Five Elms Capital Backs Ritten to Boost Integrated Practice Enablement Platform’s AI Adoption

Integrated behavioral health practice management provider Ritten has landed $35 million in funding. Five Elms Capital led the Series B round. Ritten previously raised $17.5 million in two rounds, according to Crunchbase. The software provider works with addiction treatment and mental health organizations. Its platform integrates electronic medical records, customer relationship management, and revenue cycle […]

OTPs Have Limited Options for Cost-Cutting. Automation with AI, Robots Could Help.

This is an exclusive BHB+ story Clinician retention challenges in addiction treatment arise when daily duties diverge from the essential mission of providing care. The addiction treatment industry now has the opportunity to bring innovation to bear on perennial challenges in ways previously unimaginable. The advent and seemingly overnight proliferation of AI-backed software and the […]

80% of BCBAs Report No Training in Determining ABA Hours

New survey data show that a significant portion of the board-certified behavior analyst (BCBA) workforce feels there is a key gap in how they are trained to dose hours for applied behavior analysis (ABA). The survey, conducted by the tech company RethinkBH and inclusive of 390 responses from practicing BCBAs, finds that 80% do not […]

Meet the New Mental Health Workforce: Cyberpsychologists, Healthy Device Advisors

This is an exclusive BHB+ story Behavioral health companies are now hiring for new positions that didn’t exist three or even five years ago. Roles like “cyberpsychologist,” “media psychologist,” and “advisor of health device management” are becoming more common as technology is integrated even further into all facets of U.S. health care. The explosion of […]

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Could Be the Next Referral Gateway for Therapists

OpenAI – the tech giant behind the generative AI tool ChatGPT – is actively exploring how to build a network of licensed mental health professionals that users can access directly through the chat platform. This follows a wave of reported AI-induced psychosis states and user harm via chatbot conversing. The company recently reached 700 million […]

New Telehealth Bill Would Extend Medicare Flexibilities to 2027

Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) and Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) are spearheading a bipartisan effort to establish permanency for telehealth access with H.R. 5081, the Telehealth Modernization Act, a bill that was introduced to the House on Sept. 2. The effort comes just 28 days before telehealth extensions for Medicare patients are set to expire […]

Acadia Healthcare CIO Talks Best Practices of Choosing an EHR

Electronic health records (EHRs) are often viewed as the building blocks for modernizing health care. Still, many behavioral health providers are just beginning the process of going digital. Only 63% of providers have a behavioral health-specific EHR platform in place, according to a survey conducted by Behavioral Health Business. Laura Groschen, Acadia Healthcare’s (NASDAQ: ACHC) […]

Legacy Treatment Services Hit with Data Breach of More than 40K Records

Nonprofit behavioral health provider Legacy Treatment Services and its subsidiary, Community Treatment Solutions, are under investigation for a data breach involving nearly 42,000 patient records. The Hainesport, New Jersey-based provider has nine locations throughout the state. A spokesperson from the New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell confirmed to Behavioral Health Business that it has […]