Mental health providers are increasingly innovating among specific patient populations as part of their value-based care strategies, a trend that’s turning into a challenge for insurers and employers. One of the pain points is the focus on only a subset of individuals, when employers and insurers are looking more broadly at their entire population. Payers […]
The quest for value-based care in behavioral health is driving far-reaching changes that could upend industry practices for payers and providers. Notably, this could result in the extinction of behavioral health carve-outs. Top executives told attendees of VALUE, a Behavioral Health Business event, that carving out behavioral benefits acts as an impediment to addressing the […]
Eleanor Health revealed Thursday that it landed a $50 million Series C funding round. The Waltham, Massachusetts-based addiction and mental health care provider is built around deploying population health and value-based payment models, putting it at the forefront of behavioral health startups with innovative care and reimbursement models. Launched in 2019, the company has raised […]
Eleanor Health Inc. revealed a value-based care partnership that it says is the first of its kind in the state of Washington. The Waltham, Massachusetts-based addiction treatment provider announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with the managed care organization Amerigroup Washington to provide care to its members struggling with substance use disorder and other […]
The year 2021 was defined by the many struggles that organizations had largely foisted on them directly or indirectly by the ups and downs of the coronavirus pandemic. But many providers learned how to adapt to the new normal and began to tackle the even bigger challenges that a changing industry leveled on behavioral health […]
Addiction treatment provider Eleanor Health Inc. revealed Thursday it has partnered with Point32Health to better support the behavioral and physical needs of its Medicaid members. Waltham, Massachusetts-based Eleanor Health collaborated with Point32Health to develop a value-based program built on population health that provides comprehensive care to members of Point32Health’s beneficiaries covered by Tufts Health Plan’s […]
Eleanor Health Inc. grew up as a company with the concept of hybrid care models from the start. That served the Waltham, Massachusetts-based outpatient substance use disorder treatment provider well when Covid forced the entire health care sector into almost exclusively providing telehealth. “When COVID hit, I think we were probably doing 75 or 80% […]
The trend to value-based care in the behavioral health market continues to evolve. In late September, Wayspring announced it raised $75 million to target individuals struggling with substance use disorder (SUD). The market is ripe for innovation, as more than $90 billion is spent annually on the SUD population by Medicaid and Medicare Advantage managed […]
axialHealthcare — a Nashville, Tennessee-based substance use disorder (SUD) treatment company — has received a $75 million investment, along with rebranding itself to Wayspring. Founded in 2012, Wayspring is a value-based care solutions company that links prospective patients to providers of treatment services. Patients and providers are connected through a network of SUD treatment organizations, […]
On September 9, the Biden administration issued a mandate for all health care workers at federally funded facilities to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. The order also extends to behavioral health care workers, whom a leading industry group last year described as being an afterthought when it came to inoculating frontline staff. A number of behavioral health […]
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