Behavioral Health Business March 24, 2023
Technology adoption could change how patients, providers and payers experience the behavioral health industry.
Leaders of the behavioral health tech startup NOCD and Evernorth, the services division of The Cigna Group (Nasdaq: CI), point to their partnership as an example of using technology to change the current combative nature of payer-provider relations into productive, patient-centered collaborations. And in the end, that improves patient care and outcomes.
“For years, providers and payers have gone to the negotiations table and done their fisticuffs for that 3%,” Robert Capobianco, NOCD chief marketing officer and payer market president, said at Behavioral Health Business’ event VALUE. “That is not the spirit of a value-based agreement or alternative payment.”
For NOCD and Evernorth, one path to...