Busy doctors can miss mental health crises. Can this San Diego startup help?
Summary
Bogged down by busy work schedules, general physicians dont have the timeor the expertiseto dig into mental illness.The result is a large population of sick, yet untreated, people in America. The company uses Microsofts Kinect spatial camera to track and analyze patient movement during physical therapy sessions, and videos of the sessions are sent to therapists for review.As co-founder and former CEO of Reflexion, Hutchins raised nearly $12 million in startup capital (on top of funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and grew the team to employ 20 people.Hutchins left Reflexion in 2015 and started working on the concept for Concert Health shortly after. Thats why in 2018 a new Medicare reimbursement code was created to help doctors get paid for coordinating mental health treatments with therapists, psychiatrists, and case managers. The company has a staff of 15 therapists (who all work remotely) who can deliver screening, assess the severity of a patients symptoms, and provide therapy. Once they do that, the doctors office can bill the insurance company or Medicare for their work, and Concert Health will ensure the patient gets the care they need.