{"id":5798,"date":"2022-08-26T09:28:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T09:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/?p=5798"},"modified":"2022-08-30T12:35:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T12:35:40","slug":"empire-bcbs-adds-4-virtual-behavioral-health-providers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/empire-bcbs-adds-4-virtual-behavioral-health-providers\/","title":{"rendered":"Empire BCBS Adds 4 Virtual Behavioral Health Providers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Empire <a href=\"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/blue-cross-blue-shield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blue Cross Blue Shield<\/a> is&nbsp;adding&nbsp;four behavioral health providers to its network in response to a growing need for services in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company is adding Alma, Headway, NOCD and Ophelia, all of which offer virtual care options, according to an Aug. 23 news release from Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Empire members can search Alma&#8217;s free directory to find in-network providers, according to the release. Members can search New York therapists and filter the results by age, gender, specialty, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, therapeutic style and specific concerns.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/5-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/5-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/5-1-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/5-1-768x337.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Headway offers Empire members the ability to schedule appointments, have price transparency and find a <a href=\"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/hospitalit\/2022\/07\/28\/patient-provider-communication-patient-safety-healthcare\/\">provider<\/a> who meets their clinical needs and preference, according to the release.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NOCD offers obsessive-compulsive disorder treatments to those as young as 5, according to the release. Through its platform, members can access virtual, face-to-face therapy from a national network of licensed therapists who specialize in exposure and response prevention therapy. NOCD is in network across all Empire lines of business.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ophelia offers Empire members evidence-based opioid use disorder treatment, according to the release. The company combines telemedicine with <a href=\"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/hospitalit\/2022\/07\/29\/surescripts-reports-increase-in-specialty-medications-health-it-use\/\">medication<\/a>-assisted treatment. Ophelia is in network across all Empire lines of business.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSource: <span style=\"color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beckerspayer.com\/virtual-care\/empire-bcbs-adds-4-virtual-behavioral-health-providers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beckers Payer<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield is&nbsp;adding&nbsp;four behavioral health providers to its network in response to a growing need for services&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/empire-bcbs-adds-4-virtual-behavioral-health-providers\/\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\">Continue Reading <i class=\"fas fa-long-arrow-alt-right\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[115,28,29,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-5798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-distilinfo-originals","8":"tag-bcbs","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-medicare","11":"tag-payer-provider","12":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5798"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5841,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5798\/revisions\/5841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/distilinfo.com\/healthplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}