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Business Briefs: Hurdle Health, Column Health, Knoxville Center for Behavioral Medicine, UTHealth Houston
Hurdle Health, a digital mental health platform with a focus on culturally intentional mental healthcare for people of color, announced that it has expanded its service availability in Texas, Massachusetts, and California, doubling the number of states in which the company and its therapists are licensed to provide services. Hurdle said in a news release that it plans to add more states—including Tennessee, Minnesota, Illinois, Georgia, and New York—in the second quarter of 2022.
Hurdle’s continued growth follows an active 2021 for the organization that included:
- A 100% year-over-year increase in its number of specially trained, in-network therapists
- Completion of nearly 5,000 therapy sessions with BIPOC clients
- The launch of a direct-to-consumer digital service model
- Partnership contracts with 1 large health plan and 1 major national employer
The company said it plans to pursue additional national contracts in 2022 and be licensed in half the US by 2023.
“Our organization today looks drastically different than it did this time last year,” said Hurdle CEO and Founder Kevin Dedner said in a statement. “We’ve seen overwhelming evidence that our clients continue to benefit from our unique programs, and we’ve had to scale Hurdle quickly to accommodate the increased demand for mental health services tailored to people of color. As more health plans and employers are starting to ask what they can do to support these groups, we will be there to fill that space and continue to grow.”
Column Health Adds 3 Programs in Massachusetts
Column Health, which operates a network of community-based outpatient mental health and addiction treatment clinics in Massachusetts and Connecticut, has added facilities in the Massachusetts cities of Hyannis, Haverhill, and Plymouth.
Column Health facilities offer mental health and substance use disorder treatment services, including medication-assisted treatment, psychotherapy, integrated lab testing, detoxification, and medication management. Its new centers will offer 24-hour access to clinical providers and telehealth-supported services to extend treatment offsite.
Collaboration Facilitates Launch of Tennessee Behavioral Healthcare Facility
The Knoxville Center for Behavioral Medicine in Tennessee is slated to begin a phased opening in April. The 64-bed facility, the result of a collaboration between National HealthCare Corp., Tennova Healthcare, and the University of Tennessee Medical Center, will launch by offering geriatric services and soon expand to adult services.
Service offerings will include a continuum of care for patients with psychiatric, emotional, and addictive disorders, with partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs. The center will be led by Chief Executive Officer Clay McCoy, with Brent Coyle, MD, serving as chief medical officer.
UTHealth Houston to Open Academic Psychiatric Hospital
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) is slated to open a new academic psychiatric hospital in March. The facility is the result of a partnership between UTHealth Houston, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), and the Texas Medical Center.
The new hospital, part of UTHealth Houston’s John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center and the first public psychiatric hospital to be built in the state in 25 years, is a 253,000-square-foot facility with 264 inpatient beds. Combined with the nearby UTHealth Houston Harris County Psychiatric Center, the UTHealth Houston Behavioral Sciences Campus has the largest academic psychiatric hospital capacity in the nation with 538 beds.
The new facility will serve multiple patient populations with access to medication management, group and individual therapy, and educational and life skills training.
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