Virtual pediatric behavioral health company Brightline has transformed its go-to-market strategy. The shift involves shutting down the company’s operations in 45 states, nixing its enterprise commercial functions and planning to create hybrid care models in five states. The change was also accompanied by significant layoffs announced on Tuesday. “It’s been a hard week for Brightline,” […]
Category: Staffing
The need for board-certified behavioral analysts (BCBAs) who provide applied behavior analysis (ABA) has dramatically increased in recent years. In 2023, the number of open job listings for BCBAs even outstripped the total number of practicing clinicians. To help create more BCBAs and create a pipeline of trained clinicians, ABA provider Helping Hands Family has […]
Mental health has firmly become an issue that some of the most powerful business leaders and politicians actually want to talk about. The subject was in the spotlight last Tuesday when the Business Roundtable and managed care insurer The Cigna Group (NYSE: CI) convened a “Mental Health Summit” in Washington, D.C., that featured two U.S. […]
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 […]
The behavioral health industry is constantly seeking to bolster its clinician supply to meet raging levels of unmet mental health needs. Access to care could improve significantly if more providers offered group therapy. Group therapy is a rare behavioral health modality that promises benefits under both value-based care and fee-for-service reimbursement models, largely due to […]
Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are facing a worsening shortage of mental health clinicians while at the same time pushing to increase access to behavioral health services. FQHCs provide primary care services to as many as 31 million Americans annually. However, 77% of FQHC leaders surveyed by the Commonwealth Fund report a shortage of mental […]
America continues to grapple with a persistent behavioral health workforce crisis, with just over a quarter of the national mental health needs met. The situation is particularly dire in psychiatry, with projections estimating a 20% decline in the number of adult psychiatrists by 2030, even as demand continues to rise. The U.S. Department of Health […]
Optum, UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH)’s services arm, has reportedly laid off behavioral health managers and other roles in a restructuring effort that impacted at least 100 employees. A significant number of layoffs will impact employees at Optum-owned Landmark, an in-home medical group, according to Fierce Healthcare. Social workers and social work managers were also laid […]
The Biden administration has launched a new initiative focused on building a multi-state social worker licensure compact. The grant program could help boost behavioral health access by reducing the application burden for social workers. This could be key as the behavioral health industry faces a notoriously tight labor market. State licensure compacts allow providers to […]
Patients and providers want to see representation when they engage with the behavioral health care industry. Historically, that has been a challenge as the behavioral health workforce continues to under represent minority communities. That makes hiring and retaining a diverse clinical workforce a daunting but vital task for organizations seeking to improve the health of […]
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