Aging Media Network (AMN) is proud to announce the 2022 Aspect Awards winners. With 42 submissions in the categories of Home Health & Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care, Senior Housing & Senior Living, Skilled Nursing (SNF), and Behavioral Health, the scope of creativity is broader than ever before. The program was judged by 8 […]
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Telehealth is not going anywhere and most people prefer to receive such assistance for behavioral health concerns, according to a new survey by commercial real estate company Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). The survey was conducted this January as Medicare began expanding options for where recipients can receive telehealth services – a move that behavioral health […]
Following a blockbuster year for digital mental health care investment in 2021, the pressure is on to go big and bold. There have already been a few game-changing acquisitions in the space — the earliest and most defining is the merger of Ginger and Headspace, which created a $3 billion company called Headspace Health during […]
Universal Health Services Inc. struggled to staff up its behavioral health business despite being willing to pay a premium as it grapples with the national health care staffing shortage. However, the King of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based acute care and behavioral health company simply can’t find enough workers to fully staff up to meet the demand that […]
Virtual mental health care provider Meru Health has launched a new year-long offering for graduates of its 12-week treatment program for various behavioral health conditions. Meru’s post-graduate offering is an extended one-year program where alumni users can learn to practice new skills for dealing with conditions such as depression and anxiety. “Our company mission is […]
Magellan Healthcare has rolled out a program to help provide behavioral wellness resources to older adults dealing with a number of social determinants of health. Magellan Healthcare is administering the program with DUOS, a virtual platform that provides users with care coordination resources like transportation and medical appointments, as well as locating licensed in-home providers […]
Grant Avenue Capital, LLC, a health care-focused private equity and venture capital firm, has made an investment in the pediatric care market through its portfolio company, H2 Health. H2 Health has purchased Great Strides Rehabilitation, Inc, a Jacksonville, Florida-based provider of youth behavioral health services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Serving children and […]
The business of behavioral health continues to boom, as M&A activity is on track to break records yet again in 2021. The dealmaking has also sparked real estate interest into the space, with Colliers International (Nasdaq: CIGI) among the various companies providing brokering and leasing services to operators buying existing properties or opening de novos. […]
A new study released by an American Psychiatric Association publication finds only a slight link between telehealth and good outcomes in the addiction treatment space. In large part, that’s because the potential evidence to consider when comparing in-person treatment to telehealth in addiction treatment is scant. The study was conducted by researchers with RTI International […]
Discovery Behavioral Health opens eating disorder treatment program Discovery Behavioral Health (DBH), a multi-state provider of services across the behavioral health spectrum, has opened an eating disorder treatment program for preteens and adolescents in Enumclaw, Washington. Located north of Seattle, the gender-inclusive program operates under the Center of Discovery brand and treats patients ages 11-17 […]