UnitedHealth Group Sees Explosive Growth in Behavioral Health Visits Fueled by Telehealth and the Pandemic
UnitedHealth Group’s health services division, Optum, has experienced a dramatic surge in behavioral health appointments, driven largely by the coronavirus pandemic and a rapid...
California Leads the Way: Revolutionary Changes to Addiction Treatment Coverage
California is once again blazing trails in healthcare policy, this time with groundbreaking California Medicaid addiction treatment reform that fundamentally changes how addiction care...
CMS Tackles the Opioid Epidemic with Value-Based Care in Addiction Treatment: How Two Providers Are Leading the Way
The scale of the substance use disorder (SUD) crisis in the United States continues to shock the conscience—and defy containment. According to recent provisional...
Mindpath Health’s National Expansion: Building a Behavioral Health Network for the Future
Since early 2021, Sacramento-based Mindpath Health has been steadily growing its footprint with the goal of becoming a nationally recognized behavioral health provider. What...
Medicare Telebehavioral Health Coverage Changes Are Reshaping the Industry
Sweeping Medicare Telebehavioral Health Coverage Changes are creating ripple effects across the entire behavioral health industry — impacting providers, patients, and payers alike. Although...
CCBHC And Value-Based Care: A Model For The Future Of Behavioral Health
The Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model is quickly becoming a national standard for delivering high-quality, integrated mental health and substance use care....
