Virtual mental health provider Ginger — which serves more than 25 million individuals worldwide through employers, health plans and strategic partners — is extending its offerings to teenagers. The San Francisco-based company on Thursday announced the roll out of Ginger for Teens, which will provide a full continuum of its services to adolescents ages 13 […]
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Arguably one of the biggest takeaways from the pandemic is the importance of maintaining behavioral health in the face of major life challenges. Even as the world slowly returns to normal, the need for more options to treat a variety of behavioral issues remains. Despite efforts and legislation over the years to establish parity between […]
Two virtual health care platforms are teaming up to expand the number of behavioral offerings available to customers. The digital mindfulness and meditation company Headspace has announced a partnership with Phoenix-based Solera Health, which contracts with health plans and employers to bring virtual care services to customers. The partnership gives Solera’s customers the opportunity to […]
The ability to get paid for virtual services has been a game changer for behavioral health providers amid the pandemic. It’s allowed them to continue providing services and remain afloat financially over the past year and a half — and many stakeholders believe telebehavioral health has the power to improve patient access and providers’ bottom […]
The on-demand, virtual behavioral health care provider Ginger has reached an agreement with Cigna to bring its full platform to the insurer’s behavioral health customers nationwide. Ginger announced the news Thursday. The agreement covers 14 million Cigna customers who have employer-sponsored or individual and family insurance plans (IFP). Under the partnership, those beneficiaries will be […]
Ginger, the on-demand virtual behavioral health care system with a $1.1 billion valuation, recently raised $100 million in a Series E funding round led by funds managed by Blackstone Growth. But even more notable than the financing itself is what Ginger plans to do with it — from diving deeper into value-based care to building […]
Ginger has raised another huge chunk of financing. This time, the on-demand virtual behavioral health care system brought in $100 million in a Series E round led by funds managed by Blackstone Growth. The new money brings Ginger’s total funding raised to more than $220 million, according to a press release announcing the news. Plus, […]
An overwhelming number of CEOs say they are doing enough to provide mental health help to their employees. But many workers feel otherwise, according to newly released data from the virtual behavioral health provider Ginger. The data comes from Ginger’s 2021 Workforce Attitudes Toward Mental Health Report, which includes feedback from 1,229 full-time US workers […]
Ginger, a virtual behavioral health care system, has teamed up with Capsule, the nation’s largest independent digital pharmacy, to give members access to same-day mental health medication delivery. The medication management partnership is designed to improve convenience and safety for Ginger’s members, who previously had to go to a brick-and-mortar pharmacy or use their health […]
Behavioral health is in higher demand than ever before, with the pandemic, an economic downturn and social unrest causing nationwide spikes in anxiety and depression. Amid the chaos, one bright spot has emerged: Regulatory flexibilities have made telehealth services commonplace, giving behavioral health providers another tool to treat patients who might otherwise be unable to […]