Suicide is one of the leading causes of death nationwide, with an estimated 90% percent of occurences related to potentially treatable mental health conditions. One of the nation’s leading health insurers is trying to tackle the problem head on through a partnership with an online mental health education platform. Aetna, a division of CVS Health […]
The pandemic has increased the prevalence of trauma-causing stressors. But even before COVID-19, trauma was an everyday reality for many people — including the behavioral health providers who treat traumatized individuals. An estimated 10 million children each year experience trauma, and various studies have correlated childhood trauma with becoming part of the Medicaid population in […]
The new behavioral health pilot from CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) focused on collaborative care is indicative of where the pharmacy giant is headed in the future, according to Cara McNulty, president of behavioral health and the Employee Assistance Program at Aetna. “You’ll continue to see us advancing our mental health efforts, right alongside with our […]
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 […]
Alma, a membership-based network for behavioral health providers, has raised $28 million in Series B funding, the company announced Tuesday. The round was led by Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors BoxGroup, Primary Venture Partners, Rainfall Ventures, Sound Ventures and Tusk Venture Partners. Optum Ventures, a first-time Alma investor, also participated. The latest round […]
Aetna has expanded its partnership with Inpathy, an online behavioral health company, to bring behavioral services to members in Illinois, Texas and Florida. Headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut, Aetna is owned by CVS Health (NYSE: CVS). The managed health care company has been working with Inpathy to bring its members virtual behavioral health care services since […]
CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) is expanding its efforts to fight the opioid epidemic and will make social determinants of health a bigger part of the equation. The Woonsocket, Rhode Island-based pharmacy and health care company is partnering with social care coordination company Unite Us to expand the resources of CVS’s program aimed at combating opioid […]
In America today, the need for more substance use disorder (SUD) interventions is clear. In 2017, more than 70,000 people died from drug overdoses, and the alcohol-related death rate was twice what it was 20 years earlier. Those statistics don’t include nearly 20 million others who did not die but still battled SUD that year. […]
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