Fierce Healthcare March 27, 2024
Two years ago, startup InStride Health launched to provide mental health treatment for children and teens based on a program rooted in academic medicine, aiming to make high-quality care more accessible to families.
Now available in eight states, the company continues to build out partnerships with health plans to provide insurance-based virtual specialty treatment for pediatric anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). InStride integrates clinical expertise, exposure coaching and support into daily life to engage kids and teens, according to the company.
The company pairs each child with a psychiatrist, a therapist and an exposure coach to provide real-time support using everyday tools like text and a video- and chat-enabled mobile application. InStride takes a three-pronged approach to supporting youth who...