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Digital health turns to teens' mental well-being
Digital health companies are turning their attention to mental health solutions for young people. -
Losing millions, Teladoc plans BetterHelp pivot
Teladoc plans to accept insurance coverage on its mental health platform, BetterHelp, by the end of 2024. -
Cedars-Sinai's virtual therapist is 'shockingly good'
Technology developed by Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai clinicians can immerse users in conversational therapy beside the beach or in the forest from their living room. -
Teladoc introduces pediatric mental health services
Teladoc Health will offer mental health services for children and adolescents through a partnership with Brightline. -
Digital mental health therapies could score Medicare reimbursement
CMS is proposing Medicare reimbursement for FDA-approved digital behavioral therapies. -
HHS to fund behavioral health IT development
HHS will put $1 million toward projects accelerating the adoption of health IT in behavioral health. -
3 ways AI chatbots are being used in behavioral health
AI-powered chatbots cannot replace human therapists, but they can help connect people experiencing mental health struggles to the right resources, the Wall Street Journal reported May 12. -
Talkspace launches specialty care consortium
Talkspace is launching an effort to connect patients to specialty mental healthcare. -
Will California's $500M mental health apps pay off?
The rollout of two $500 million apps designed to support children's mental health in California has been slow, KFF Health News reported April 26. -
Headspace launches direct-to-consumer business
Headspace plans to launch a direct-to-consumer mental health coaching service. -
Behavioral providers eligible for Joint Commission's new telehealth accreditation
Telehealth-only behavioral providers are eligible for a new accreditation program from The Joint Commission. -
HCA strikes referral deal with Talkiatry
Primary and urgent care providers at HCA Healthcare can now refer patients to Talkiatry psychiatrists through HCA's EMR. -
Acadia, Uber Health partner
Acadia Healthcare will partner with Uber Health to provide patients with transportation to Acadia's comprehensive treatment centers. -
HHS puts $37M toward boosting behavioral health capacity
The Biden administration is putting nearly $37 million toward grant programs to improve access to behavioral health services across the country. CMS is also expanding the pool of behavioral health providers covered under Medicaid, HHS said in a Feb. 26 news release. -
Cedars-Sinai launches AI therapy for Apple VisionPro
Patients can chat with an AI avatar designed to simulate a human therapist on a new application developed by Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai. -
1 in 10 mental health professionals practicing fully online
Around 13% of mental health specialists have shifted their work fully online since 2019, a study published Jan. 26 in JAMA Health Forum found. -
Suicide prevention startup scores $22M from CVS, others
Vita Health, a startup providing care management for suicide prevention, raised $22.5 million in series A funding. -
Cerebral to pay restitution to thousands of consumers
Cerebral, a behavioral telehealth company, will pay more than 16,000 consumers restitution for allegedly violating New York laws by making it difficult to cancel subscriptions to the platform. -
4 ways mental health providers are using AI
Around half of mental health practitioners surveyed by Wiley said they have used generative AI in some form in their practice in the past year. -
Talkspace to operate New York City teen mental health platform
New York City will pay Talkspace $26 million over three years to operate TeenSpace, the city's new virtual mental health platform for teenagers.
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