CommonSpirit Health, the second largest nonprofit hospital chain in the country, has partnered with Concert Health, a virtual behavioral startup that brings collaborative care to primary care practices across the country. The agreement is rooted in collaborative care and will help CommonSpirit better address behavioral health conditions such as anxiety and depression in primary care […]
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While most eating disorder treatment providers first dove into virtual care around March, Eating Recovery Center (ERC) had a head start. The national eating disorder treatment provider debuted its virtual IOP offering about three years ago. Back then, the service was mostly leveraged to treat patients on college campuses who might otherwise go without care. […]
Tridiuum, a digital behavioral health solutions provider, has partnered with AbleTo, a virtual therapy provider, to help connect behavioral health patients to proven, cost-effective treatment more quickly. The goal is to tackle access to care and the shortage of behavioral health providers. The collaboration will first focus on patients insured by a plan in Northern […]
Osmind — a mental health technology startup focused on treatment-resistant patients — has raised $2 million in seed funding, the company announced Wednesday. The fundraising round was led by General Catalyst, with participation from What If Ventures, 20|20 Fund and various prominent health care executives, according to a press release announcing the news. Y Combinator […]
Integrating behavioral and physical health care has been shown to improve patient outcomes while also curbing costs. Unfortunately, though, achieving successful care integration is sometimes easier said than done. Achieving that success was the topic of a recent panel discussion at the 2020 Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (LAN) Virtual Summit, held on […]
Monte Nido & Affiliates to enter Georgia Monte Nido & Affiliates — a PE-backed eating disorder treatment provider — has announced that it is entering the state of Georgia, where it will add two programs. Headquartered in Malibu, California, Monte Nido offers the continuum of eating recovery services, from residential to day treatment. It is […]
People with severe mental illnesses (SMIs) often end up homeless, hospitalized or incarcerated. To change that, federal and commercial payers need to reimagine the way they reimburse for the treatment of SMIs, behavioral health stakeholders say. “Our mental health care payment system is really not geared toward people with serious mental illness,” psychiatrist and documentarian […]
Amid COVID-19, hospitals nationwide have been forced to cut or repurpose behavioral health beds to make room for coronavirus patients. At the same time, overdoses and suicides are on the rise. In New York state — which once contained the country’s worst COVID-19 hotspot — the problem is especially pronounced, the Wall Street Journal has […]
Slowly but surely, insurers appear to be shifting from using process measures to outcome measures when it comes to assessing quality in behavioral health care. Now, it seems the coronavirus could help accelerate that movement, thanks in large part to the momentum the virus has given telehealth. At least, Stephen Friedoff — SVP of clinical […]
In August, Sierra by the Sea and Sunrise Recovery Ranch welcomed a new CEO in Michelle Beaudoin, an 20-plus-year veteran of the behavioral health industry. The California-based addiction treatment providers are part of the Sierra Tucson Group, which is owned by the behavioral powerhouse Acadia Healthcare (Nasdaq: ACHC). The scenic facilities provide residential treatment, partial […]