The BHT Newsletter: It’s Time to Change the Conversation in Behavioral Health

Join us in reshaping the future of behavioral health! Discover how the Behavioral Health Tech community is fostering meaningful partnerships and driving innovation in mental health, substance use, and IDD services by building a better place for conversations around behavioral health. Read the full blog post from our CEO and Founder Solome Tibebu

Upcoming Webinar: The Ease and Importance of Measurement Informed Care

Tremendous opportunities exist to leverage technology to improve the use of measurement informed care in ways that benefit patients, providers and payors. In this session, we'll hear from leaders across the healthcare ecosystem about the power of collecting measures, ways to incorporate them into the treatment process to reduce administrative burden for clinicians, and the connection of measurement informed care to value based care contracts. This conversation features an incredible roster of panelists including:?

• Cynthia Grant ? - Head of Clinical Excellence, Grow Therapy
• Russell DuBois, Ph.D. - Sr. Director of Enterprise Clinical Strategy & Quality, Teladoc Health
• Andy Kelly - SVP of Provider Enablement, Optum

Register for webinar here

Behavioral Health Tech Jobs Board ??

Are you looking for a new job and want our community of hiring companies to reach out to you for a change? Join our talent collective as a candidate for free here.

Here are some recently posted roles from organizations in the BHT community:

• Sales Executive - Nomi Health (Remote)
• Senior Data Scientist - Headway (Remote)
• Employee Relations Manager - Brightside Health (Remote)

We're currently re-evaluating and expanding how to best offer career resources at Behavioral Health Tech, including a new and improved job board and talent collective. We'd love to hear from you on what that would look like. If you're interested, please take this quick, 3-question survey to share your thoughts and feedback on what would be most helpful.

Headlines in Behavioral Health ??

• New York announces $33M for mental health services. Here's how it will be used
• Senate Veterans’ Affairs chair calls for more mental health care providers in rural areas
• Nomi Health’s Success Care teams up with Sober Sidekick App
• Biden-Harris Administration releases national strategy for suicide prevention and first-ever federal action plan
• Freespira and WellCare of Kentucky bring life-changing treatment to panic disorder and PTSD sufferers
• Amae Health raises $15M to scale in-person clinics providing care for severe mental illness
• NovaWell shares its commitment?to change behavioral health care nationally
• Brightline JAMA study finds costs associated with pediatric mental health conditions have risen 45.2%
• Shatterproof and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation partner to reduce healthcare stigma around substance use disorder
• Espresa announces partnership with Headspace to support global well-being
• Curve Health and MindCare partner to elevate behavioral health services in skilled nursing facilities
• Octave adds two growth leaders to its executive team
• Vita Health collaborates with William & Mary?to improve student mental health
• The Trevor Project launches its new Corporate Ally Network
• Talkspace announced the launch of its Behavioral Health Consortium, a curated network of specialty providers including Charlie Health, Ria Health, Bicycle Health, and more.?

Behavioral Health Tech is Hitting the Road! ??

We've got a busy events schedule over the next couple of months! One of which is Vitalis, the most comprehensive eHealth conference program in Scandinavia taking place May 14-16th. Our Founder Solome will be speaking about "Mental Health in the Digital World" along with panelists Erica Larson (CEO, Mindler), Tiffany Boswell (Co-Founder & CEO, Meela), and Viveka Rydell-Anderson (CEO, Pacific Vision Foundation). Thanks so much to our HIMSS, Burks Johansson LLP, and the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce for their partnership!? Stay tuned for more updates on where the BHT team will be in 2024.

Do you want to share exciting news or opportunities with our audience of health plans, employers, providers, investors, digital health companies, and policymakers? Get in touch to find out more about our news and sponsorship opportunities. Send us a note and we will be in touch!