Metropolitan Center for Mental Health

What Metropolitan Center for Mental Health does

Metropolitan Center for Mental Health (MCMH) is a New York City-based non-profit outpatient behavioral health center founded in 1962 that provides therapy, medication management, substance use recovery, and therapeutic wellness services to community members across the lifespan. The organization operates a four-program model: Adult Mental Health, Child & Adolescent, Recovery Center (substance use disorders), and Wellness Center (peer-supported therapeutic wellness), delivered through three Manhattan clinic sites — Upper West Side (160 W 86th St), Central Park West (336 Central Park West), and Washington Heights (1090 St. Nicholas Ave) — supplemented by telehealth services. MCMH serves individuals and families with conditions including anxiety, depression, PTSD, ADHD, child behavior issues, loneliness, and substance use disorders, with a stated whole-person, patient-centered care philosophy.

MCMH's revenue model is reimbursement-driven: it contracts as an in-network provider with 15+ payers spanning Medicaid, Medicare, and major commercial plans (including 1199SEIU, Affinity, Amerigroup, Amida Care, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Emblem Health, Fidelis Care, GHI, Healthfirst, HIP, MetroPlus Health, Molina Healthcare, VNS Health, and Wellcare), and offers a sliding fee scale for uninsured patients based on income. The organization is differentiated less by proprietary technology than by its community-rooted distribution model: a single intake phone number across all sites, bilingual English/Spanish presence, and core partnerships with Behavioral Health NYC IPA LLC, Samaritans (suicide prevention), and school-based mental health program partners that generate referrals and clinical collaboration. MCMH employs 101-250 staff and has no disclosed parent company, subsidiaries, M&A activity, funding rounds, or AI/ML capabilities.

Name

Metropolitan Center for Mental Health

Legal name

Metropolitan Center for Mental Health

Website

https://metropolitancenter.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Metropolitan Center for Mental Health is a non-profit outpatient behavioral health center founded in 1962, operating three Manhattan clinics and telehealth services to deliver therapy, medication management, substance use recovery, and wellness programs to NYC children, adults, and families.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Outpatient Behavioral Health Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (62142)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) & Public Behavioral Health Providers (HLAFACAI)

Keywords

• Outpatient mental health
• Behavioral health services
• Psychiatric treatment
• Substance use recovery
• Child adolescent therapy

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Insurance-reimbursed mental health services: MCMH accepts most insurance plans including Medicaid, Medicare, and various commercial insurers, generating revenue through reimbursable behavioral health services including therapy, medication management, and substance use recovery programs.
2. Sliding fee scale for uninsured individuals: For uninsured individuals, MCMH offers a sliding fee scale based on income, providing accessible behavioral health care to those without insurance coverage.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Metropolitan Center for Mental Health (MCMH) is a non-profit behavioral health outpatient center delivering therapy, medication management, and substance use recovery services through four core programs: Adult Mental Health, Child & Adolescent, Recovery Center, and Wellness Center. Services are delivered in person at three Manhattan locations (Upper West Side, Central Park West, Washington Heights) and via telehealth, with insurance and a sliding fee scale covering access for uninsured patients.

Product overview

MCMH is a non-profit behavioral health outpatient center offering a multi-program model consisting of four core programs: Adult Mental Health (therapy and medication management for adults), Child & Adolescent (mental health services for youth), Recovery Center (substance use recovery), and Wellness Center (therapeutic wellness with peer support). All programs are accessible via in-person visits at three NYC locations (Upper West Side, Central Park West, and Washington Heights) and Telehealth. The center also provides community resources covering conditions like anxiety, depression, PTSD, substance use, and offers a sliding fee scale for uninsured individuals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Adult Mental Health Program

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Behavioral Health, NYC, IPA, LLCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMCMH serves as a backbone partner for the IPA, providing operational and clinical insights. During COVID, MCMH's telehealth protocols served as a best practice model for the IPA's transition to telehealth services.
• SamaritanscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership focused on suicide prevention, with MCMH embedding suicide prevention across all levels of work including staff training, clinical care, and community outreach.
• School Based Mental Health Program PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMCMH provides counseling and emotional support to students in schools, teaching coping skills, empathy, and resilience while collaborating on trauma-informed care.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Talkspace: Public telehealth company providing online therapy and psychiatry services. Comparable as it competes for the same outpatient therapy and medication management demand, particularly among commercially insured patients, but via a fully digital delivery model.
• Lyra Health: Digital mental health platform offering therapy and coaching through employer benefits. Comparable in targeting the same insured outpatient mental health market, though delivered through a virtual, employer-sponsored model rather than physical clinics.
• Headway: NYC-based digital platform that connects patients with in-network mental health providers and handles insurance billing. Comparable as it serves the same NYC patient base seeking therapy and psychiatry, though Headway operates as a tech-enabled network rather than a direct provider.

Direct peers

• Lower Eastside Service Center (LESC): NYC non-profit behavioral health provider offering outpatient mental health and substance use treatment. Comparable as a multi-site, community-based outpatient mental health provider serving diverse NYC populations.
• Samaritan Daytop Village: Large NYC-area non-profit offering outpatient and residential behavioral health and substance use treatment. Comparable as a multi-program, community-rooted behavioral health provider accepting Medicaid and serving similar populations.
• Community Access: NYC-based non-profit providing supportive housing, mental health, and rehabilitation services. Directly comparable as a community-rooted behavioral health non-profit operating in New York City with a similar mission-driven service model.
• The Bridge: NYC non-profit operating behavioral health, housing, and rehabilitation programs for people with mental illness. Closely comparable in scope: outpatient mental health, recovery services, and community-based care in New York.

Broad incumbents

• Northwell Health: Large New York-area health system with extensive outpatient behavioral health and psychiatry services. Comparable as a behavioral health provider operating in the same NYC geography, though embedded in a much broader hospital system.
• Mount Sinai Behavioral Health: Mount Sinai Health System's behavioral health division offering outpatient psychiatry, therapy, and recovery services in Manhattan. Comparable as a NYC-based outpatient mental health provider, with the additional capability of hospital-based acute services.
• NYC Health + Hospitals: NYC's public hospital system operating behavioral health clinics and inpatient psychiatric services citywide. Comparable as a major NYC behavioral health provider, though operating on a much larger, publicly-funded scale and including acute/inpatient services MCMH does not offer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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