6 Under-the-Radar Stories of 2023: LifeStance Scales Back, Feds Push to Deregulate Methadone

While 2023 unfolded at a dizzying pace, significant news in the behavioral health space may have escaped notice. This brief overview revisits several overlooked stories, offering valuable insights from a year marked by pivotal moments and promising trends. These overlooked stories represent meaningful developments in crucial industry narratives, serving as hidden gems and emblems of […]

Resilience Lab Combats Affordability, Clinician-Shortage Issues with New Group Therapy Program

New York City-based Resilience Lab has launched a group therapy offering. The hybrid outpatient mental health provider grounds the service in measurement-based care for each group member, with evidence-based skill-building to address anxiety and depression. The service — covered by insurance — is offered through a pilot program in New York and New Jersey. Group […]

[Updated] Resilience Lab May Be First of Its Kind to Unionize. Here’s What That Means for the Rest of Behavioral Health

Editor’s note (Feb. 2, 2023): A majority of Resilience Lab clinicians voted in favor of unionization. The mail-in vote was counted by the National Labor Relations Board on Feb. 1. The clinicians will be represented in collective bargaining efforts by District Council 37 of the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees. Unprecedented changes […]

Acadia Healthcare, Summit BHC Name New CIOs

Acadia Healthcare names Laura Groschen to the C-suite Laura Groschen is now the chief information officer for the largest pure-play behavioral health operator in the U.S. — Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHC). Groschen will report to CEO Chris Hunter. Her role is to advance the company’s digital transformation, according to a news release. She […]

Resilience Lab’s $15M Series A Will Help Expand Its Education Division

Outpatient mental health provider Resilience Lab announced Thursday it closed a $15 million Series A funding round. Investment firms Viewside Capital Partners and Morningside led the round. Twenty unnamed health and technology entrepreneurs also invested, according to a news release. The cash infusion is expected to fund Resilience Lab’s growth, notably in its education segment, […]

DOL Rule Could Complicate How Behavioral Health Providers Use Contractors

The Biden administration could mix up how behavioral health operators address worker classification. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) said in October it would undo Trump-era classification rules that made it easier to classify workers as contractors. This bolstered the gig economy and placed an emphasis on how much control the employer had over the […]

Resilience Lab Hires WeWork Vet to Jump-Start Growth

New York City-based hybrid mental health provider Resilience Lab has added three high-level leaders to its management team. On Wednesday, Resilience Lab announced it hired Patrick Morselli as chief operating officer, John Hamby as general manager, and Alyssa Lin as head of growth. The hires are key to the company’s expansion strategy. All three have […]

New York-Based Hybrid Provider Resilience Lab Adds 2 New States to Its Footprint

Resilience Lab continues its 2022 expansion by launching services in two more states. The New York City-based hybrid mental health provider exclusively told BHB it has expanded into Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. This brings the company’s state footprint up to five states. CEO Marc Goldberg and Chief Clinical Officer Christine Carville founded the company in July […]

‘The Future of Care Delivery Is Hybrid’: Resilience Lab Re-Opens Headquarters for In-Person Visits

New York City-based Resilience Lab has opened its headquarters in the Flatiron District to in-person visits, announcing that the organization will shift its care delivery to a hybrid model. The fast-growing outpatient mental health provider shifted “99.9” to telehealth in a week and upended its hyper-local approach to giving access to mental health services, Marc […]

Digital Mental Health Provider Resilience Lab Begins Multi-State Expansion, Taps New Director to Lead Effort

Digital mental health platform Resilience Lab is expanding services in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, with plans to grow to nine Northeast states this year. New York-based Resilience is now available to 33 million tri-state area residents, with access open to residents who are in-network with UnitedHealthcare and Humana. To […]