Behavioral Health Business January 2, 2024
To address rising youth mental health needs, public agencies are partnering with digital behavioral health companies to expand access to support services.
For public entities, including schools and health departments, it’s a way to offer behavioral health access at scale. These public-private partnerships can be mutually beneficial, expanding the reach of digital behavioral health providers by enabling them to serve more clients while meeting public health needs.
“Those agencies, whether it’s Medicaid… a union or state employee benefit plan are more aware of the importance of behavioral health as a component to overall health and more willing to, because of the importance of access, work with non-traditional providers,” Jon Gordon, a general partner at HC9 Ventures, told Behavioral Health Business....