Hazelden Betty Ford CMO retiring Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Chief Medical Officer Marvin Seppala will be retiring at the end of this year, the nonprofit substance use disorder (SUD) treatment provider has announced. A psychiatrist by training, Seppala originally joined Hazelden in 1995 as its first full-time physician. During his time at the organization, he […]
Category: Technology
Happify Health — a digital, software-enabled behavioral health platform — has launched a new digital therapeutic to treat depression and anxiety. Called Ensemble, it’s the first and only transdiagnostic prescription digital therapeutic able to treat patients with both conditions, according to the company. The evidence-based therapy tool must be prescribed by a clinician and is […]
Woebot Health — a digital therapeutics provider that specializes in mental health treatment — has raised $90 million in Series B funding, bringing its total funding raised up to $114 million. The company announced the news Wednesday. JAZZ Venture Partners and Temasek co-led the round, with additional participation from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock […]
Virtual mental health provider Ginger — which serves more than 25 million individuals worldwide through employers, health plans and strategic partners — is extending its offerings to teenagers. The San Francisco-based company on Thursday announced the roll out of Ginger for Teens, which will provide a full continuum of its services to adolescents ages 13 […]
Social distancing measures enacted during the pandemic moved many mental health services online, with a new survey showing that a majority of patients want it to remain that way. The survey was conducted by market research company Propeller Insights on behalf of DrFirst, a health care technology and consulting company. It builds upon another survey […]
Magellan Health — a managed care organization (MCO) and behavioral health provider soon to be owned by Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) — is looking to reimagine the way behavioral health is delivered. Specifically, the Phoenix-based MCO is bullish on integrated, collaborative approaches — and using technology to help make them possible. “Magellan is in the […]
Just a couple months after rolling out a new value-based care model, Spring Health has also created and filled a new chief technology officer (CTO) position. The behavioral health benefits company tapped Amazon Web Services (AWS) alum Harshit Shah to step into the role in June. With 20 years of software engineering experience, most recently […]
Hims & Hers Health (NYSE: HIMS) — a direct-to-consumer telemedicine company — is launching an individual, video-based therapy offering. The new service will complement the platform’s existing mental health portfolio, which includes online psychiatric services, free anonymous support group sessions and a 24/7 phone-based crisis line. The addition fits into the company’s goal to make […]
For the most part, behavioral health lacks the objective measurement tools used in physical health care, making behavioral conditions comparatively harder to detect, track and manage. But Ellipsis Health is trying to change that. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, the company uses machine-learning techniques to analyze speech in order to detect and […]
Bicycle Health snags $27M in Series A Bicycle Health — a provider of virtual opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment — has raised $27 million in Series A funding. Questa Capital led the investment, with additional participation from City Light Capital and Emily Melton, as well as previous investor SignalFire. Headquartered in Boston, Bicycle provides virtual […]
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