Behavioral and physical health integration has been a hot topic for the last few years. Even the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have focused its efforts on the space, announcing a new cost control initiative called the States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development Model (AHEAD Model), which focuses on enhancing care […]

The federal government is increasingly pushing for more integration between physical and behavioral health providers. While many in the behavioral and primary care space are still working out a roadmap to future integration, Massachusetts-based Innovive Health has been doing this type of work for years. Innovive is a home health provider that caters to individuals […]

The seventh episode of Behavioral Health Business Perspectives is live! Join BHB Reporter Chris Larson and Breanne Hartley, chief clinical officer and co-founder of UNIFI Autism Care, for a conversation about some of the top issues facing the industry today. They discuss how UNIFI plans to bring the many health care providers in the orbit […]

Worsening teen mental health continues to be a leading issue in the U.S. The CDC reports that more than 40% of high school students reported feelings of sadness or hopelessness, and about a third experienced poor mental health in 2021. As a result, there is an uptick in behavioral health utilization. Still, adolescents and their […]

The sixth episode of the Behavioral Health Business Perspectives podcast is now Live! Behavioral Health Business Editor Laura Lovett sits down with Alex Stavros, CEO of youth-focused behavioral health provider Embark Behavioral Health. They discuss the challenges of tackling the youth behavioral health crisis and taking a preventative approach to care. Listen to learn about: […]

Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) has increasingly become the gold standard for treating opioid use disorder (OUD). However, the industry has a long way to go in developing more therapies to better support patients with OUD. OUD treatment provider Groups Recover Together leverages MAT and group therapy to promote members’ recovery through in-person or virtual care models. […]

The 5th episode of the Behavioral Health Business Perspectives podcast is now available! For this episode of BHB Perspectives, we caught up with Cooper Zelnick, chief revenue officer at Groups Recover Together. During the conversation, Cooper breaks down Groups’ approaches to value-based care, geographic expansion and Medicaid redeterminations. Listen to this episode of Perspectives to […]

Value-based care is a buzz word in the behavioral health sector. But few organizations in substance use disorder or mental health have built their care model solely based on a value-based approach. Eleanor Health, which was founded in 2019, was one of the first providers to take a population-based and value-based care approach to treating […]

The fourth episode of the Behavioral Health Business Perspectives podcast is now live! Behavioral Health Business Editor Laura Lovett sits down with Corbin Petro, founder of Eleanor health and trailblazers in the value-based care movement. They discuss the future of Petro’s recent transition out of the CEO role at Eleanor Health, the future of value-based […]

The Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) is now back under the leadership of its founder and former CEO. Doreen Granpeesheh and her business partner Sangam Pant acquired CARD out of bankruptcy in a deal involving a consortium made up of PE firm Audax Group and its portfolio companies. The deal — approved by […]