Virtual intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) have become a popular way to care for patients in their homes. IOPs provide an intermediate level of care and can be a step-down from inpatient services and a step-up from traditional outpatient care. Virtual IOPs became sought after during the COVID-19 pandemic because of their ability to treat patients […]
Charlie Health
The key to virtual mental health care provider Charlie Health’s success rests on matching patients to the right clinicians and the right therapy groups, something its CEO contends it can only do in a virtual format. Thus, Charlie Health will forever remain a virtual-only provider of high-acuity services to teens and young adults, according to […]
Talkiatry appoints new chief growth officer Virtual psychiatric care provider Talkiatry has added to its executive ranks with the hire of Alex Kozersky as chief growth officer (CGO). As Talkiatry’s CGO, Kozersky will help the company expand its insurance partnerships in connection with a national roll out. Most recently, he was the chief sales officer […]
Beacon announces new president Beacon Health Options — an Anthem-owned (NYSE: ANTM) behavioral health company that serves one out of six people nationwide — has named a new president. Glenn MacFarlane comes to the position from Aetna, where he was Medicaid Northeast Territory Leader and plan president for the New Jersey market. Before that, he […]
Biden picks new head of CMS President Biden has tapped Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), according to various media reports. As of Friday afternoon, Biden had yet to announce the news. Brooks-LaSure’s appointment to the position is contingent upon the Senate confirming her nomination. CMS oversees Medicare and […]