‘We Don’t Move Fast and Break Things’: Why the Traditional Tech Ethos Doesn’t Work in Digital Mental Health

Four venture capital principals in the health tech space called out and condemned the VC-backed startup ethos of growing at all costs in digital mental health. The principals, who spoke on a panel during the 2022 Going Digital: Behavioral Health Tech conference, also said bad actors in digital health reveal the need for industry standards […]

CMS Chief Brooks-LaSure: Pressing State Medicaid Programs to Cover New Mental Health Innovations Is Crucial

Federal health care leader Chiquita Brooks-LaSure is encouraging digital health entrepreneurs to press state-level regulators to have Medicaid cover innovative behavioral health products and services. Speaking on Wednesday, Brooks-LaSure, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), also said states need to take a broader view of how health care is delivered to […]