This is an exclusive BHB+ story Maternal mental health and well-being have been on the clinical back burner for years. That is compounded by the U.S. having some of the worst maternal mortality rates and poor maternal health outcomes of any industrially developed nation. Against this backdrop, practitioners increasingly say maternal mental health should be […] The post ‘Like Going to the Dentist’: The Business Case for Maternal Mental Health appeared first on Behavioral Health Business.| Behavioral Health Business
Editor’s note (Oct. 6, 2025): This story was updated with additional commentary from Talkspace after the story was originally published. Digital mental health company Talkspace Inc. (Nasdaq: TALK) has acquired one of its digital partners: Wisdo Health. On Monday, New York City-based Talkspace announced it had acquired Wisdo Health, a moderated social media and peer […] The post [UPDATED]: Talkspace Acquires Peer Support, Coaching Platform Wisdo Health appeared first on Behavioral Health B...| Behavioral Health Business
Samantha Fini, Director of People & Culture at PAX Health, has been named a 2025 Future Leader by Behavioral Health Business. To become a Future Leader, an individual is nominated by their peers. The candidate must be a high-performing employee who is 40 years of age or younger, a passionate worker who knows how to […] The post Future Leader: Samantha Fini, Director of People & Culture, PAX Health appeared first on Behavioral Health Business.| Behavioral Health Business
New York City-based Blossom Health has raised $18.4 million to advance its virtual psychiatry and therapy offering. Founded in 2024, the company disclosed Tuesday that it raised the round from 29 investors. Its board of directors includes Mathias Schilling, managing partner at the venture capital firm Headline, a public financial filing states. Representatives of each […] The post Blossom Health Lands $18M for In-Network Virtual Psychiatry Practice appeared first on Behavioral Health Business.| Behavioral Health Business
Brittany Rader, President of Clinical Services at Behavioral Framework, has been named a 2025 Future Leader by Behavioral Health Business. To become a Future Leader, an individual is nominated by their peers. The candidate must be a high-performing employee who is 40 years of age or younger, a passionate worker who knows how to put […] The post Future Leader: Brittany Rader, President, Clinical Services, Behavioral Framework appeared first on Behavioral Health Business.| Behavioral Health Business
OpenAI – the tech giant behind the generative AI tool ChatGPT – is actively exploring how to build a network of licensed mental health professionals that users can access directly through the chat platform. This follows a wave of reported AI-induced psychosis states and user harm via chatbot conversing. The company recently reached 700 million […] The post OpenAI’s ChatGPT Could Be the Next Referral Gateway for Therapists appeared first on Behavioral Health Business.| Behavioral Health Business
Senior Housing News, a WTWH Healthcare publication, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Senior Housing News (SHN) Architecture & Design Awards (https://shnawards.com/). Communities across the United States and the globe submitted new construction and renovation/repositioning projects this year, vying for top honors across 16 categories: “The submissions for the 2025 SHN Architecture […] The post Announcing the Winners of the 2025 SHN Architecture & Design Awards appeared first ...| Behavioral Health Business
This is an exclusive BHB+ story Pediatric behavioral health services emerged as a crisis point during the COVID-19 pandemic when stories of children boarding in emergency departments for weeks began to surface. And the state of youth mental health hasn’t improved. A new survey by Blue Cross Blue Shield of California found that 94% of […] The post Pediatric Behavioral Health Providers Are Struggling. Is Underpayment to Blame? appeared first on Behavioral Health Business.| Behavioral Health Business
This is an exclusive BHB+ story Addiction treatment providers are already stretched thin. Burnout and stress rates for the profession skyrocketed after the pandemic and haven’t subsided. Providers are now facing a new challenge: trying to untangle what the substance use disorder (SUD) Medicaid work requirement exemptions mean for their patients – a complex task […] The post How Medicaid Work Exemptions Could Reshape the SUD Market appeared first on Behavioral Health Business.| Behavioral Health Business
Pediatric behavioral health provider Hazel Health has laid off roughly 11% of its staff. San Francisco-based Hazel Health works with school systems to| Behavioral Health Business
Charlesbank Capital Partners reportedly won out in an auction for the Austin-based Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy provider Action Behavior| Behavioral Health Business
The Biden administration has pledged nearly $300 million to expand mental health services in schools. In addition to the new funding, the White| Behavioral Health Business
Digital mental health investment dropped in the second quarter as global digital health investment fell compared to 2022.| Behavioral Health Business
A slew of states are taking on mental health with new legislation aimed at expanding access to care. The federal government has a number of behavioral| Behavioral Health Business
The behavioral health industry is coming off a record number of transactions and as multiples remain high, companies are having to get smarter about| Behavioral Health Business
Telehealth has mixed impacts on behavioral health de novo growth. It's muted for some. But for one company, It's had a meaningful impact.| Behavioral Health Business
The new $1.5 trillion spending bill from Congress extends some mental telehealth flexibilities but retains a potentially challenging measure.| Behavioral Health Business
