Health systems are seeing a steep increase in patients coming to emergency departments (EDs) for psychiatric conditions. However, the ED is often not the best place for patients in a psychiatric crisis. One major ramification of this increase is many of these patients can face a long wait time, causing a significant bottleneck in the […]
Virtual opioid use disorder provider Bicycle Health has inked a deal with retail giant Albertsons to make buprenorphine extended-release injections, a type of medication-assisted treatment, available in 17 states. The partnership enables Bicycle Health’s doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants to prescribe the injectable, called Sublocade, and have that prescription filled at Albertsons Companies pharmacies. […]
Digital behavioral health provider Headspace has inked a new deal with Intermountain Health’s value-based care subsidiary Castell to offer virtual coaching and therapy to select health plans in Utah. Castell can refer members with behavioral health conditions or concerns to Headspace Health. This value-based care collaboration aims to reduce the cost of care and improve […]
It’s no secret that behavioral health is personal. Now, some providers are taking that one step further and catering their care to a specific group of patients. There’s been a rise in providers caring for a targeted population, including the BIPOC community, seniors, LGBTQ+ individuals and Gen Zers. These providers have prioritized tailoring programs to […]
Landmark Recovery has laid off about 300 staffers in Indiana and its headquarters. This comes after state regulators revoked the provider’s license in three of its four facilities in the state following a string of patient deaths and alleged sexual assaults on staffers at its facility in the South Bend area. The Nashville, Tennessee-based addiction […]
The San Francisco virtual mental health provider will offer the cognitive behavioral therapy-based (CBT) program in partnership with school districts, which will refer students to the program. It includes 12 weekly therapy sessions for parents to help them learn how to address their children’s behavioral health issues. Children attend sessions as needed and recommended by […]
Digital behavioral health platform Two Chairs is looking to address access challenges and scalability with new group therapy and care navigation offerings. Many providers and payers are turning to group therapy as a way to help more patients access care amid a behavioral health clinician shortage. Still, the main focus of many providers is on […]
The pandemic has kicked off an uninterrupted spike in telehealth utilization for mental health services and increased spending for those services. Such spending may inspire commercial health plans to cut back on the historically generous and flexible approach to telehealth rolled out to compensate for the lack of access due to the coronavirus pandemic. A […]
Indiana’s state government plans to impose steep cuts to Medicaid rates for some autism therapy services. The move is out of step with present rate trends but may be a harbinger for other cuts as payers nationwide seek to bring growing autism therapy spending to heel. In Indiana alone, Medicaid spending on autism therapy services […]
The majority of large employers report seeing the impact of increased mental health issues in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s according to the Business Group on Health’s 2024 Large Employer Healthcare Strategy Survey, which included responses from 152 employers representing 19 million covered lives. Seventy-seven percent of employers said that they are seeing […]
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