Investment will accelerate product development to empower clinicians to scale their practice and provide care to more diverse patient populations

投资将加速产品开发，使临床医生能够扩大其实践规模，并为更多样化的患者群体提供护理

The company's valuation has more than doubled to $2.3 billion

该公司的估值翻了一番多，达到23亿美元

NEW YORK, July 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Headway, the company building a new mental healthcare system, today announced a $100 million Series D funding round and its planned expansion to Medicare Advantage and Medicaid. These developments will further enable clinicians on the platform to scale their practices and provide affordable, effective mental health care to a broader and more diverse community of patients, including seniors, low-income Americans and individuals living with disabilities..

纽约，2024年7月23日/PRNewswire/--Headway，一家建立新的精神保健系统的公司，今天宣布了一轮1亿美元的D系列融资，并计划将其扩展到Medicare Advantage和Medicaid。这些发展将进一步使平台上的临床医生能够扩大他们的实践规模，并为更广泛，更多样化的患者社区（包括老年人，低收入美国人和残疾人）提供负担得起的有效心理保健。。

The recent funding values the company at $2.3 billion, a 130% increase from its previous valuation. Led by Spark Capital, with participation from existing investors Thrive Capital, Accel and a16z, and new investor Forerunner Ventures, this round will accelerate platform development to simplify private practice operations so providers can focus on delivering excellent clinical care..

最近的资金为该公司估值23亿美元，比之前的估值增加了130%。在Spark Capital的带领下，现有投资者Thrive Capital、Accel和a16z以及新投资者先驱企业的参与下，这一轮将加速平台开发，以简化私人执业操作，使提供者能够专注于提供出色的临床护理。。

Headway streamlines credentialing, onboarding, clinical training, scheduling, billing and more, making it easy for mental health clinicians to accept patients through insurance. Since launching in 2019, the company has scaled its platform with commercial insurance, and is in-network today with more than 40 commercial health plans across 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Headway简化了认证、入职、临床培训、日程安排、账单等工作，使心理健康临床医生能够轻松地通过保险接受患者。自2019年成立以来，该公司已通过商业保险扩展了其平台，目前已在50个州和哥伦比亚特区建立了40多个商业健康计划。

With 34,000 clinicians leveraging Headway's platform to run their private practice, Headway will now expand its services to allow providers to serve patients through Medicare Advantage and Medicaid. The company and its affiliates have begun working with Medicare Advantage plans in certain states, with thousands of clinicians already participating.

凭借34000名临床医生利用Headway的平台开展私人执业，Headway现在将扩大其服务范围，使提供者能够通过Medicare Advantage和Medicaid为患者提供服务。该公司及其附属公司已开始在某些州实施Medicare Advantage计划，已有数千名临床医生参与。

Headway expects to be live with Medicare Advantage in 51 markets by the end of the year, and plans to launch with Medicaid in 2025..

Headway预计到今年年底将在51个市场享有Medicare Advantage，并计划在2025年推出Medicaid。。

'Headway believes that every person across this country deserves access to not just any care, but great and affordable care. Headway's community of clinicians are well-equipped to deliver great mental health care services to those in need,' said Andrew Adams, Founder & CEO of Headway. 'This funding positions Headway to accelerate our expansion into Medicare Advantage and Medicaid to meaningfully improve the lives of millions of people, which we know is important to the providers who use our platform.'.

“Headway认为，这个国家的每个人都应该获得不仅是任何护理，而且是优质且负担得起的护理。Headway的创始人兼首席执行官安德鲁·亚当斯（AndrewAdams）说，Headway的临床医生社区配备齐全，可以为有需要的人提供优质的心理保健服务这笔资金有助于加快我们向Medicare Advantage和Medicaid的扩张，以有意义地改善数百万人的生活，我们知道这对使用我们平台的提供者很重要。”。

Medicare Advantage and Medicaid cover more than 100 million people — nearly one-third of Americans — who often experience higher rates of need, yet face additional barriers to care. A March 2024 report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says that despite the fact that one in three Medicaid beneficiaries and one in four Medicare beneficiaries live with a mental illness, access remains elusive due to a dire shortage of mental health providers.

