Editor’s note (Feb. 2, 2023): A majority of Resilience Lab clinicians voted in favor of unionization. The mail-in vote was counted by the National Labor Relations Board on Feb. 1. The clinicians will be represented in collective bargaining efforts by District Council 37 of the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees. Unprecedented changes […]
Acadia Healthcare names Laura Groschen to the C-suite Laura Groschen is now the chief information officer for the largest pure-play behavioral health operator in the U.S. — Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHC). Groschen will report to CEO Chris Hunter. Her role is to advance the company’s digital transformation, according to a news release. She […]
Additional reporting by Chris Larson A slew of behavioral health startups have laid off employees. These startups, many of which have raised tens of millions of dollars in the last year, include Foresight Mental Health, Headspace Health, SonderMind and Eleanor Health. This comes as venture-backed organizations on the whole continue to scale back in the […]
In order to address workforce challenges, the behavioral health industry must support current and future mental health professionals to overcome financial, educational and workplace challenges. These barriers prevent people from entering the space and lead to burnout for existing providers. They especially impact people of diverse and low-income backgrounds, according to a Government Accountability Office […]
Addiction treatment provider Eleanor Health announced Monday the expansion of its leadership team. The additional executives will aid in the company’s market expansion and the growth of its business and care delivery model. Eleanor Health is built around value-based care reimbursement and population health. The Waltham, Massachusetts-based addiction care and mental health provider announced the […]
The Biden administration could mix up how behavioral health operators address worker classification. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) said in October it would undo Trump-era classification rules that made it easier to classify workers as contractors. This bolstered the gig economy and placed an emphasis on how much control the employer had over the […]
The well-funded pediatric virtual behavioral health startup Brightline has laid off 20% of its workforce. The company announced the move to employees on Friday. A company spokesperson said Brightline “identified several areas to realign our strategic priorities” but didn’t explain what those areas or priorities are. It’s not clear precisely how many employees were impacted. […]
Aware Recovery Care has had a total reset in its C-suite. The shakeup comes as it settles in under a new CEO and continues its steep growth trajectory. Since the beginning of the year, the in-home addiction treatment provider has seen 12 C-suite executives come and go — seven people leaving and five new people […]
Psychiatrists have the highest annual mean wage out of all mental health occupations and psychiatric aides have the lowest. New data from The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows a wide range of behavioral health salaries in 2021. The average annual mean wage for a psychiatrist was $250,000, according to the data. It is important […]
New data shows the stark imbalance between the markets with the highest and lowest concentrations of behavioral health providers. The data, compiled and released by Trilliant Health, assessed the market concentration of primary care providers (PCPs) and behavioral health providers. The national median for behavioral health providers was 61 per 100,000 residents compared to 110 […]
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