Leaked documents from the White House show that the Trump Administration wants to do away with the certified community behavioral health centers (CCBHC) program entirely. The White House is pushing to eliminate several mental health programs as it seeks also to create a new division within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) […]
Accanto Health CEO Dr. Tom Britton is stepping down from his role at the company, marking the second CEO to leave the company since the merger that created the eating disorder provider. The company has tapped Chief Financial Officer Jessie Morsching to fill the role. Morsching has worked in the health care sector for more […]
The latest data shows a roughly 17% increase in the autism rate among children in 2022 compared to 2020. Data from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network, a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), finds that the national rate is now 32.2 per 1,000 among eight-year-old children, or 1 […]
Before competing in Olympic swimming, it’s important to start with basic lessons; similarly, behavioral health providers may consider taking strategic intermediate steps before becoming fully at-risk providers. The move from a fee-for-service model toward risk-based value-based care can be gradual for behavioral health providers. There are a number of alternative payment models that providers can […]
When Kim Hoehne, owner and CEO of KGH Autism Services, was five years old, she knew what she wanted to be when she grew up. “I’d tell people I want to wear Mickey Mouse t-shirts and help kids,” Hoehne told Autism Business News. “I had no idea what that meant, but that is what it […]
Psychiatric hospital data submitted to the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) illustrate a vast range of care and procedural outcomes. They also show that even the best-performing hospitals have limits when striving for operational and clinical perfection. In other words, no psych hospitals are batting 1.000. Nonetheless, these and other data demonstrate […]
Digital pediatric behavioral health provider Meliora Health has shuttered. Employees of the U.S.-based extension of the London-based digital health company Healios disclosed the closure on their personal social media accounts on Friday. Requests for comment sent to representatives of both Meliora and Healios have not yet been returned. This story may be updated as BHB […]
Clearview Capital announced Thursday that it invested in the outpatient behavioral health provider Advantage Behavioral Health. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Clearview Capital partnered with the organization’s founders and management team to recapitalize Advantage Behavioral Health in a deal that closed April 1. The deal brings “an experienced partner” and the capital needed […]
In narrow and discrete settings, AI therapy chatbots are proving effective means of delivering mental health interventions. A recent randomized-control trial study of Therabot by Dartmouth College researchers finds “significantly greater reductions of symptoms” for major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and those at high risk for eating disorders. “Fine-tuned Gen-AI chatbots offer […]
Digital therapeutics company Click Therapeutics has raised a whopping $48.5 million in funding, according to public documents. Click Therapeutics stands out as one of the few prominent digital therapeutics companies still actively securing investments following numerous high-profile market failures. Digital therapeutics refers to evidence-based treatments delivered through software interventions to treat or manage a condition. […]
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