Digital psychological well being firm Headspace introduced it’s partnering with Intermountain Well being’s value-based care subsidiary Castell to supply on-demand behavioral well being companies to pick insurance coverage plan members in Utah.

Headspace can be built-in into Castell’s care mannequin, and suppliers within the value-based care firm will be capable of immediately refer members to Headspace for behavioral well being teaching and remedy. 

“Our aim with sufferers is to assist them have probably the most holistic view of their well being. With the ability to higher tackle and combine a affected person’s psychological well being standing is important to treating the entire particular person and elevating the standard of care they obtain,” Jay Zerwekh, CEO of Castell, stated in a press release. “We’re thrilled to companion with Headspace to offer sufferers entry to behavioral well being teaching and instruments that may be tailor-made to fulfill their particular person wants.”

THE LARGER TREND

In June, Headspace announced its prolonged partnership with employer well being tech firm Virgin Pulse. The collaboration would supply Virgin’s members and roughly 2,000 workers globally with full entry to Headspace from its AI-enabled well being and wellbeing platform, Homebase for Well being. 

Final yr the psychological well being platform acquired the Shine app, a psychological wellness platform targeted on culturally competent and inclusive choices, and Sayana, maker of AI-enabled psychological health-tracking and sleep apps. 

In 2021, Headspace merged with fellow digital psychological well being supplier Ginger, an on-demand digital psychological well being teaching and video remedy platform, in a deal that reportedly valued the mixed firm at $3 billion. In flip, the corporate shaped meditation and psychological well being firm Headspace Health.

Inside the previous yr, Headspace Well being has suffered from two rounds of layoffs. In July, it let go of 181 workers, or about 15% of its workforce, and, in December, laid off about 4% of its workforce, or approximately 50 workers.   

Different firms offering digital behavioral well being help embrace NeuroFlow, which permits healthcare suppliers to trace, assess and join with sufferers between conventional workplace visits, and Boston-based Author Health, a hybrid care platform for Medicare Benefit members with critical psychological sickness and substance use issues.