When asked to list their top health and wellbeing priorities over the next three years, 69% of employers said managing their health plan’s costs and budgeting, while 63% said enhancing mental health programs, a new survey shows.
Investing in Friction-reducing tactics such as community building and providing benefits, training, and personalized support to employees will yield compounding long-term benefits while reducing churn rate.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Annual family premiums for employer-sponsored coverage reached $23,968 in 2023, according to a new KFF survey. Of that family premium total, workers are contributing $6,575 annually.
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.
At the HLTH conference last week, MedCity News' editorial team interviewed 11 health leaders from a variety of organizations to get a sense of which areas within healthcare will see consolidation over the next 12 months.
Spring Health and Highmark Health are collaborating to launch Mental Well-Being, a solution that offers therapy, medication and other services for some Highmark members.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
In response to the urgent need for support, the federally funded National Maternal Mental Health Hotline was launched in 2022. In its first year, the hotline for new and expectant parents received more than 12,000 calls and texts, underlining the depth of the crisis affecting millions of Americans. For decades, the emotional highs and lows […]
Headway closed a $125 million Series C funding round. The round brings the New York-based startup’s valuation to $1 billion, reaching unicorn status. The company connects patients to in-network therapists and helps mental health providers avoid the massive administrative burden associated with taking insurance.
Healthcare-focused market research firm Trilliant Health published a report detailing the 10 most significant economic trends affecting U.S. healthcare stakeholders in 2023. Some of the main ideas covered in the report included Americans’ worsening physical and mental health, the industry’s shift away from traditional care pathways, and the way patients' decision making is becoming increasingly driven by consumerism.
Issues around healthcare affordability, mental health challenges and worsening chronic conditions are all top of mind for Ellen Kelsay, president and CEO of Business Group on Health.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
For the gridlock in mental healthcare to be resolved, 100% of mental healthcare providers must practice measurement-based care, utilizing validated rating scales to monitor and measure longitudinal outcomes for every patient. And payers then must offer reimbursement that appropriately rewards providers for delivering high-quality, effective care, and incentivize proactive mental health management.
Through a new partnership, Castell will be able to refer members of its Utah health plan customers to Headspace for behavioral health coaching and therapy.
Mental health company Two Chairs launched two new solutions Tuesday: group therapy and care navigation. The offerings will help improve access to mental health care and lead to better clinical outcomes, said Alex Katz, CEO and founder of the company
A study on BeMe Health, a behavioral health platform for teens, found that users engaged with the platform eight times on average over a month. The study was done in collaboration with Stanford University.
By leveraging sophisticated patient intake forms, robust patient-provider matching algorithms, self-scheduling features, calendar management tools, and telehealth capabilities, healthcare providers can bridge the gap between consumer expectations and the current state of healthcare access.