Medicaid redeterminations have begun to impact Universal Health Service’s (NYSE: UHS) behavioral health arm. Overall, behavioral health patient days| Behavioral Health Business
Behavioral health giant Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc. (Nasdaq: ACHC) brought new leadership to its comprehensive treatment centers division. Dr. Nasser| Behavioral Health Business
Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc. (Nasdaq: ACHC) is looking to position itself as a "proactive acquirer," its CEO said.| Behavioral Health Business
Keeping up with new regulations and policies that impact the behavioral health industry can almost feel like a full-time job. Ongoing changes to| Behavioral Health Business
Digital behavioral health company Quartet Health has launched a new virtual clinic focused on treating patients with moderate and serious mental illness| Behavioral Health Business
Three addiction treatment companies merge to form BlueCrest Health Group BlueCrest Recovery Center, QuickSilver Counseling Center, and Assess With| Behavioral Health Business
Substance use disorder (SUD) provider Praesum Healthcare Services announced its first acquisition, but it hinted that this is only the beginning for the| Behavioral Health Business
Cases of eating disorders are on the rise nationally, bringing about an influx of providers in recent years. Within the last year, the industry began to| Behavioral Health Business
Outpatient mental health providers made up the bulk of behavioral health companies that appeared on this year's Inc. 5000, a list of the nation's| Behavioral Health Business
The experience of the addiction treatment industry in the five years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic illustrates the resilience of the industry.| Behavioral Health Business
Maturing behavioral health startups often look at three paths for scaling: de novo growth, M&A, or new partnerships. Each pathway to growth has its| Behavioral Health Business
Mindstrong Inc. appears to be winding down after raising over $100 million in venture capital. The Menlo Park, California-based startup has| Behavioral Health Business
The pressure on behavioral health providers to improve outcome measures may make patient-matching technology a crucial part of their tech stack. The| Behavioral Health Business
LifeStance Health Group Inc. (Nasdaq: LFST) executives tout a homegrown online-booking system as the initial answer to a historic problem in health care.| Behavioral Health Business
A majority of behavioral health providers are using outdated and disjointed electronic health record (EHR) and care coordination systems – and they know| Behavioral Health Business
Preventing unnecessary care and medication prescriptions is the primary purpose of prior authorization. Instead, it has all too often led to slower,| Behavioral Health Business
Behavioral health providers in one state have come out on top in a battle to remove prior authorization requirements for opioid use disorder (OUD)| Behavioral Health Business
This is an exclusive BHB+ story Forty-eight health plans voluntarily signed onto a commitment to simplify prior authorizations across all of health care| Behavioral Health Business
The CEO and founder of NeurAbilities Healthcare, an autism therapy provider, announced her resignation. After a five-year tenure at the helm of| Behavioral Health Business
Lee Equity-backed Bradford Health Services names new CEO Birmingham, Alabama-based Bradford Health Services named Lisa Evans its new CEO, succeeding| Behavioral Health Business
Cortica Inc. aims to emulate academic medical centers’ focus on comprehensive care offerings and science-backed autism interventions in its care| Behavioral Health Business
Two leading organizations in behavioral health are teaming up to bring better quality and metrics to the autism treatment space. Evernorth and the| Behavioral Health Business
Hopebridge made three new appointments to its leadership to strengthen its clinical leadership and approach to value-based care.| Behavioral Health Business
An estimated 1 and 44 children nationwide have autism spectrum disorder (ASD), with diagnoses having climbed by 10% since 2014. The need for therapy --| Behavioral Health Business
Eleanor Health collaborated with Point32Health to develop a value-based program that provides addiction care along with other services.| Behavioral Health Business
Invo Healthcare will shutter several applied behavior analysis (ABA) subsidiaries, Behavioral Health Business has learned. The company is altogether| Behavioral Health Business
The Center for Autism and Related Disorders' (CARD) bankruptcy doesn’t foreshadow a new level of doom and gloom for the industry as a whole.| Behavioral Health Business
Hopebridge's new CEO David McIntosh sees his work as a calling. In his three years with autism provider Hopebridge, McIntosh has learned that his| Behavioral Health Business
Two Democratic senators have proposed changes to the Social Security Act that could ensure parity and integration of behavioral health in government| Behavioral Health Business
Vertava Health sold three of its four residential addiction treatment centers as part of a scale-back and pivot strategy. The Nashville-based mental| Behavioral Health Business
Delphi Behavioral Health Group was once a fast-growing addiction treatment provider. Now, it will soon cease to exist. Here's what happened.| Behavioral Health Business
Outpatient mental health is currently one of the fastest growing subsectors in behavioral health -- just ask private equity buyers, who are expected to| Behavioral Health Business
Two clinician-entrepreneurs have merged their several behavioral health organizations to create Well Behavioral Health, a company zeroed in on a holistic| Behavioral Health Business
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Elemy, a digital healthcare company that specializes in in-home pediatric behavioral health, announced this week a $219 million Series B funding campaign| Behavioral Health Business
