WTWH Healthcare Announces the Winners of the Inaugural Prism Awards

WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media, LLC company, is proud to announce the winners of the inaugural Prism Awards. This program honors individuals and organizations that have demonstrated exemplary achievements in the areas of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB), Environmental Sustainability & Social Stewardship. The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB) Champion Award honors individuals […]

Why It’s Time to Stop Being Ashamed of Growing Behavioral Health Companies

There are a few things that get twisted in the behavioral health discourse, especially around growth and investment. INVEST 2024 is right around the corner. These are the topics that are on my mind. Next week, we will host something equivalent to a huge family reunion, complete with a special venue, food, conversation and people […]

[Updated] From Acquisitions to IPOs: Behavioral Health Companies Primed for Their Next Chapter

Investing in the behavioral health industry has evolved rapidly in the last five years. From dizzyingly high funding levels to dramatic drops in annual totals, the recent past makes visualizing the future a daunting task. But long-term industry trends and emerging investment patterns offer some idea of what direction up-and-coming behavioral health companies are heading. […]

Behavioral Providers Turn to Long-acting Injectables to Boost Adherence, Decrease Burden

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 […]

Concert Health, AIMS Center Team Up on Collaborative Care Agreement for SMI Populations

Virtual telepsychiatry provider Concert Health has teamed up with the Advancing Integrated Mental Health Solutions (AIMS) Center at the University of Washington on a new collaborative care program. The three-year partnership will focus on providing collaborative care for patients with complex psychiatric disorders, specifically identifying patients with bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Collaborative […]

The Risk In Behavioral Health Integration When ‘It’s Not Top of Mind’ For Providers

Behavioral Health integration can be challenging in the current health care ecosystem. Health care organizations must continue to drive awareness of integrated care models, or referrals to behavioral health services will drop even in settings where behavioral health services are a part of primary care, Andrew Bertagnolli, national director of virtual behavioral health services at […]

Concert Health Scores $42M to Scale Collaborative Care Behavioral Health Model

Tech-backed behavioral health medical group Concert Health has scored $42 million in a Series B funding round led by Define Ventures, Healthy Ventures and Vertical Venture Partners, with participation from Townhall Ventures. Concert Health partners CommonSpirit Health and Advent Health also made a strategic investment in the business. This news comes roughly a year after […]

Congress Must Invest and Support Evidence-Based Integrated Behavioral Health Care Models

The number of people who suffer from mental health and substance use disorders (SUDs) is reaching crisis levels, and experts are calling on Congress to support diverse payment models that integrate traditional health care with behavioral health. Investing in evidence-based integrated primary and behavioral health care across multiple models would help, according to Mitch Prinstein […]

Concert Health Sets Stage for Big 2022, Plans to Hire Hundreds as It Expands to More States

Concert Health kicked off 2021 with a bang by raising $14 million in Series A funding. Having recently passed the 20,000-patient threshold, Concert is looking to achieve multiples of that number for 2022 while expanding its geographic reach and potentially hiring hundreds of new workers. Concert’s services revolve around the model of collaborative care, which […]