Transitions Behavioral Health LLC | Application Preview
Transitions Behavioral Health LLC is seeking funding to support advertising costs, office staff salaries, and cover waiting periods between patient visits and insurance payments. Their business plan focuses on marketing to local primary care providers and telemedicine patients throughout Texas. The organization intends to hold informational meetings with schools, businesses, and community organizations to emphasize the importance of proper evaluations for mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, and the impacts of family and social stressors.
The rationale for funding approval lies in the increased mental health struggles faced by the community over the past two years, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, job losses, bereavement, remote learning challenges, and stressful medical work environments. Data indicates a rise in issues related to anxiety, depression, suicide, and a decline in coping skills.
In terms of competition, Transitions faces the state mental hospital, which offers only short-term care, two local hospitals that address acute mental health crises, and several psychiatrists with wait times of three to four weeks for initial appointments.
What sets Transitions apart is their ability to provide appointments within 24 hours for urgent cases in a largely underserved area. Additionally, having a bilingual female provider on staff has helped ease the experience for many patients, making visits more comfortable.
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General Information
Business Registration Number: 86-1290434
Location: Harlingen, TX, United States
Length of Operation: 1
Number of Employees:
Annual Gross Income:
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Open to Loans: NO
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Funding Usage
Funding to cover advertising, office staff, waiting time between patient visit and insurance payment.
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Business Plan
Marketing to local primary care providers and telemedicine patients within Texas. Holding information meeting with schools, businesses, organizations on the need for proper evaluation for depression, anxiety, PTSD, abuse, family and social stressors. In the last 2 years, many in the community have undergone mental stress due to COVID, job loss, loss of family member, remote student learning, difficult working environment in hospitals/medical facilities. Data suggests that the incidence of anxiety, depression, suicide, family and social coping skills has degraded.
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Self Identified Competition
1. State mental hospital, only short term care with likely referral to primary care provider. 2. Two local hospitals for acute bouts of anxiety or self harm incidents. 3. Several local Psychiatrists with a typical wait time of 3-4 weeks for initial evaluation. Appointments available in 24 hours for acute patients in this underserved area. Patients in this area also have mentioned a female provider that speaks english and spanish has smoothed out an often difficult visit.
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