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Ready Launches Virtual Mental Health Services as Part of Unique At-Home Care Model

On-demand healthcare service Ready today announced it is offering mental health services as part of its Community Care program. Ready’s Community Care program addresses the physical and social health needs of its participants, and now those participants can receive a mental health and psychological screening to ensure they receive the critical care they need. The mental health program is now offered in New Orleans and will expand to other markets in the coming months.

The need for mental health services, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, is great and often the wait times are even greater. Ready’s on-demand style of healthcare provides mental health services without the wait times typically seen at large health systems. True to Ready’s mission of bringing healthcare to patients when and where they need it, the company’s mental health services are launching to complement other service lines and to identify patients in need of psychiatric care.

Ready’s mental health services via telehealth includes certain prescriptions and offers short-term psychotherapy that integrates into a care model which considers the whole person. Based on the existing Community Care patient population and national mental health needs, Ready expects to see and treat depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, PTSD and insomnia.

“Launching our mental health services through the Community Care program is designed to get at the root of health issues that are so often difficult to identify and treat without also addressing the psychological aspects of health,” said Carl Marci, M.D., Chief Psychiatrist at Ready. “Being able to bring mental health services to our most vulnerable populations allows us to treat the whole person in an integrated manner and is part of the next step in reimagining how Americans receive care.”

Ready’s Community Care program identifies social health needs of patients and actively connects members to long-term, sustainable resources, including primary care and specialist resources. The 90-day program helps reduce the overall costs of care and allows members to define their own barriers to reaching their health goals through short-term interventions.

This program extends the capacity of traditional care models by sending Responders (typically EMTs, paramedics and nurses) into the home where they spend time with patients to gain a broader perspective on patient strengths, concerns and living environment. Every patient in the program receives a mental health screen and is contacted by a licensed mental health clinician to proactively treat any signs of mental illness via telehealth.

Ready’s medical professionals have received COVID-19 specific training and are equipped with the appropriate protective gear (including gowns, N95 masks, goggles and gloves). The company accepts most types of insurance including Medicare and Medicaid and will deliver COVID testing and perform in-home urgent care visits for residents during the COVID-19 crisis even if they do not have insurance.

For more information about how Ready is responding to COVID-19, visit www.getready.com or call (504) 370-9966.

About Ready

Ready is an on-demand health service that delivers care to its patients in their homes or communities. Ready accomplishes this with a team of highly trained health professionals which we call Responders. During each visit, the Responder connects the patient to a doctor or nurse practitioner who provides treatment using video conferencing. Ready is a convenient, fast, and affordable solution that reduces overall health costs and delivers more positive outcomes. Investors include GV, Deerfield Management Company, City Light Capital, Town Hall Ventures, and Frist Cressey Ventures, among others. Learn more at getready.com.

Contacts:

Georgia Walker
704-618-2804
press@getready.com

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