AbsoluteCare hires new chief growth officer Value-based care provider AbsoluteCare named Michelle Croasdale its new chief growth officer. Columbia, Maryland-based AbsoluteCare offers physical, behavioral and transitional services in Maryland, Ohio, Louisiana and Pennsylvania. Its behavioral health offerings include therapy, psychiatry, substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and peer services. Croasdale most recently served as the senior […]
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Virtual substance use management company Pelago has named Frank Jennings its new president, the company announced last week. Jennings comes over from a three-year tenure at Castlight Health where he was the chief sales officer. He also served as the chief commercial officer at Covera Health and senior vice president of sales at Doctor on […]
UNIFI Autism Care reshuffled two C-Suite roles while its CEO seeks new employment. The applied behavior analysis (ABA) provider has named its chief clinical officer, Breanne Hartley, its president. It also appointed Dr. Steven Merahn, a former strategic advisor to the company, its chief medical officer. The company has not yet announced a new CEO. […]
Stride Autism Centers named Emily Patrizi its chief operating officer. The Trumpet Behavioral Health vet plans to focus on precision and operational rigor to continue to evolve Stride’s mission, Patrizi told Autism Therapy Business. She is tasked with overseeing center operations, human resources, technology and data and supporting clinical initiatives. Chicago-based Stride Autism Centers provides […]
Burlingame, California-based Lyra Health has pruned its administrative and management workforce, joining a handful of behavioral health companies to do so in the waning days of 2024. Last week, the business-to-business-focused digital mental health company gave staff notice that it would lay off about 2% of its workforce. The total number of employees impacted totaled […]
Outpatient substance use disorder (SUD) provider Crossroads Treatment Centers has appointed a new president and chief operating officer. Nick Sulaiman, who has served in executive roles at multiple health care companies, took over the role as of Monday. “I came to Crossroads because of its powerful mission of saving the lives of those impacted by […]
Embark Behavioral Health has laid off managers and administrative staff in its senior and middle management ranks. The company is also closing several locations. The Phoenix-based youth behavioral health provider laid off about 60 people, providing notice last Wednesday. Impacted roles include human resource and recruiting positions, information technology and facility executive directors, people familiar […]
Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS) is enjoying robust behavioral health pricing, driven by negotiations with lower-paying payers. Steve Filton, UHS’s chief financial officer, attributed historically high behavioral health pricing to the company’s ability to leverage higher rates from lower-paying payers, naming managed Medicaid payers specifically on the company’s Q3 earnings call Friday. “In an environment […]
Behavioral health clinicians at Kaiser Permanente on Monday started an open-ended strike in Southern California. An estimated 2,400 therapists, psychologists, social workers and psychiatric nurse practitioners stopped work, and will continue to picket various Kaiser Permanente locations. In part, the mental health and addiction treatment providers are asking Kaiser, a nonprofit and one of the […]
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,” […]