Behavioral Health Technology

Mental health conditions remained the leading telehealth diagnosis category across every U.S. region from January through March, accounting for 57.6% of telehealth diagnoses in the Midwest, 56.4% in the Northeast, 49.1% in the West and 48.3% in the South, according…

The behavioral health sector is under pressure from every direction: workforce shortages, surging patient demand, reimbursement headwinds and the persistent stigma that keeps patients from seeking care. But across the country, health system leaders are finding that technology — deployed…

The Food and Drug Administration granted de novo approval to Modius Spero, marking it the world’s first neuromodulation device authorized to treat symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder.  The wearable device was developed by Neurovalens and uses low-level electrical stimulation…

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs selected Mynd Immersive — a digital therapeutics platform — alongside Meta, to help expand immersive virtual reality therapy services to 45 more VA medical centers nationwide.  The effort is tied to the VA’s Pain…

Albany, N.Y.-based Hixny, the healthcare information exchange of New York state, the New York State Office of Mental Health have integrated behavioral health data from the state’s Psychiatric Services and Clinical Knowledge Enhancement System into Hixny’s snapshot application, providing an…

For revenue cycle teams in behavioral health, eligibility issues rarely present as isolated tasks. A single denial can set off a chain of manual work: verifying coverage across payer portals, coordinating updates across multiple systems, and reaching out to members—all…

Health systems are facing an escalating emergency department (ED) boarding crisis, driven in large part by the surge in behavioral health patients seeking care. Since COVID-19 pandemic, demand has intensified while capacity and coordination have struggled to keep pace. As…

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services’ planned acquisition of Talkspace will create the industry’s first end-to-end continuum of behavioral health services, UHS CEO Marc Miller said during the system’s April 28 first-quarter earnings call. “Talkspace’s successful payer-driven business model aligns well with…

Gray, Tenn.-based Frontier Health has expanded its virtual behavioral health urgent care model to serve clients across the broader community.  The program launched in January 2024 as a pilot and has grown over the past two years to provide rapid…

UCLA Health researchers are developing wearable technology to detect early signs of autism and other developmental conditions in infants.  The project, supported by a $3.1 million grant from the National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke, will test wearable sensors…