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The company offers outpatient services (therapy, psychiatry, peer support) for mental health conditions through its platform.

Partnership with the broader system drives tangible results: year to date in 2022, over 23,000 individuals have been referred to Brave Health for care, representing exponential growth since beginning work with health plans in 2019.īrave Health ( is the largest virtual mental health provider and engagement platform focused on serving Medicaid populations. By working within the system and sharing data and insights, Brave Health is able to drive better short- and long-term outcomes and reduce costs associated with events like potentially-preventable hospitalizations, driving as high as a 66 percent reduction in readmission-related costs. Once individuals are engaged, Brave Health care teams composed of therapists, psychiatric providers, and peer support specialists work in close partnership with patients as well as other stakeholders like health plan case managers and other providers. In practice, this approach allows Brave Health to drive results around closing care gaps and reducing wait times for first-time appointments to as soon as the same day, which represents a radical improvement over the national average of 48 days. Engagement is a crucial, and often elusive, first step.īrave Health plays a critical role in driving engagement among Medicaid beneficiaries through a number of data-driven, tech-enabled approaches and interventions that leverage the company's integrated model and generate a more than 80 percent contact success rate.

Access, though, is not the only component needed to change health outcomes. With nearly one in four Americans now receiving healthcare benefits through Medicaid, this gap leaves many without the ability to get ongoing, critical care. The percentage of psychiatrists that accept Medicaid has fallen to 35 percent, according to previous research reported by JAMA Psychiatry. Today, access to mental health services for the nation's most vulnerable populations is a public health crisis. "Today, we're energized by the enthusiasm from our forward-looking investors and health plan partners around this aim." "Innovation in Medicaid care delivery and reimbursement models is critical for our healthcare system," said Anna Lindow, co-founder and CEO of Brave Health.