WPABHR

What WPABHR does

Western PA Behavioral Health Resources (WPABHR) is a privately held outpatient psychiatric practice founded in 2009 by Dr. Geith Shahoud, operating three clinics in Grindstone, Latrobe, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and serving patients across Washington, Fayette, and Westmoreland counties. The practice delivers psychiatric evaluations, medication management, individual/couples/family psychotherapy, telehealth consultations, and NeuroStar Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) therapy for treatment-resistant major depressive disorder and OCD. Its clinical technology stack centers on FDA-cleared NeuroStar TMS equipment with weekly PHQ-9 outcome monitoring across an 8-week treatment course, supplemented by an online appointment request portal.

The company generates revenue through professional services billing to a broad insurance panel (UPMC, Aetna, Cigna, Highmark, Medicare, Tricare, Optum, Peak Health), with self-pay patients supported via Advance Care Card financing. WPABHR reaches patients primarily through physician and community referrals, community events, billboards, and a direct-to-consumer website with online appointment and TMS consultation forms. The patient mix spans children and adolescents, adults, couples, and families, with a treatment-resistant MDD/OCD cohort as a distinct use-case segment. Strategic differentiation rests on founder-led clinical leadership, seven regional Best of Westmoreland/Fayette awards (2023-2025), and multi-county geographic accessibility across Western PA.

Name

WPABHR

Legal name

Western PA Behavioral Health Resources

Website

https://wpabhr.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

WPABHR is a Western Pennsylvania outpatient psychiatric practice operating three clinics in Grindstone, Latrobe, and Pittsburgh, delivering psychiatric evaluations, medication management, therapy, telehealth, and NeuroStar TMS treatment to children, adults, couples, and families across Washington, Fayette, and Westmoreland counties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Grindstone

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Psychiatric Evaluation and Management Services: The organization generates revenue through outpatient psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and ongoing clinical care for individuals of all ages.
2. TMS Therapy Treatments: Revenue from Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation therapy sessions, typically covered by insurance (Medicare, Tricare, and most major insurers) after prior authorization. Financing available via Advance Care Card for self-pay patients whose insurance does not cover TMS.
3. Psychotherapy Services: Individual, couples, and family therapy services provided by experienced therapists, billed as professional services.
4. Telehealth Services: Remote mental health care consultations accessible from home, expanding access to patients across Western PA.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

WPABHR is an outpatient mental health practice providing psychiatric evaluations, medication management, individual/couples/family psychotherapy, and FDA-cleared NeuroStar Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) therapy for treatment-resistant depression and OCD. Services are delivered at three physical clinics across Western Pennsylvania and through telehealth, serving children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families.

Product overview

Western PA Behavioral Health Resources (WPABHR) is a healthcare practice offering comprehensive outpatient mental health services through a unified service delivery model. The organization provides psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and psychotherapy (individual, couples, and family therapy) as core clinical services, complemented by advanced Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) therapy using NeuroStar technology for treatment-resistant depression and OCD. Services are accessible via in-person office visits and telehealth. The practice operates three convenient locations serving Washington, Fayette, and Westmoreland counties in Western Pennsylvania.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Psychiatric Evaluations Comprehensive psychiatric evaluations for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families to assess mental health conditions and develop personalized treatment plans.
• Medication Management Expert medication management services where psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners create personalized treatment plans and monitor medication effectiveness for patients.
• Individual, Couples, and Family Therapy Psychotherapy services provided by experienced therapists offering compassionate support and guidance for emotional and behavioral challenges across individual, couples, and family modalities.
• NeuroStar Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Therapy FDA-cleared non-invasive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation therapy for treatment-resistant depression and OCD, delivered by certified TMS clinicians in approximately 19-36 minute sessions over an 8-week course with weekly PHQ-9 monitoring.
• Telehealth Services Virtual mental health care consultations allowing patients to receive psychiatric and therapy support remotely from home, expanding access beyond the three physical office locations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 83% response rate reported in real-world NeuroStar TMS study — 83% of patients completing their NeuroStar treatment cycle saw measurable improvement in depression symptoms.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, support and minor.

