Mental health providers are increasingly innovating among specific patient populations as part of their value-based care strategies, a trend that’s turning into a challenge for insurers and employers. One of the pain points is the focus on only a subset of individuals, when employers and insurers are looking more broadly at their entire population. Payers […]
Transcarent, a digital platform for self-insured employers and their employees, announced a new behavioral health service which offers members virtual and in-person care options. Specifically the company is looking to cut down on how long its members have to wait to see a mental healthcare provider. Using this new service members will be able to […]
Spring Health Inc. has acquired the family wellness-focused startup Weldon for an undisclosed amount. The New York City-based B2B-focused mental health startup announced Wednesday that the acquisition of Weldon expands its platform into the family wellness and mental health space. The co-founders of Weldon — siblings Mark Burrell and Lynn Burrell — will join Spring […]
Cerebral Inc.’s founding CEO is no longer leading the company. The company announced Wednesday afternoon that “Kyle Robertson leaves his position as CEO, effective immediately” and that Dr. David Mou is now CEO. However, Cerebral has not clarified whether or not Robertson legally remains a part of the company as an employee or investor. A […]
Cerebral Inc., a fast-growing mental health and medication management startup based in San Francisco, will stop prescribing most controlled substances by this fall. Chief Medical Officer David Mou told the company’s prescriber team that Cerebral is pulling back on prescribing controlled substances “[in] order to prepare for the expiration of the waiver to the Ryan […]
The wide and swift adoption of telehealth in the behavioral health space quickly ran into potential issues. Still, many of those issues loom large over the segment after two years of COVID-prompted growth, potentially limiting its impact in the future, according to Dr. Kari Law, telepsychiatry program director and clinical operations vice chair for the […]
Monument has purchased fellow digital alcohol recovery program Tempest for an undisclosed sum. The deal will give Monument access to Tempest’s resource library and community programming tools. The transaction is expected to help Monument expand its personalized and holistic care, according to a release. “Tempest’s commitment to changing the narrative around alcohol use disorder through […]
More people are comfortable using telehealth as behavioral health services utilization has taken off from commercially-insured patients, according to one major health system. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), whose provider network encompasses 140 hospitals throughout Pennsylvania – as well as in parts of Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland – said its behavioral health volume […]
One Medical (Nasdaq: ONEM) seeks to woo potential payer and employer clients by expanding its behavioral health offering. Executives with the San Francisco-based hybrid primary care provider said the new behavioral health offering it rolled out in the first quarter — Healthy Mind — deepens its capabilities in value-based care. This, along with additional chronic […]
Santa Monica, California-based Headspace Health has added two new members to its C-suite. The company announced Monday it hired Dr. Wizdom Powell as chief social impact and diversity officer and Jodi Bryant as chief commercial officer, according to a news release. Both Bryant and Powell will report to CEO Russell Glass. The two leaders join […]
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