Behavioral Health Business October 11, 2024
Outpatient youth behavioral health services will likely continue to attract interest from venture capital, especially services that are enabled by telehealth and AI.
That was one takeaway from a panel regarding the future of youth behavioral health models, which was part of Behavioral Health Business’s INVEST conference held in Dallas.
Jose Guerola, a principal at Echo Health Ventures, said outpatient services “is where the puck is going” when it comes to investment Echo and other venture firms give to youth-focused behavioral health companies. Meanwhile, residential treatment “is just not a focus for us right now,” Guerola said.
The heightened interest in outpatient settings enabled by telehealth and the waning interest in residential services are driven by several potent...
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