• NeuroStar (Advanced Therapy for Mental Health)coreTechnology or IntegrationWPABHR uses NeuroStar Advanced TMS therapy as its primary treatment platform for treatment-resistant depression and OCD. NeuroStar is FDA-cleared (2008 for depression, 2022 for OCD and anxiety symptoms associated with depression). WPABHR's leadership includes advanced training from NeuroStar. The partnership provides WPABHR with proprietary TMS equipment, treatment protocols, and the brand's 83% response rate clinical data for patient education. NeuroStar is the #1 physician-recommended TMS treatment with over 6.6 million treatments performed nationwide.
• Advance Care CardsupportGTM or Marketing PartnerWPABHR offers the Advance Care Card as a financing option for patients whose insurance does not cover TMS treatment. Advance Care Card provides credit lines up to $25,000, with instant credit decisions, no prepayment penalties, and 0% interest for qualified applicants. This partnership enables WPABHR to serve uninsured or underinsured TMS patients and removes cost as a barrier to treatment.
• IU1 (Intermediate Unit 1)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWPABHR's collaboration with IU1 (Intermediate Unit 1) highlights the practice's commitment to community mental health. IU1 serves as an educational intermediate unit in Pennsylvania, suggesting a partnership focused on school-community mental health initiatives or collaborative care for children and adolescents in the region.
• Alepix Behavioral Clinic (ABC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Geith Shahoud, CEO of WPABHR, co-founded Alepix Behavioral Clinic (ABC), indicating an affiliated mental health organization with shared leadership. This relationship reflects Dr. Shahoud's broader contribution to the behavioral health ecosystem in Western PA beyond WPABHR.
• Southwood Psychiatric HospitalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Geith Shahoud serves as Medical Director of Southwood Psychiatric Hospital, creating a professional affiliation between WPABHR and the inpatient psychiatric facility. This connection may facilitate referral pathways and collaborative patient care.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Talkspace: Online therapy and psychiatry platform offering virtual individual therapy and medication management — overlaps WPABHR's telehealth service line and adult mental health use cases.
• Cerebral: National tele-psychiatry and medication management platform targeting the same adult outpatient mental health population WPABHR serves in-person and via telehealth.

Others

• Neuronetics: Manufacturer of the NeuroStar TMS system that powers WPABHR's flagship TMS offering — an ecosystem/technology counterparty rather than a clinical competitor.
• Headway: Mental health insurance-network and credentialing platform that increasingly competes for the same insured outpatient psychiatry patient flow WPABHR captures via direct insurance contracts.

Direct peers

• Mindpath Health: Multi-state outpatient psychiatric and behavioral health practice offering psychiatric evaluations, medication management, therapy, and TMS — closely comparable operating model to WPABHR, just at larger geographic scale.
• LifeStance Health: Large outpatient mental health platform providing psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and therapy across physical clinics and telehealth; the scaled analog of WPABHR's regional outpatient psychiatry offering.
• Greenbrook TMS Neuromodulation: Outpatient provider network dedicated to NeuroStar TMS treatment for depression and OCD — direct comparable for WPABHR's TMS service line and patient population.

Broad incumbents

• Highmark Wholecare / Highmark Behavioral Health: Payer and integrated provider in WPABHR's service area offering in-network outpatient behavioral health services; competes both as a referral source and as a clinical alternative.

Regional players

• UPMC Western Behavioral Health: In-region competitor operating outpatient mental health and substance use services across Western Pennsylvania, with payer influence through UPMC Health Plan overlapping WPABHR's footprint.
• Geisinger Behavioral Health: Central-Pennsylvania-based integrated health system offering outpatient psychiatry and behavioral health — a regional referral and payer competitor relevant to WPABHR's expansion ambitions east of Pittsburgh.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/wpabhr
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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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