Talkspace Inc. (Nasdaq: TALK) continues to push into new payer partnerships and new patient populations by announcing that it will serve traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage members. The move marks yet another level of progression in the New York City-based tele-mental health company’s evolution into a company that generates business by working with enterprises that […]
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Lifestance Health Group Inc. CEO and Founder Michael Lester doesn’t see the many digital mental health providers that have flooded into the market as competitors for patients or for staff. That’s because Lifestance (NASDAQ: LFST) does what many in the ever-growing crowd of venture capital-backed digital mental health companies don’t. “We don’t see the pure-play […]
Universal Health Services Inc. struggled to staff up its behavioral health business despite being willing to pay a premium as it grapples with the national health care staffing shortage. However, the King of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based acute care and behavioral health company simply can’t find enough workers to fully staff up to meet the demand that […]
Centene Corp. expects to drive greater integration of behavioral health and physical health now that it has Magellan Health under its control. Sarah London — board vice chair and president of health care enterprises for the St. Louis-based company — said in prepared remarks at a session of the 2022 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference that […]
Meru Health — which provides online-led solutions to treat various behavioral conditions — has raised $38 million in a Series B round led by Industry Ventures. The latest funding raised by the San Mateo, California-based company was announced Thursday. Other firms participating in the round included early investors Bold Capital Partners, Freestyle VC, FMZ Ventures […]