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OAK BROOK, Ill., September 16, 2024 (Newswire.com) – Innovista Health welcomes Jigar Desai as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. Desai will lead the managed services organization as it further positions itself as the partner of choice to payers and independent physician groups in the design, management and administration of value-based care arrangements. Desai brings more than 20 years of managed care experience to Innovista Health. Previously, he held senior leadership roles at several Medicare-focused managed care organizations. Most recently, he served as executive chairman of a private equity-backed Medicare platform, where he implemented turnaround plans and led the acquisition of

Serving the mental health needs of Texans poses a serious challenge for state practitioners, who struggle daily to work through access issues, largely due to lack of resources. For the second year in a row, Forbes Advisor ranked Texas the worst state in the country for mental healthcare, while also ranking it second highest in the number of uninsured adults with mental illness. Equally alarming, Texas ranked second highest in its percentage of youth with untreated depression. Given that Texas also has the third fewest mental health treatment centers in the nation (8.4 per 10,000 businesses), just making timely referrals

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