ReKlame Health, a telehealth startup, is now an in-network mental health provider in New York, New Jersey and Florida.
These are the three states where ReKlame currently operates. The Black-founded and Black-led company aims to bring quality, culturally appropriate telepsychiatry and addiction treatment to historically marginalised communities.
“ReKlame Health is a mission-driven company that is advancing behavioural health equity by lowering barriers to access care for an underserved population,” Evans Rochaste, N.P., founder and CEO of ReKlame Health, said in an announcement to Fierce Healthcare. “By joining Cigna’s network, we’re now able to reach thousands more BIPOC patients who are in dire need of mental health and addiction care services.”
ReKlame creates customised plans that integrate multiple therapeutics and modalities to treat patients holistically. Its current team of four providers is trained in cultural competency so their patients can feel safe and heard, and the company prioritises recruiting providers who are focused on equity or have unique lived experiences. Providers screen for social determinants of health (SDOH) on every visit and may refer patients to community-based organisations as needed, he added.
The company tracks, among other things, clinical outcomes, over a five-week period, 70% of ReKlame patients report a reduction in symptoms for anxiety, depression and ADHD.
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