Payers Must Create Infrastructure to Support Behavioral Health Providers Moving Towards Value-Based Care Contracting

While the medical community agrees that integrating behavioral health and primary care is critical to better patient outcomes, making that happen means disrupting the status quo. Industry stakeholders are rethinking the current reimbursement structure to promote integrated care. But to shift the current paradigm, payers and providers must work together to navigate uncharted territory. Roughly […]

Big Payers Want Behavioral Health Partners That Can Be More Than ‘A Flash In the Pan’

Behavioral health point solutions are increasingly looking to make lucrative payer partnerships. Payers, too, are interested in the prospect of partnering with digital health companies to provide more behavioral health services to their members. But there can be a culture clash between the two entities. Thus, it’s crucial to have aligned goals, outcomes and expectations, […]

BCBS Entity Horizon Healthcare Launches Behavioral Health Integration Subsidiary

Horizon Healthcare Services launched a new behavioral health integration service called NovaWell. Announced Monday, NovaWell’s services are designed to help health plans and health systems accelerate behavioral health integration within their existing systems. Horizon Healthcare Services owns the license for and operates Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ). Several Horizon BCBSNJ […]

Payers Praise Advanced Analytics as a Way to Improve Behavioral Care, Rein in Spending

Health care spending for decades has risen significantly, and it is projected to soar past $6 trillion by 2028. With advancements in technology, logic would bear that data tracking systems could coordinate care better and thus reduce costs, especially benefitting behavioral health providers where demand for services continues to grow. And yet, Sheila Talton says […]