving forward. That’s according to a new survey from Kipu and Behavioral Health Business, which included answers from 164 clinical and administrative staff members, C-suite level executives and others about […]
Lawmakers have introduced a new bill that, if passed, would extend funding for electronic health records (EHRs) and other technologies to behavioral health providers. Behavioral health providers have been slower to adopt EHRs and other technologies than physical health providers. A big reason for that is behavioral health providers were left out of the 2009 […]
The power of human relationships and liability concerns make replacing staff with artificial intelligence unlikely and ill-advised for the future. Industry insiders say the broader implementation of artificial intelligence in the behavioral health sector will likely magnify the work of staff and make the work experience better. “I’m a physician by training: I’m not really […]
As a licensed clinician deeply embedded in crisis work for decades, I have had an up-close view of how our healthcare system has evolved to address growing behavioral health needs. This firsthand experience tells me our society urgently needs comprehensive and connected crisis systems. Our community does not currently have the same infrastructure to address […]
Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC) is attributing its direct-to-consumer mental health business BetterHelp’s strong revenue growth to therapist productivity improvements. The efficiencies include more group therapy sessions and an emphasis on more digital interactions. “We’ve actually taken a number of initiatives to improve therapists productivity, ranging from group therapy sessions, to more digital interactions,” Mala Murthy, […]
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