Medicare Advantage和Medicaid覆盖了一亿多人（近三分之一的美国人），他们的需求率通常较高，但面临额外的护理障碍。美国卫生与公众服务部（U.S.Department of Health and Human Services）2024年3月的一份报告称，尽管三分之一的医疗补助受益人和四分之一的医疗保险受益人患有精神疾病，但由于精神健康提供者严重短缺，仍然难以获得。

Headway's community of providers are eager to fill these gaps; in a survey of more than 1,000 clinicians conducted by the company last year, a majority reported that the top reason they took insurance was to 'provide access to care for those that may not be able to afford private pay services.'.

Headway的供应商社区渴望填补这些空白；在该公司去年对1000多名临床医生进行的一项调查中，大多数人报告说，他们购买保险的首要原因是“为那些可能负担不起私人付费服务的人提供医疗服务”。

'Headway has made working with Medicare easier for me through enrollment, onboarding and navigating compliance expectations. I can truly say that I would not be accepting Medicare clients without Headway,' said Andre Maxie, LMFT, an early adopter of Headway's Medicare Advantage expansion. 'Accepting Medicare is important to me because it allows me to reach a population that has been historically underserved.'.

“Headway通过注册、入职和满足合规期望，使我更容易与Medicare合作。海德威医疗保险优势扩张的早期采用者、LMFT的安德烈·马克西（AndreMaxie）说，我真的可以说，如果没有海德威，我不会接受医疗保险客户接受医疗保险对我来说很重要，因为它使我能够接触到历史上一直得不到充分服务的人群。”。

As a direct result of the company's most recent funding, Headway will make further investments in clinicians by:

作为公司最新资金的直接结果，Headway将通过以下方式对临床医生进行进一步投资：

Helping licensed clinicians grow their practices by serving more clients through new partnerships with Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and additional commercial plans.

通过与Medicare Advantage、Medicaid和其他商业计划建立新的合作伙伴关系，帮助持照临床医生通过服务更多客户来发展他们的业务。

Building new tools and products that expedite Medicare and Medicaid credentialing timelines and compliance requirements, while empowering clinicians to practice at the top of their license.

建立新的工具和产品，加快医疗保险和医疗补助认证时间表和合规要求，同时使临床医生能够在其许可证的顶部进行实践。

'Headway is quickly becoming the centralized platform for mental health care access and delivery,' said Will Reed, General Partner at Spark Capital and Headway Board Member. 'The company is uniquely positioned to bring together providers, patients and payers and unite a fragmented system, and Spark Capital is excited to further support its mission and growth.'.

Spark Capital普通合伙人兼Headway董事会成员威尔·里德（WillReed）说，Headway正在迅速成为获得和提供心理健康护理的集中平台该公司具有独特的地位，可以将提供者、患者和付款人聚集在一起，并统一一个分散的系统，Spark Capital很高兴能进一步支持其使命和发展。”。

About HeadwayHeadway is building the modern mental healthcare system where everyone can get the right care from the right therapist, covered by insurance. Today, we're the largest mental health provider network in the country, with 34,000 providers across race, gender, ethnicity and specialty working with Headway to run their private practice.

关于HeadwayHeadway正在建立现代精神保健系统，每个人都可以从正确的治疗师那里获得正确的护理，并由保险覆盖。今天，我们是全国最大的心理健康提供者网络，拥有34000名不同种族、性别、种族和专业的提供者，与Headway合作经营他们的私人诊所。

Patients can schedule care within 48 hours via one-click booking at headway.co, or can get care through a referral. The company operates in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and has funding from a16z (Andreessen Horowitz), Accel, Forerunner Ventures, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Spark Capital, Thrive Capital, and Health Care Service Corporation..

患者可以通过headway.co的一键预订在48小时内安排护理，也可以通过转诊获得护理。该公司在所有50个州和哥伦比亚特区运营，资金来自a16z（AndreessenHorowitz）、Accel、Forerunner Ventures、GV（前身为Google Ventures）、Spark Capital、Thrive Capital和Health Care Service Corporation。。

SOURCE Headway

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