Eating disorder services remained in high demand in 2023. As a result, there were several major investments. But it wasn’t all smooth sailing for the industry. In late 2023, two large PE-backed behavioral health providers scaled back eating disorder services. Eating disorder providers will have to tackle increasingly complex, higher acuity cases in 2024, industry […]
Virtual provider Equip announced that it is expanding its scope of care to treat adults with eating disorders. The San Diego-based provider got its start treating people with eating disorders under the age of 24. There is also a substantial need for eating disorder care in the adult population, however. Additional funding from General Catalyst, […]
Equip hires its first president Equip, a virtual, evidence-based eating disorder treatment company, appointed Nikia Bergan as its first-ever president. Bergan will report to co-founder and CEO Kristina Saffran and serve as an observer on the Equip board of directors. For nearly 20 years, Bergan worked at the Advisory Board Company, part of Optum. Optum […]
Eating disorders often go untreated. And when treated, it’s typically during a crisis, driving up care costs. But value-based care models could help lower the total cost of care by providing access to lower-acuity treatment and integrated care teams. Payers expanding access and wrap-around services to patients with an eating disorder often see cost savings […]
Digital eating disorder provider Equip has made headlines this year after announcing a nationwide expansion and closing a $58 million Series B funding round. The San Diego-based startup is quickly expanding its team, too. Over the summer, it named health care veteran Meaghen Greene its next chief commercial officer. Greene is joining the team after […]
Digital eating disorder provider Equip has announced its nationwide expansion. The virtual provider will now be able to see patients in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. The San Diego-based company began seeing patients in October 2020. Less than a year later, it inked its first payer partnerships with UnitedHealthcare. Now, it works with a […]
Since its founding in 2019, virtual provider Equip has been doing its part to help stem the tide of eating disorders. Now, after having proved its outcomes-based treatment approach to insurer Aetna, the two companies are partnering to offer services to plan beneficiaries. Aetna – which is owned by pharmacy giant CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) […]
Aetna has announced that it is partnering with eating disorder treatment provider Equip to provide virtual treatment services to the insurer’s commercial members. The program will initially be rolled out to Aetna members in California, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas and Washington, with hopes to roll it out to more states next year. The […]
Following a blockbuster year for digital mental health care investment in 2021, the pressure is on to go big and bold. There have already been a few game-changing acquisitions in the space — the earliest and most defining is the merger of Ginger and Headspace, which created a $3 billion company called Headspace Health during […]
Equip Health Inc., a digital eating disorder treatment startup, announced Wednesday it closed a $58 million Series B funding round. This latest investment will allow the company to expand Equip Health’s eating disorder treatment offerings nationwide, launch new product offerings in 2022, and broaden insurance coverage reach, including with Medicaid payers. Total funding for the […]
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