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Brightside Health, a leader in virtual, measurement-based mental health care, today announced the national expansion of its Teen Program, making therapy-first, outcomes-driven care available to adolescents and families across the country.

Today, Brightside Health announced it has been accredited by The Joint Commission and earned their Gold Seal of Approval® for Behavioral Health Care and Human Services. As the leader in standards development promoting quality and safety in health care organizations, The Joint Commission assessed and verified that Brightside Health consistently meets and exceeds industry best practice across its care delivery functions. This prestigious accreditation is in line with Brightside Health’s commitment to providing safe, high-quality patient care and further establishes its credibility as a trusted partner to payers, providers, and other healthcare entities at a critical time, as over 20% of the U.S. population lives with a mental illness.

True to its mission of expanding access to care, Brightside Health now offers mental health services for teens aged 13 to 17, ensuring that younger populations have access to the care they need. With this expansion – and services like virtual intensive outpatient programs for substance use disorder and Crisis Care for elevated suicide risk – Brightside Health further solidifies its position as the industry’s most comprehensive telemental health care platform.

Telemental health company Brightside Health today announced results of its peer-reviewed study evaluating the performance of a large language model (LLM) in predicting current and future mental health crisis episodes. The research, published in JMIR Mental Health, showed that OpenAI’s GPT-4 was able to identify and predict a mental health crisis (endorsement of suicidal ideation with plan) with similar accuracy, but higher sensitivity and lower specificity, than trained clinicians.

Brightside Health is proud to announce that it is the first telepsychiatry company to serve 100% of Medicare Part B beneficiaries nationwide, expanding access to life-saving mental health care for all who need it. The news comes less than a year after the company shared its initial expansion to Medicare and Medicaid. With this milestone, Brightside Health now serves 130 million covered lives and is the only company providing comprehensive telemental health services to a broad range of mental health diagnoses – from elevated suicide risk to substance use disorder.

In line with its commitment to providing the highest quality care, Brightside Health now offers virtual intensive outpatient programs (IOP) for substance use disorder (SUD). Brightside Health’s acquisition of Lionrock Recovery launched this new service, enabling the company to provide comprehensive telemental health treatment for a wider range of mental health conditions, including anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, alcohol use disorder, and SUD.

Telemental health company Brightside Health today announced a strategic Series C raise led by S32, as well as the appointment of industry titan Trip Hofer to the Board of Directors to advise on go-to-market strategy and execution. This news builds on the company’s recent momentum, including new and expanded payer partnerships to support Medicaid and Medicare lives and notable results for its award-winning Crisis Care program for individuals with elevated suicide risk.

Brightside Health today announced new and expanded payer partnerships to support Medicaid and Medicare. The news comes just months after the company – which serves individuals with mild-to-severe clinical depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders – shared that it would begin serving 50 million Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries. These underserved populations will have access to all of Brightside Health’s life-saving mental health care services; this includes psychiatry, therapy, and its award-winning Crisis Care program for individuals with elevated suicide risk, which has demonstrated impressive results in its first year already.

Brightside Health, a telehealth platform that delivers life-saving mental health care to individuals with mild-to-severe clinical depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders, announced today the appointment of Matt Mohebbi as Head of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Research. Brightside Health has been committed to the power of data-driven decision making and process automation from the beginning, as exemplified by its proprietary precision prescribing tool, PrecisionRx. In his new role, Mohebbi will substantially expand and accelerate Brightside Health’s AI and data efforts to further improve quality and efficiency for members, providers, and administrators on the company’s platform.

Underscoring its commitment to serve vulnerable populations, Brightside Health will begin offering high-quality mental health care to Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries. The telehealth company – which delivers life-saving mental health care to individuals with mild-to-severe clinical depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders – today announced new and expanded partnerships with Centene; Optum (to serve UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage members); Lucet (to serve Florida Blue members); Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas; and others. With these additions, Brightside Health will be able to provide in-network mental health services to 50 million more people, bringing its total covered lives to well over 100 million.

Brightside Health, a telehealth platform that delivers life-saving mental healthcare to individuals with mild-to-severe clinical depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders, announced today the appointment of Julia Bernstein as Chief Operations Officer. Bernstein will play an integral role in maintaining the operational rigor of Brightside Health’s business as the company expands its member base and enters new markets to deliver critical mental health care. She will also serve as a strategic partner to the executive team, charged with refining and implementing a scalable operational infrastructure for the business that encompasses people, processes, and technology.

Brightside Health, a telehealth platform that delivers life-changing mental health care to individuals with mild-to-severe clinical depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders, announced today the appointment of Chris Murray as Chief Financial Officer. Murray will be responsible for the strategic and operational direction of Brightside Health’s finance function as the company continues to grow and deliver critical mental healthcare.

Brightside Health, a telehealth platform that delivers life-changing mental health care to individuals with mild-to-severe clinical depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders, today announced the Brightside Platform and all supporting infrastructure has earned Certified status for information security by HITRUST.

In response to the mental health epidemic, Brightside Health today announced Crisis Care, a first-of-its-kind national telehealth program for treating individuals with elevated suicide risk. Brightside Health delivers life-changing mental health care to individuals with mild-to-severe clinical depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders. With the addition of Crisis Care, the company will expand its services to individuals experiencing acute suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

Brightside Health, a telehealth platform that delivers life-changing mental health care to individuals with mild-to-severe clinical depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders, announced today the appointment of health industry experts Jeff Margolis as an independent board member and The Honorable David Shulkin, MD, as an advisor, effective October 1, 2022. Margolis and Secretary Shulkin will provide guidance to the organization as it expands and continues to deliver life-changing mental healthcare to all who need it, including those with elevated suicide risk.

Brightside Health, a telemedicine platform that offers fast access to personalized treatment, expert providers, and ongoing support for a range of mental health concerns, announced today that it raised $50 million in Series B funding to address the unmet need of quality mental health care for all. This round, led by ACME Capital and Mousse Partners, with participation from existing investors Bullpen Capital, Triventures, and Trousdale Ventures, brings Brightside Health’s total funding to date to $75 million.