UnitedHealthcare Group (NYSE: UNH) is rolling out a new health plan for members that allows them to receive various services — including behavioral health care — both virtually and in-person. NavigateNOW is a 24/7 service offered to employers in nine markets, in which members are given access to a care team provided by Optum, which […]
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Amid the pandemic, the direct-to-consumer mental health market has boomed. Hims & Hers Health (NYSE: HIMS) broke into the behavioral health arena, while Talkspace took things public, just to name a couple examples. And now, Optum is also throwing its hat into the ring. Optum is the fastest growing business under the multinational managed healthcare […]
Lighthouse deepens its Indiana footprint Lighthouse Autism Center, which provides applied behavioral analysis (ABA) therapy to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), has opened the doors to two new locations in its home state of Indiana. Lighthouse’s Valparaiso is located in a newly remodeled facility, which includes therapy spaces for learning, along with a playroom. […]
Oceans Healthcare enters JV to build new facility, expand services Oceans Healthcare has announced a joint venture (JV) with CHRISTUS Spohn Health System, a Corpus Christi, Texas-based hospital operator, to expand its behavioral health care services in the southern coastal part of the state. As part of the arrangement, the pair will build a behavioral […]
PursueCare — a Middletown, Connecticut-based provider of virtual medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services — has raised $7 million in an oversubscribed Series A2 funding round led by OCA Ventures, Seyen Capital, Wasabi Investors and other health care investors. The round brings PursueCare’s total funding raised up to $12.8 million, according to the fundraising tracking website Crunchbase. […]
Acadia partners with suicide prevention organization to open new centers Acadia Healthcare (Nasdaq: ACHC) has opened 15 community resource centers in partnership with a leading suicide awareness organization to help young individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD). The centers are located in four states across the country within Acadia’s Comprehensive Treatment Centers (CTC), which provide […]
Pharmacy giant CVS (NYSE: CVS) is releasing more details about the behavioral pilot program it’s rolling out at select HealthHUB locations. Behavioral Health Business first highlighted the pilot in mid-March, shortly after CVS released its annual Health Trends Report and highlighted the ongoing mental health crisis as a factor likely to define health care in […]
Promises Behavioral Health opens new facility in Texas Promises Behavioral Health has opened its latest facility, an addiction and mental health treatment center in Texas. Located in College Station, Promises Brazos Valley spans over 50,000 square feet and provides addiction and mental health treatment services to adults and college students. College Station is home to […]
A number of digital behavioral health startups have been making waves as of late by reaching unicorn status, with Calm and Lyra Health being a couple examples. The latest digital behavioral company to join those billion dollar ranks is Modern Health, whose biggest days appear yet to be ahead. Based in San Francisco, Modern Health […]
Better behavioral health care for Americans would not only produce better results for patients, but generate billions in savings annually, according to a recently released economic report from the global consulting firm McKinsey & Company. The report identified actions that public, private and social stakeholders could take to produce substantial savings in annual health care […]
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