Appriss Health, a care coordination software company focused on behavioral health, has acquired PatientPing, which also provides care coordination software but focuses on seniors and patients with complex needs. Appris Health announced the news Tuesday. While the companies did not formally disclose the terms of the transaction, PE Hub reported that PatientPing went for $500 […]
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Boston Medical Center (BMC), a nonprofit health care provider affiliated with the Boston University School of Medicine, has launched an app to help providers dispense medication-assisted treatment (MAT) to individuals suffering from opioid use disorder (OUD). The interactive app, BMC MAT, is designed to help clinicians deliver MAT in office-based settings. It uses clinical algorithms […]
Telehealth has been vital in helping behavioral health providers navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Regulatory flexibilities and payer leniency are largely to thank for that, but it’s unclear which of those freedoms will remain in place post-pandemic. Behavioral stakeholders from some of the health care industry’s largest organizations believe that data and provider input should ultimately […]
Like most behavioral health providers, AnswersNow had its business turned upside down last year when the coronavirus hit the U.S. Unlike most other organizations, though, the autism services company turned the turmoil into an opportunity to revamp its business model — which it’s currently working to expand nationwide, with the help of insurers and potentially […]
New York-based Happify Health, a provider of digital therapeutics and virtual care services for mental health issues and other chronic conditions, has raised $73 million in Series D funding. The round, which the company announced Wednesday, was led by Deerfield Management Company, along with participation from Omega Capital Partners, ION Crossover Partners and existing investors. […]
Virtual behavioral health provider Talkspace has launched a free, 10-day curriculum to help people cope with increased feelings of anxiety, depression and stress resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Talkspace’s Healing Curriculum was created by licensed therapists and is administered online. The curriculum’s daily mental health lessons can help users do everything from identify emotional triggers […]
An overwhelming number of CEOs say they are doing enough to provide mental health help to their employees. But many workers feel otherwise, according to newly released data from the virtual behavioral health provider Ginger. The data comes from Ginger’s 2021 Workforce Attitudes Toward Mental Health Report, which includes feedback from 1,229 full-time US workers […]
Telebehavioral health services have become vital amid the pandemic, with social distancing recommendations prompting behavioral health providers to take things virtual. However, telebehavioral health has been a focal point for Array Behavioral Care for more than two decades. Founded in 1999, Mt. Laurel, New Jersey-based Array partners with health care providers and payers to deliver […]
LifeStance Health creates, fills new C-Suite position LifeStance Health, a private equity-backed outpatient behavioral health provider, has named Felicia Gorcyca as its first chief people officer. Gorcyca comes to LifeStance Health from TPG Capital — a Dallas-based private equity company that backs LifeStance alongside Summit Partners and Silversmith Capital Partners — where she was an […]
Ginger, an on-demand virtual behavioral health care system, has teamed up with Tridiuum, a digital behavioral health solutions provider. The ultimate goal is to help guide patients to the most appropriate level of behavioral health care. Headquartered in San Francisco, Ginger works with employers, health plans and other groups to deliver on-demand behavioral health coaching, […]
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