Build, Lease or Buy: Behavioral Health Providers Debate Best AI Strategies

Behavioral health providers are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve efficiency, personalize treatment pathways and produce outcomes. How best to develop an AI-enabled technology stack remains unclear, however. While leasing AI technology from vendors is a relatively easy path to keep up with the digital Joneses, providers with more specialized needs or those looking […]

Resilience Lab Acquires Options MD, Expands to Treat Severe Mental Health Conditions 

Mental health provider Resilience Lab has expanded to offer medication management and treat severe mental illness by acquiring AI-enabled psychiatry provider Options MD. The acquisition will improve Resilience Lab’s ability to negotiate with payers and bring the provider closer to its “North Star” of providing fully integrative care. “We always wanted to extend our reach […]

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 […]

Kipu Health, Array Behavioral, Appoint New CEOs; aptihealth Fills Out C-Suite

Tech provider Kipu Health announces new CEO Kipu Health, a behavioral health software provider based in Coral Gables, Florida, named Carina Edwards its new CEO. “We’re seeing the needs of behavioral health providers only grow as they scale and evolve to serve a broad range of mental health challenges today,” R. Andrew Eckert, Kipu’s chairman […]

[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 […]