Charlie Health, a virtual high-acuity behavioral health provider, has added a new substance use disorder (SUD) treatment program to its service offerings.| Behavioral Health Business
Praesum Healthcare has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections with a federal court in Florida. Court documents detail allegations that the Lake| Behavioral Health Business
This is an exclusive BHB+ story Back-to-school season is an inherently exciting time. Changing grades – maybe transitioning from elementary school to| Behavioral Health Business
Nonprofit therapy and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment provider Rosecrance Behavioral Health has acquired Ascend CHC. With this move, the| Behavioral Health Business
Once again, dozens of behavioral health companies are being recognized as some of the fastest-growing organizations in the U.S. Outpatient mental health| Behavioral Health Business
How an organization handles its addiction treatment real estate will dictate its direction — now and in the future. Real estate makes up both the| Behavioral Health Business
This is an exclusive BHB+ story Startups are just about as notorious for failure as the mental health industry is for lagging behind the larger health| Behavioral Health Business
Who leads addiction care from a clinical and coordination perspective has historically been a complicated question, partly because of how patients are| Behavioral Health Business
Talkspace Inc. (Nasdaq: TALK) has teamed up with a patient-provider matching software provider that also assesses the skills and weaknesses of mental| Behavioral Health Business
For a variety of reasons, behavioral health organizations are investing significant time, money and manpower into health IT systems. Yet too often, they| Behavioral Health Business
At a time when some virtual mental health providers have decided to tack on brick-and-mortar clinics, Charlie Health is sticking to its guns. The| Behavioral Health Business
Optum CEO moves to enterprise role at UnitedHealth Group, successor named Heather Cianfrocco, the CEO of Optum, will move to the role of executive vice| Behavioral Health Business
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) is the latest health care payer to highlight the impact of skyrocketing behavioral health utilization. Specifically,| Behavioral Health Business
This is an exclusive BHB+ story Digital behavioral health startups experienced a tsunami of investor interest from 2020 to 2022. Founders now face a tough| Behavioral Health Business
This is an exclusive BHB+ article Turnover is a top concern for operators in the autism services industry. While the demand remains high, recruiting and| Behavioral Health Business
Behavioral health startup Brightline has laid off 20% of its workforce. It joins other virtual health care companies cutting roles.| Behavioral Health Business
Tech-focused pediatric physical and mental health startup Hazel Health has landed a $51.5 million Series C1 round.| Behavioral Health Business
The Autism Impact Fund (AIF), which provides venture capital and private equity capital to emerging autism care companies, announced recently that it had| Behavioral Health Business
The majority of addiction treatment providers are actively pursuing expansion, with new locations and de novo centers as the most popular growth lever in| Behavioral Health Business
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has nullified a Clinton administration-era policy that expanded public welfare benefits for individuals| Behavioral Health Business
Bradford Health Services Announces New $25M, 100-Bed Facility A Bradford Health Services-owned behavioral health and substance use disorder (SUD)| Behavioral Health Business
Bradford Health Services has acquired Lakeview Health, an addiction treatment provider that also offers other niche services. The deal comes less| Behavioral Health Business
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives recently introduced legislation that would establish a federal pilot program to train| Behavioral Health Business
Telehealth services are becoming increasingly accessible for behavioral health providers and the patients they serve. However, regulatory barriers| Behavioral Health Business
Talkspace (Nasdaq: TALK) has debuted a new integration with Amazon Pharmacy. In doing so, Talkspace becomes the first behavioral health provider to| Behavioral Health Business
Artificial intelligence is quickly making its way into behavioral health care. Still, many in the field are cautious about adopting the technology| Behavioral Health Business
Digital mental health provider Talkspace Inc. (Nasdaq: TALK) is now selling its services on Amazon. Specifically, Talkspace will be offered through| Behavioral Health Business
Acadia (NASDAQ: ACHC) is prioritizing strategic investment in its technology capabilities and comprehensive treatment centers (CTCs) for opioid use| Behavioral Health Business
Private equity firm Graham Family Office has merged with outpatient behavioral health provider Quince Orchard Psychotherapy. The terms of the deal were| Behavioral Health Business
Orchard Mental Health Group announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Maryland Counseling Associates, adding four new locations to its footprint and 31| Behavioral Health Business
Buyers and sellers are starting to see eye to eye on valuation when it comes to applied behavior analysis (ABA) services deals. Following the flurry of| Behavioral Health Business
This is an exclusive BHB+ story The autism therapy industry is hitting more of a stride in 2025 as dealmaking picks up and an increased focus on outcomes| Behavioral Health Business
This is an exclusive BHB+ story The retirement trend dominating employment conversations may be taking a turn -- at least for the addiction treatment| Behavioral Health Business