Before competing in Olympic swimming, it’s important to start with basic lessons; similarly, behavioral health providers may consider taking strategic intermediate steps before becoming fully at-risk providers. The move from a fee-for-service model toward risk-based value-based care can be gradual for behavioral health providers. There are a number of alternative payment models that providers can […]
This is an exclusive BHB+ story Value-based care has been the great white whale of behavioral health for nearly a decade. Yet there has been very little movement in the space. The vast majority of behavioral health providers rely on fee-for-service models of care. In a recent Behavioral Health Business survey, 65% of respondents reported […]
The entanglement of politics and regulation requires behavioral health providers to bolster advocacy efforts more than ever. At the state and federal level, the industry faces a potent mix of increased scrutiny on health care dealmaking — especially the involvement of private equity investment — and historic public underinvestment. These forces pose potential threats to […]
For years, health systems have been teaming up with external providers to better serve the individuals entering and exiting their facilities. A prime example of this trend is post-acute care, with most of the nation’s large health systems now having robust home health and hospice strategies. To some degree, this trend hasn’t hit behavioral health […]
Addiction treatment provider Aware Recovery has raised $3.5 million of new capital in a round led by Connecticut Innovations. This comes roughly a year after the provider announced a $35 million Series B funding round. Aware Recovery offers in-home substance use disorder (SUD) care. The provider is able to treat people with alcohol, opioid and […]
Certified peer support specialists are quickly becoming an essential part of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment in the United States. Having gone through the recovery process successfully, peer support workers are driven to help others facing similar hardships in their lives. Addiction rehabilitation centers are now relying more on that connection and experience to create […]
Despite the strong growth potential in the substance use disorder (SUD) treatment space, providers faced stiff headwinds in 2023, including rising patient acuity, access obstacles and shifting regulatory frameworks. Some of these challenges will continue to present problems for SUD treatment providers in 2024, but the new year will also bring significant opportunities, industry insiders […]
Aware Recovery Care CEO Brian Holzer is focused on quality over quantity. Under his direction, the in-home addiction recovery provider has prioritized increasing its density of services instead of expanding its footprint. Aware’s in-home addiction care model, now offered in 11 states, is unusual in a landscape of in-center or virtual offerings. The Wallingford, Connecticut-based […]
The 2nd episode of the Behavioral Health Business Perspectives podcast is now available! For this episode of BHB Perspectives, we caught up with Brian Holzer, the CEO of Aware Recovery Care. During the conversation, Holzer discussed his post-acute care background, the evolution of the behavioral health landscape, Aware’s one-of-a-kind model and more. Listen to this […]
Within the behavioral health sector, it has been a bumpy 12 months for autism treatment providers. But it’s turning out to be somewhat of a tumultuous year for those in the substance use disorder (SUD) space as well. SUD dealmaking fell below pre-pandemic levels in Q1, according to a recent report by M&A advisory firm […]
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