UnitedHealthcare will offer Calm Health access to more than 13 million members in its commercial plans. 

Headspace is introducing an AI chatbot companion to its app to support the online mental health platform's members. 

Talkiatry will provide telepsychiatry services to BetterHelp's business clients, according to a Sept. 27 news release from the companies. 

Digital mental health companies are expanding their reach. 

Talkspace will join Amazon Health Service's program to help customers find and enroll in their health benefits. 

Digital health companies are turning their attention to mental health solutions for young people. 

Teladoc plans to accept insurance coverage on its mental health platform, BetterHelp, by the end of 2024. 

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 Health will offer mental health services for children and adolescents through a partnership with Brightline.

CMS is proposing Medicare reimbursement for FDA-approved digital behavioral therapies. 

HHS will put $1 million toward projects accelerating the adoption of health IT 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 is launching an effort to connect patients to specialty mental healthcare. 

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 plans to launch a direct-to-consumer mental health coaching service. 

Telehealth-only behavioral providers are eligible for a new accreditation program from The Joint Commission. 

Primary and urgent care providers at HCA Healthcare can now refer patients to Talkiatry psychiatrists through HCA's EMR. 

Acadia Healthcare will partner with Uber Health to provide patients with transportation to Acadia's comprehensive treatment centers. 

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. 

Patients can chat with an AI avatar designed to simulate a human therapist on a new application developed by Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai.