Behavioral health service provider Amae Health and Boston-based legacy teaching hospital Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have partnered to form the Amae Institute — a professional education hub for care providers focusing on a new approach to serious mental illness (SMI) care. A clinical educator team with experts from MGH will work with Amae Health providers to […]
Ten behavioral health founders have been featured on the 2025 Inc. Female Founder 500 list. The list seeks to be the “definitive list of women entrepreneurs making significant waves in business,” Diana Ransom, executive editor of Inc. Magazine, said in an article explaining the methodology for establishing the list. Those featured on the list lead […]
While shiny new technologies have historically defined behavioral health innovation, transforming the industry requires reimaging its fundamental operating models and care delivery systems. Behavioral health founders are now looking at changing payment structures, care models, and payer networks to help move the compass on behavioral health care. Payer contracting is one of the main areas […]
This is an exclusive BHB+ story Once investor darlings, budding behavioral health companies have found it more difficult to raise funds over the last two years. In 2021 and 2022, venture dollars were flowing freely into the space. Rock Health reported that investors poured a staggering $4.9 billion into behavioral health in 2021. In comparison, […]
Los Angeles-based Amae Health has raised another $6 million through a partnership with nonprofit academic health system Cedars-Sinai. The in-person, serious mental illness-focused startup will integrate electronic medical records with Cedars-Sinai as Amae Health care for patients with serious mental illness (SMI). This deal comes after a $15 million Series A funding round, announced in […]
Medication adherence is a critical issue for behavioral health providers. This is especially true for patients with serious mental illness. More than half of patients with schizophrenia are nonadherent to medication, and 50% of patients with depression and 44% of patients with bipolar disorder are nonadherent to medication, according to a meta-analysis. In order to […]
Los Angeles-based Amae Health announced Thursday the close of a $15 million Series A round. The less-than two-year-old-startup seeks to unify disparate parts of the health care system that treat those with serious mental illness (SMI). It offers behavioral health, physical health and supportive services. “Our mission at Amae Health is to provide lifelong, adaptive […]
Ophelia adds new CCO, COO Digital substance use disorder provider Ophelia is shaking up its C-suite with a new chief commercial officer and a new chief operating officer. The New York-based provider announced that Alexandra Minarik is joining the team as CCO and Chris Sharon will be its next COO. Before joining Ophelia, Minarik served […]
It’s no secret that patients with serious mental illnesses (SMIs) are costly to care for and have significantly worse outcomes than their peers. But value-based care models could enable providers to get creative in caring for these patients, leading to better outcomes and lower costs. Specifically, the value-focused model could allow providers to use wrap-around […]
Serious mental illnesses (SMIs) are extremely costly and can lead to negative health outcomes, a fact that makes this corner of the behavioral health world ripe for innovation. Specializing in SMI treatment, however, comes with a number of high-stakes challenges. SMIs – conditions such as schizophrenia, severe bipolar disorder and major depression – impact roughly […]
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