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 […]

Thriveworks Doubles Down on Enterprise Relationships Following First Acquisition, Buys AI-Powered Mental Health Provider Synchronous

Mental health provider Thriveworks has acquired AI-powered behavioral health company Synchronous Health. The acquisition enables Thriveworks to expand its technology base and operate enterprise relationships with large partners, the company’s top executive told Behavioral Health Business. “There were two boxes that we wanted to check,” Thriveworks CEO Dan Frogel told BHB. “[Synchronous] stands for access […]

The Pitfalls of All-in-One Behavioral Health Services

The allure of being a one-stop-shop for health services is waning for behavioral providers. Instead, we are seeing the rise of partnerships to help with referral pathways and provide specialty care. While there is a drive for more integrated services with a holistic approach, many providers are recognizing their limitations, particularly in the digital space. […]

Thriveworks, Ophelia Join Forces to Address Co-Occurring OUD and Psychiatric Disorders

Patients diagnosed with both opioid use disorder (OUD) and a psychiatric condition can experience decades-long delays before receiving treatment and significant barriers to care.  A new partnership between OUD treatment provider Ophelia and hybrid mental health provider Thriveworks is seeking to provide an accessible pipeline to care for patients with co-occurring OUD and psychiatric disorders. […]

‘Diversity Can’t Be An Afterthought’: How Behavioral Health Providers Should Approach the Clinician Workforce

Patients and providers want to see representation when they engage with the behavioral health care industry. Historically, that has been a challenge as the behavioral health workforce continues to under represent minority communities. That makes hiring and retaining a diverse clinical workforce a daunting but vital task for organizations seeking to improve the health of […]

Accanto Health Names American Addiction Centers Vet CEO; Center for Discovery Hires New CEO

Accanto Health recruits new CEO Eating disorder company Accanto named behavioral health veteran Tom Britton its new CEO. Britton is tasked with driving growth and improving accessibility of treatment at Accanto. “As the awareness of eating disorders and the need for quality, compassionate care continues to grow, it’s vital to have our next leader be […]

Mental Health Executive Outlook: Why Patients, Providers and Payers Are Demanding More in 2023

Economic uncertainty heading into 2023 will drive several existing trends that orbit around the topic of value-based care. In turn, economic pressure and increased focus on value will demand that mental health providers sharpen their proverbial pencils. The prognostications below come from executives of some of the largest incumbent companies and growing startups in the […]

Seeking to Challenge the Status Quo, Thriveworks Pilots New Youth Mental Health Offering in 12 States

Lynchburg, Virginia-based Thriveworks has opened new youth mental health services in 18 sites across 12 states. The new offering, called TherapyLand, will provide services to children ages 12 and younger for developmental disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, parental divorce, grief and loss, defiance and bullying, among others. TherapyLand is being rolled out as a pilot […]

Thriveworks CEO: Hybrid Care Model Key to Luring Clinical Talent, Boosting Patient Experience

Chatbots will have no place at Thriveworks, but digital tools will be a key part of the company’s future documentation and patient-reported outcomes tracking. Thriveworks’s new CEO, Will Furness, has two goals for his tenure: to make Thriveworks the place a mental health clinician wants to spend their whole career and focus the company on […]

Fast-Growing Mental Health Company Thriveworks Names New CEO

William Furness has been named the new CEO of Lynchburg, Virginia-based Thriveworks. Furness announced last week that he had taken on the role in a LinkedIn post and succeeds founder Anthony Centore who started the company in 2008.  Thriveworks offers in-person and online counseling and psychiatry and lists 321 locations in 42 states and Washington […]