Pinnacle pegs chief medical officer, chief clinician Chris Dennis has been appointed the new chief medical officer of Pinnacle Treatment Centers. Carin Kottraba was also tapped as Pinnacle’s chief clinical officer, the company announced Friday. Dennis joins the substance use disorder provider from Optum, where he served as chief behavioral officer. Pinnacle credited Dennis with […]
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State Medicaid programs and their managed care organization (MCO) partners are amenable to value-based care contracting. However, misconceptions remain as the industry navigates the early stages of value-based care adoption. This openness allows companies to come to the table with new or different approaches to contracting, opening the door to escaping the fee-for-service paradigm. “The […]
Value-based care efforts in managed care that involve behavioral health could lead to better savings and health outcomes across entire populations. But to get there, payers should expect to spend more on behavioral health, and providers should expect to increase patient engagement. “There’s been a point of recognition that more behavioral health care is better,” […]
Brave Health has landed $40 million in a Series C funding round led by Town Hall Venture’s newly-announced $350 million fund. The Miami-based, Medicaid-focused virtual behavioral health company has raised a total of $60 million. It will use the new funding to expand into new markets and into more value-based care arrangements with payers. The […]
In-home care provider MedArrive has partnered with digital health company Brave Health in Texas to provide digital behavioral health services as part of a home health care model. The two companies announced Tuesday a new referral partnership that expands in-home access to behavioral health services for a vulnerable patient population. MedArrive is a New York […]
More Americans continue to demand mental health services, but often issues of access can compound efforts to receive care. For many low income-individuals who fall within the Medicaid population, various barriers like cost, stigma and accessibility have especially been problematic over time. In 2017, Anna Lindow set out to improve access to mental health services […]