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,” […]
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 […]
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