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Malaysian Reserve
01-08-2025
- Health
- Malaysian Reserve
Rula Health and Sohar Health Partnership Speeds Patient Intake, Expands Mental Health Access
Instantly determining a patient's insurance via automation reduces claim denials while saving behavioral health providers hours or days spent manually confirming coverage details Behavioral health leader Rula integrates Sohar's AI-powered tools to simplify insurance eligibility and speed access to lifechanging, in-network care for patients NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, July 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Sohar Health, an eligibility determination and Verification of Benefits (VoB) provider, and Rula Health, a national behavioral healthcare provider group that delivers high-quality mental healthcare covered by insurance, today announced a partnership that streamlines the connection between patients seeking mental health care and the clinicians providing that care. Rula has integrated Sohar's Verification and Network Status products into its patient intake process, eliminating insurance-related bottlenecks and improving care access for thousands of patients nationwide. This collaboration allows Rula to automate error-prone manual workflows and provide real-time benefits information across a greater percentage of patients, especially those covered by Medicare and Medicaid. Patients struggle to access behavioral health care because they cannot navigate their complex insurance plans. Nearly 60% of insured adults had problems using their health insurance, with the rate climbing to 75% for those seeking mental health services. This confusion can lead to inaccessible treatment through delays, care abandonment, and operational inefficiencies. Sohar's AI-powered tools ensure accurate, real-time eligibility data and in-network status at the earliest stages of patient onboarding, closing the gap between patients and the care they need. For Rula, this means reducing administrative overhead, minimizing coverage errors, and empowering care teams to focus on what matters most: delivering timely, effective behavioral health support. 'At Rula, we're committed to removing barriers that prevent people from getting the mental health care they need,' said Mark Khavkin, CFO of Rula Health. 'Sohar allows us to simplify the complex insurance verification process and ensure that our patients get matched to the right provider faster and with greater confidence.' Since launching, Sohar has lifted Rula's automation by 30% and brought benefits data accuracy above 95% across its payers. The partnership has also reduced the Rula team's time spent on manual processes to verify patient insurance by 1,000 hours per week. With Sohar's Verification product, Rula can automatically confirm a patient's insurance eligibility and behavioral health coverage with a high degree of accuracy without manual work. With Network Status, Rula can instantly determine whether a provider is in-network for a patient, enabling more precise care matching and faster appointment scheduling while minimizing unexpected out-of-network bills and surprise costs. Rula has also implemented Sohar's automation across four key workflows: real-time eligibility checks during registration, initial VoB checks, portal-triggered VoB validations, and monthly insurance change detection to prevent billing issues before they arise. 'Rula is setting the standard for what modern behavioral health care should look like on both the patient and provider sides of the equation,' said Dr. Ashish Mandavia, CEO and co-founder of Sohar Health. 'We're proud to support their mission by providing the infrastructure that sits silently in the background but also ensures patients get to the right care quickly and efficiently. Sohar's ability to deploy configurable automation logic without constant engineering support enabled Rula to iterate faster and scale its intake workflows with ease.' This partnership represents another step forward in Sohar's mission to open up the 'front door' to faster, fairer care. As more leading organizations like Rula turn to Sohar for its API-based insurance infrastructure, the future of behavioral health will become more connected, transparent, and accessible than ever before. About Sohar HealthSohar Health builds API-first infrastructure for healthcare companies to verify insurance coverage and benefits in real time. By focusing on the behavioral health space—where eligibility data is often incomplete or inaccurate—Sohar helps providers deliver faster, fairer care to the patients who need it most. For more information, visit About RulaRula is the best way for individuals, couples, and families to get in-network mental health care that delivers progress. With a diverse network of more than 15,000 licensed providers, nationwide next-day therapy and psychiatric availability, and 24/7 crisis support, Rula meets people wherever they are on their mental health journey. Patients match with a best-fit provider in minutes, confirm their out-of-pocket insurance costs, attend their telehealth sessions, and track improvement all within a single easy-to-use platform. And when they need support, Rula's team is there to provide live help from real humans. Rula Health accepts most major insurance networks, including Aetna/CVS, Anthem/Elevance, Cigna/Evernorth, Kaiser, United Healthcare/Optum, and many Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield plans, covering over 150M lives. Sohar Health Media Contact:sohar@ Rula Media Contact:rula@
Yahoo
31-07-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Rula Health and Sohar Health Partnership Speeds Patient Intake, Expands Mental Health Access
