I’m thrilled to share that I’ve taken a new role as Head of Behavioral Health at Included Health, a company I’ve long admired.
In this role, I’ll have the privilege of not only overseeing our therapy and psychiatry practices, but also ensuring that mental health support is tightly integrated with every other aspect of a member’s care — from virtual primary care to specialty care, chronic condition management, and navigation.
Sadly, this level of integration is still the exception in healthcare. Despite the overwhelming evidence that integrated care improves outcomes (and reduces costs), there are not enough spaces in healthcare purpose-built with this holistic understanding and intention. After years of working at leading mental health companies, I’m incredibly excited to be joining a company and a team of clinicians committed to this comprehensive, collaborative approach.
In fact, part of my reason for joining Included Health is my own experience as a member. Some years back, my daughter needed routine surgery, but we lived in an extremely under-resourced area with very few providers. After receiving an expert medical opinion through Included Health, we were guided to care in another state, with a surgeon who had very good outcomes. This experience — as well as seeing friends and family benefit from Included Health’s various forms of care — was proof to me that, with the right tools and the right team, our broken health care system can work. #iamincluded
If you feel the same and want to join me in this work, we’re hiring therapists and psychiatrists! Reach out if you’re interested.
