Aetna recently cut its pay rates for therapists and psychiatrists using the Alma practice management service, and said it would launch a service for insured people to get “Mental Health On Demand” in a single-session model, setting off an uproar among the... See more
The therapy practice management company SimplePractice has announced that it will begin keeping AI-created therapy session transcripts by default, raising objections from therapists over privacy and consent concerns. SimplePractice describes itself as hav... See more
Almost 4 million people who had Affordable Care Act health insurance plans this year have ended their coverage, the Trump Administration announced on Friday night. The drop was not unexpected, but it was still substantial. When the administration and Cong... See more
The therapy company Headway has begun requiring online facial scans from clients of prescribing clinicians, and is planning to expand the practice, raising objections from clients and clinicians about the use of biometric data. The new identity verificati... See more
It started as a question about a woman’s therapy bills, which skyrocketed unexpectedly. She had been promised a $10 copay for therapy with a specific in-network therapist, and entered a relationship via Alma, the venture-backed mental health practice mana... See more