Instantly determining a patient's insurance via automation reduces claim denials while saving behavioral health providers hours or days spent manually confirming coverage details Behavioral health leader Rula integrates Sohar's AI-powered tools to simplify insurance eligibility and speed access to lifechanging, in-network care for patients NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, July 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Sohar Health, an eligibility determination and Verification of Benefits (VoB) provider, and Rula Health, a national behavioral healthcare provider group that delivers high-quality mental healthcare covered by insurance, today announced a partnership that streamlines the connection between patients seeking mental health care and the clinicians providing that care. Rula has integrated Sohar's Verification and Network Status products into its patient intake process, eliminating insurance-related bottlenecks and improving care access for thousands of patients nationwide. This collaboration allows Rula to automate error-prone manual workflows and provide real-time benefits information across a greater percentage of patients, especially those covered by Medicare and Medicaid. Patients struggle to access behavioral health care because they cannot navigate their complex insurance plans. Nearly 60% of insured adults had problems using their health insurance, with the rate climbing to 75% for those seeking mental health services. This confusion can lead to inaccessible treatment through delays, care abandonment, and operational inefficiencies. Sohar's AI-powered tools ensure accurate, real-time eligibility data and in-network status at the earliest stages of patient onboarding, closing the gap between patients and the care they need. For Rula, this means reducing administrative overhead, minimizing coverage errors, and empowering care teams to focus on what matters most: delivering timely, effective behavioral health support. "At Rula, we're committed to removing barriers that prevent people from getting the mental health care they need," said Mark Khavkin, CFO of Rula Health. "Sohar allows us to simplify the complex insurance verification process and ensure that our patients get matched to the right provider faster and with greater confidence." Since launching, Sohar has lifted Rula's automation by 30% and brought benefits data accuracy above 95% across its payers. The partnership has also reduced the Rula team's time spent on manual processes to verify patient insurance by 1,000 hours per week. With Sohar's Verification product, Rula can automatically confirm a patient's insurance eligibility and behavioral health coverage with a high degree of accuracy without manual work. With Network Status, Rula can instantly determine whether a provider is in-network for a patient, enabling more precise care matching and faster appointment scheduling while minimizing unexpected out-of-network bills and surprise costs. Rula has also implemented Sohar's automation across four key workflows: real-time eligibility checks during registration, initial VoB checks, portal-triggered VoB validations, and monthly insurance change detection to prevent billing issues before they arise. "Rula is setting the standard for what modern behavioral health care should look like on both the patient and provider sides of the equation," said Dr. Ashish Mandavia, CEO and co-founder of Sohar Health. "We're proud to support their mission by providing the infrastructure that sits silently in the background but also ensures patients get to the right care quickly and efficiently. Sohar's ability to deploy configurable automation logic without constant engineering support enabled Rula to iterate faster and scale its intake workflows with ease." This partnership represents another step forward in Sohar's mission to open up the "front door" to faster, fairer care. As more leading organizations like Rula turn to Sohar for its API-based insurance infrastructure, the future of behavioral health will become more connected, transparent, and accessible than ever before. About Sohar HealthSohar Health builds API-first infrastructure for healthcare companies to verify insurance coverage and benefits in real time. By focusing on the behavioral health space—where eligibility data is often incomplete or inaccurate—Sohar helps providers deliver faster, fairer care to the patients who need it most. For more information, visit About RulaRula is the best way for individuals, couples, and families to get in-network mental health care that delivers progress. With a diverse network of more than 15,000 licensed providers, nationwide next-day therapy and psychiatric availability, and 24/7 crisis support, Rula meets people wherever they are on their mental health journey. Patients match with a best-fit provider in minutes, confirm their out-of-pocket insurance costs, attend their telehealth sessions, and track improvement all within a single easy-to-use platform. And when they need support, Rula's team is there to provide live help from real humans. Rula Health accepts most major insurance networks, including Aetna/CVS, Anthem/Elevance, Cigna/Evernorth, Kaiser, United Healthcare/Optum, and many Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield plans, covering over 150M lives. Sohar Health Media Contact:sohar@ Rula Media Contact:rula@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Sohar Health Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
31-07-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Rula Health and Sohar Health Partnership Speeds Patient Intake, Expands Mental Health Access
