Talkspace Announces Jon Cohen, M.D. As Next Chief Executive Officer
November 08 2022 - 7:00AM
Talkspace (NASDAQ: TALK), a leading online behavioral health care
company, today announced that it has appointed Dr. Jon R. Cohen, a
board director since September 2022, as its new Chief Executive
Officer. A seasoned executive with extensive experience scaling
technology-driven healthcare companies, Dr. Cohen will assume
day-to-day leadership of the company from interim CEO Doug
Braunstein, who will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board.
Cohen brings more than 30 years of healthcare experience as a
seasoned executive with a successful track record of driving
strategic transformations and implementing operational discipline
while developing a number of new business ventures. Cohen has
specific experience developing and scaling digital health and
mobile health technology initiatives. As Executive Chairman and CEO
of BioReference Laboratories, one of the nation’s four largest
commercial laboratories, he built and scaled Scarlet Health, the
nation’s largest digital at home blood draw solution utilized by
major telehealth platforms, which is now a covered service for over
83 million people. Cohen has also developed successful commercial
relationships with a number of large national health systems and
payors while part of the executive leadership team at Quest
Diagnostic and BioReference.
“I have long admired Talkspace for its commitment to
transforming the delivery of mental health care, an unmet need for
millions of Americans, and I couldn’t be more excited to join
Talkspace’s talented team at this time,” said Cohen. “I look
forward to continuing to build out the B2B platform, working with
our dedicated network of therapists to keep growing our offerings
and ensure we continue to deliver best-in-class care to our
members, payor and enterprise partners.”
“I am thrilled to welcome Jon to Talkspace. He is a visionary
leader with multi-decade experience transforming health care
companies. His clinical perspective, tech-enabled mindset and deep
payor connections make him the ideal candidate to lead the
organization through the next phase of growth, as we continue to
deliver high quality mental health services,” said Doug Braunstein,
Chairman of the Board.
About Talkspace
Talkspace (NASDAQ: TALK) is a leading virtual behavioral
healthcare company committed to helping people lead healthier,
happier lives through access to high-quality mental healthcare. At
Talkspace, we believe that mental healthcare is core to overall
healthcare and should be available to everyone.Talkspace pioneered
the ability to text with a licensed therapist from anywhere and now
offers a comprehensive suite of mental health services from
self-guided products to individual and couples therapy, in addition
to psychiatric treatment and medication management. With
Talkspace’s core psychotherapy offering, members are matched with
one of thousands of licensed providers across all 50 states and can
choose from a variety of subscription plans including video, text
or audio chat sessions and/or unlimited text messaging.
All care offered at Talkspace is
delivered through an easy-to-use, fully-encrypted web and mobile
platform that meets HIPAA, federal, and state regulatory
requirements. Talkspace covered approximately 86 million lives at
September 30, 2022 through our partnerships with employers, health
plans, and paid benefits programs.
For more information, visit
www.talkspace.com.
Contacts
For Investors:
Jeannine FeyenDirector, Communications(917)
748-5325jeannine.feyen@talkspace.com
For Media:
SKDKJohn Kim310-997-5963jkim@skdknick.com
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