Topics:

Mental Health
Behavioral Health
Access to Care
Quality of Care
Evidence Based Care
Consumer Experience

In this episode, Michael introduces you to Sean McBride, Head of Partnerships at Lyra Health. Join us as we discuss how Lyra Health is transforming mental health care by creating a frictionless experience for patients, providers and employers using technology and data to connect companies and employees to high quality mental health providers, coaching and evidence based therapies.  
Here’s a glance at what we discuss in this episode:

Sean McBride’s digital health background and why he joined Lyra Health as one of their first employees  
What is wrong with our healthcare delivery system as it pertains to mental and behavioral health
The misconceptions about effective mental health therapy and what evidence based therapy is
How credentialing of providers doesn’t necessarily have a relation to quality of care/therapy delivered
How Lyra Health is trying to address mental health access to care and quality of care
How Lyra helps patients with access by ensuring provider availability within their network and decreasing typical wait times to see a therapist by approx. 3 weeks
Why many therapists have stopped accepting insurance, were unwilling to be a part of a network
How Lyra has endeavored to remove obstacles to providers being part of a network, streamlining direct deposit payment and matching the therapist’s specialty with the appropriate patient panel
How Lyra Health has grown their network to include 3,000 therapists nationwide – of that number 25% of the therapists were referred by current participating therapists
The three main reasons evidence based treatment and therapies are important
How Lyra Health identifies therapists that are practicing evidence based care and ensures quality control once a provider is part of their network
Why Lyra Health will reimburse providers at a higher rate than traditional networks
How Lyra is integrating digital self care experiences with in-person therapy sessions
How evidence based coaching and digital self therapies are available to employees who do not have a clinical diagnosis
Lyra Health’s unique cost structure and who they are a good fit...

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