Two Chairs, a startup offering hybrid behavioral health care, closed a $72 million Series C funding round. The company’s focus on measuring outcomes and dedication to care quality assurance are two key factors that differentiate it from other mental health startups, CEO Alex Katz said.
Grow Therapy's $88 million Series C funding round was led by Sequoia Capital. The financing will help the company invest in its team, improve its product and expand its footprint.
At the Payer Insights sessions on Day 1 of ViVE 2024, a panel on prior authorization offered compelling insights from speakers who shared the positive developments in this area after years of mounting frustration. Speakers also shared challenges as they work with providers to figure out how policy developments and technology will work in practice.
In a webinar on April 16 at 1pm ET, Aneesh Chopra will moderate a discussion with executives from DocuSign, Velatura, and behavioral health providers on eConsent, health information exchange and compliance with the CMS Final Rule on interoperability.
As we forge ahead in the behavioral health field, finding the right balance between technological solutions and whole-person care will be essential. Workforce challenges, changes to the way reimbursements work, new medication monitoring options and a laser focus on the personalized solutions that specialty pharmacies can provide are all trends to watch.
The psychiatric collaborative care model offers an opportunity to mitigate burnout by reducing the burden placed on primary care providers (PCPs) and more effectively supporting their patients with behavioral health needs.
As we look into the future, 2024 promises a profound transformation. Here are five areas of focus for the upcoming year.
This eBook, in collaboration with Care Logistics, details how hospitals and health systems can facilitate more effective decision-making by operationalizing elevated awareness.
How UPMC Health Plan is taking steps in providing better behavioral health support.
CMS proposed a new rule that would set a flat amount — $632 — that MA plans can pay agents and brokers when they help enroll a person into any MA plan. The proposed rule also addresses behavioral health access and prior authorization.
If you could only do one thing to improve the health of children in the U.S., it would have to be in the behavioral health sphere, Nemours Children's Health CEO Lawrence Moss declared at HLTH. The state of youth mental health has reached a crisis point in the U.S., and Moss' health system is working hard to address this. Some of its efforts include embedding behavioral health into primary care and deploying behavioral health workers in schools.
While it's easy to be consumed by the latest technology and the potential influence it could have, it's important to remember the ultimate role these platforms should play when it comes to improved patient outcomes.
In an era of escalating healthcare costs and a growing preference for natural, holistic approaches to health, The Impact Brands emerges as a collective of diverse brands dedicated to supporting overall wellness through natural means.
Horizon Healthcare Services’ 2.5 million commercial members now have access to Resilience Lab clinicians. The mental health provider matches patients with therapists based on their unique needs and offers in-person care and online care.
As clinical psychologists, we talk about therapy as the gold standard. I’m not saying it isn’t, but if only a minority of people are getting it, we need to broaden our perspective.
A new proposed rule by the Biden-Harris Administration would require health plans to improve their analyses of their mental health benefits and make clear that they cannot engage in practices that make it more difficult for members to access mental health support compared to physical health.
UpLift's Series A funding round was led by Ballast Point Ventures and included participation from Kapor Capital, Front Porch Ventures and B Capital. In total, UpLift has raised more than $22 million.
A Northeast Business Group on Health survey, published Monday, found that 26% of employers never identify the needs of employees, nor the “awareness and effectiveness” of their mental health programs. About three in ten respondents don’t have messaging campaigns through social media and internal platforms on mental health.