Instantly determining a patient's insurance via automation reduces claim denials while saving behavioral health providers hours or days spent manually confirming coverage details Behavioral health leader Rula integrates Sohar's AI-powered tools to simplify insurance eligibility and speed access to lifechanging, in-network care for patients NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, July 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Sohar Health, an eligibility determination and Verification of Benefits (VoB) provider, and Rula Health, a national behavioral healthcare provider group that delivers high-quality mental healthcare covered by insurance, today announced a partnership that streamlines the connection between patients seeking mental health care and the clinicians providing that care. Rula has integrated Sohar's Verification and Network Status products into its patient intake process, eliminating insurance-related bottlenecks and improving care access for thousands of patients nationwide. This collaboration allows Rula to automate error-prone manual workflows and provide real-time benefits information across a greater percentage of patients, especially those covered by Medicare and Medicaid. Patients struggle to access behavioral health care because they cannot navigate their complex insurance plans. Nearly 60% of insured adults had problems using their health insurance, with the rate climbing to 75% for those seeking mental health services. This confusion can lead to inaccessible treatment through delays, care abandonment, and operational inefficiencies. Sohar's AI-powered tools ensure accurate, real-time eligibility data and in-network status at the earliest stages of patient onboarding, closing the gap between patients and the care they need. For Rula, this means reducing administrative overhead, minimizing coverage errors, and empowering care teams to focus on what matters most: delivering timely, effective behavioral health support. "At Rula, we're committed to removing barriers that prevent people from getting the mental health care they need," said Mark Khavkin, CFO of Rula Health. "Sohar allows us to simplify the complex insurance verification process and ensure that our patients get matched to the right provider faster and with greater confidence." Since launching, Sohar has lifted Rula's automation by 30% and brought benefits data accuracy above 95% across its payers. The partnership has also reduced the Rula team's time spent on manual processes to verify patient insurance by 1,000 hours per week. With Sohar's Verification product, Rula can automatically confirm a patient's insurance eligibility and behavioral health coverage with a high degree of accuracy without manual work. With Network Status, Rula can instantly determine whether a provider is in-network for a patient, enabling more precise care matching and faster appointment scheduling while minimizing unexpected out-of-network bills and surprise costs. Rula has also implemented Sohar's automation across four key workflows: real-time eligibility checks during registration, initial VoB checks, portal-triggered VoB validations, and monthly insurance change detection to prevent billing issues before they arise. "Rula is setting the standard for what modern behavioral health care should look like on both the patient and provider sides of the equation," said Dr. Ashish Mandavia, CEO and co-founder of Sohar Health. "We're proud to support their mission by providing the infrastructure that sits silently in the background but also ensures patients get to the right care quickly and efficiently. Sohar's ability to deploy configurable automation logic without constant engineering support enabled Rula to iterate faster and scale its intake workflows with ease." This partnership represents another step forward in Sohar's mission to open up the "front door" to faster, fairer care. As more leading organizations like Rula turn to Sohar for its API-based insurance infrastructure, the future of behavioral health will become more connected, transparent, and accessible than ever before. About Sohar HealthSohar Health builds API-first infrastructure for healthcare companies to verify insurance coverage and benefits in real time. By focusing on the behavioral health space—where eligibility data is often incomplete or inaccurate—Sohar helps providers deliver faster, fairer care to the patients who need it most. For more information, visit About RulaRula is the best way for individuals, couples, and families to get in-network mental health care that delivers progress. With a diverse network of more than 15,000 licensed providers, nationwide next-day therapy and psychiatric availability, and 24/7 crisis support, Rula meets people wherever they are on their mental health journey. Patients match with a best-fit provider in minutes, confirm their out-of-pocket insurance costs, attend their telehealth sessions, and track improvement all within a single easy-to-use platform. And when they need support, Rula's team is there to provide live help from real humans. Rula Health accepts most major insurance networks, including Aetna/CVS, Anthem/Elevance, Cigna/Evernorth, Kaiser, United Healthcare/Optum, and many Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield plans, covering over 150M lives. Sohar Health Media Contact:sohar@ Rula Media Contact:rula@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Sohar Health Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Newsweek
04-06-2025
- General
- Newsweek
Gen Z's Trauma Therapy Compared to Millennials, Boomers
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Gen Z may have a reputation for being the weakest generation, but their trauma therapy habits indicate they are not too different from their millennial and Gen-X elders. Baby Boomers, however, show a reluctance to seek help for traumatic experiences. In a new report from Rula Health, Americans' therapy habits were analyzed by generation. Baby Boomers' reluctance for trauma therapy may be defined by their upbringing. "Their reluctance to seek trauma therapy reflects a generation that was told to suck it up, repress everything, and call it strength," Driscoll told Newsweek. Why It Matters Gen Z, which includes those aged roughly from 12 to 28, has been reported as more likely to deal with mental health issues, with some employers and elders seeing them as a "softer" generation. A survey by Talker Research for Traditional Medicinals found that 19 percent of respondents under 18 had taken a mental health day in the past few weeks alone. Meanwhile, 65 percent of Baby Boomers said they had never called in sick due to stress. Additionally, a 2023 Gallup survey found that just 15 percent of Gen Zers reported their mental health as excellent, a substantial drop from the decade before when 52 percent of millennials in the same age range reported their mental health as excellent. Elyssa Thelin, a substance use disorder counselor and art therapist at the Cielo Treatment Center, talks about how people use art as therapy for their feelings and trauma at the Cielo Treatment Center for drug... Elyssa Thelin, a substance use disorder counselor and art therapist at the Cielo Treatment Center, talks about how people use art as therapy for their feelings and trauma at the Cielo Treatment Center for drug addiction rehabilitation and mental health in Portland, Oregon on January 24, 2024. More PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images What To Know When it comes to the generations and trauma therapy, there are fewer differences than one might expect. The new Rula Health report found those aged 18 to 24 (considered older Gen-Zers) sought therapy due to trauma 31.6 percent of the time, with those aged 25 and 34 (oldest of Gen-Z and the younger half of millennials) also seeking help for trauma at 30.8 percent. Even in the older age group of 45 to 54 (Gen-X), 30.1 percent reported they were going to therapy for trauma. The number only significantly dipped off at age 55 to 64 (the oldest of Gen-X and younger Boomers), when only 16.9 percent were in therapy for trauma, and even less, 10.3 percent of those aged 65 and older (Baby Boomers) said they went to therapy due to trauma. This reflects that Baby Boomers are the real outlier when it comes to their views on trauma and therapy, said Bryan Driscoll, an HR consultant who specializes in generational differences. "Their reluctance to seek trauma therapy reflects a generation that was told to suck it up, repress everything, and call it strength," Driscoll told Newsweek. "But unaddressed trauma doesn't go away - it just turns into bad parenting, addiction, rage, and broken families. Boomers don't dodge therapy because they're tougher than younger generations. They dodge therapy because they've been shamed out of it." Relationship therapist Joy Berkheimer, who is also the founder of Joy Collective, echoed this sentiment. "The reluctance among many Boomers to seek therapy reflects deeper cultural, societal, and historical contexts," Berkheimer told Newsweek. "They were raised in a time where mental health stigma was stronger, and seeking help could be seen as a sign of failure or weakness." Across the board, 54 percent of those in therapy were seeking it for help with anxiety, with 52.9 percent going due to depression. A similar rate to those in therapy for trauma (26.8 percent) were seeing a professional for stress or burnout at 33.1 percent. Those aged 45 to 54 reported the highest rates of anxiety and burnout, while those aged 55 to 64 showed the highest rates of depression. What People Are Saying Bryan Driscoll, an HR consultant who specializes in generational differences, told Newsweek: "This data doesn't show Gen Z and other younger generations are weak. It shows they're more self-aware and more willing to confront pain head-on, rather than bury it under a 'just deal with it' mentality. What people too often label as weakness is actually emotional literacy. Older generations were raised to believe therapy was for people who were broken. Gen Z knows it's for people who want to break cycles." Monica Cwynar, a licensed counselor and social worker with Thriveworks, told Newsweek: "Baby boomers (ages 55–64) and older generations show much lower rates of therapy-seeking behavior, particularly at only 16.9 percent. Their lower rate of engagement can reflect a cultural background shaped by different societal norms around mental health, where there has traditionally been a stigma associated with seeking help. Boomers are more likely to emphasize resilience, self-reliance, and the belief that personal struggles should be handled privately, that seeking help is a weakness, resulting in a hesitance to seek external support like therapy." Relationship therapist Joy Berkheimer, also the founder of Joy Collective, told Newsweek: "The data clearly does not support the narrative that Gen Z is 'weaker.' Instead, it shows that all generations are increasingly recognizing the importance of mental health, though their methods and comfort levels differ. What we're witnessing is a shift in cultural norms: more openness, less stigma, and greater access." What Happens Next Berkheimer said on a larger level, Gen Z is breaking down the stigmas around mental health and trauma, which could impact how people engage with therapy moving forward. "This generation is more likely to openly seek therapy, prioritize emotional well-being, and engage in practices that emphasize healing and self-awareness... In contrast, older generations may have been conditioned to view therapy as a last resort or a sign of weakness, often due to cultural and societal taboos rooted in stigma and distrust."
