Deerfield Solutions

What Deerfield Solutions does

Deerfield Solutions, LLC is a privately held healthcare software company headquartered in Bradford, Pennsylvania, that holds the exclusive license from the American Association for Community Psychiatry (AACP) and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) to develop and distribute the electronic versions of the LOCUS (Level of Care Utilization System) and CALOCUS-CASII behavioral health assessment tools. The company is wholly owned by Journey Health System, a nonprofit behavioral health provider, and has served as AACP's primary technology partner for approximately 30 years. Paper or manual scoring is no longer permissible for clinical use of LOCUS, making Deerfield's licensed electronic instrument the sanctioned option in many state and payer contexts.

Deerfield's product portfolio consists of LOCUS Online (a cloud-based SaaS deployment with central assessment repository and EHR export), LOCUS On-Premises (on-premise deployment for high-volume or security-sensitive organizations), a developer-facing LOCUS API, certified EHR integrations with major behavioral health platforms (Netsmart, Qualifacts, Streamline, NextGen, PSNetEHR, Solero Health), and training services delivered through AACP- and AACAP-certified trainers. The underlying assessment instrument evaluates six standardized dimensions to produce service intensity scores used for level-of-care placement, continued stay criteria, utilization management, and clinical outcomes measurement.

The business model is anchored on annual subscription licensing for cloud and on-premise deployments, API licensing, EHR integration royalties collected when customers access LOCUS through certified vendor platforms, and training services. Pricing is opaque and quote-based. Go-to-market is sales-led with a segment-vertical structure targeting behavioral health providers, payers (insurers and managed care organizations), and public entities (state and county governments). Deerfield operates at a small scale (11–50 employees) and does not disclose revenue, ARR, or funding activity; the company has no known institutional investors and is funded through its nonprofit parent.

Name

Deerfield Solutions

Legal name

Deerfield Solutions, LLC

Website

https://deerfieldsolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Deerfield Solutions is a healthcare software company that exclusively distributes the electronic LOCUS and CALOCUS behavioral health assessment tools, serving providers, payers, and government agencies through cloud, on-premise, API, and certified EHR-integrated deployments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bradford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. LOCUS Online Subscriptions: Cloud-based subscription licensing for LOCUS Online platform. Organizations access the tool on demand, anytime, anywhere with a central repository for assessment data.
2. LOCUS On-Premises Licensing: On-premise version of LOCUS tool for larger organizations with high volume, specific workflow challenges, or security concerns. Offered as an alternative to cloud deployment.
3. LOCUS API Access: API licensing for developers to implement LOCUS assessments in custom solutions.
4. EHR Integration Licensing: Licensing fees for using LOCUS within integrated Electronic Health Record systems. Organizations must contact Deerfield to obtain a license when using LOCUS available within a vendor platform.
5. LOCUS Training Services: Training services for LOCUS and CALOCUS-CASII. Training is provided by AACP for LOCUS and AACAP for CALOCUS-CASII. Deerfield customers with training codes can access training through the Deerfield portal.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Deerfield Solutions develops, distributes, and licenses electronic versions of the LOCUS (Level of Care Utilization System) and CALOCUS-CASII (Child and Adolescent Level of Care Utilization System) behavioral health service intensity assessment tools. Offerings are delivered as a cloud-based SaaS platform, an on-premise deployment, a developer API, certified EHR integrations, and training services. The tools enable behavioral health providers, payers, and public entities to conduct standardized six-dimension level-of-care assessments and clinical decision support.

Product overview

Deerfield Solutions is a specialized healthcare software company that has served as the AACP's primary technology partner for 30 years, exclusively developing and distributing electronic versions of the LOCUS family of behavioral health assessment tools. The product portfolio consists of LOCUS Online (cloud-based SaaS), LOCUS On-Prem (on-premise deployment), LOCUS EHR Integrations (certified partner integrations with major EHR platforms), LOCUS API (developer access), and LOCUS Training (certified trainer-led options). These products enable behavioral health providers, payers, and public health entities to conduct level-of-care determinations and service intensity assessments for individuals and families.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• LOCUS Online

Quantifiable outcome

• LOCUS is used extensively in 26 states and several international locations
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• American Association for Community Psychiatry (AACP)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1994For 30 years, Deerfield Solutions has served as AACP's primary technology partner with the sole purpose of developing and distributing the electronic versions of the LOCUS family of tools. The partnership involves close alignment to grow the LOCUS tool and ensure it remains the gold standard in level of care decision making. AACP provides the LOCUS scoring algorithm licensing through Deerfield only. LOCUS training is provided by AACP-certified trainers.
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAACAP collaborated with AACP to develop CALOCUS (Child and Adolescent LOCUS), released in 2001, which mirrors the LOCUS structure. AACAP co-owns the CALOCUS instrument and its electronic scoring algorithm is licensed through Deerfield Solutions. CALOCUS-CASII training is provided by AACAP.
• Journey Health SystemflagshipOthersJourney Health System is a nonprofit behavioral health company that owns and operates Deerfield Solutions. It provides both adult and child services to thousands of individuals and families across Pennsylvania. This parent-subsidiary relationship gives Deerfield unique insight into frontline clinical needs and workflow demands.
• Netsmart (MyAvatar, MyAvatar NX)coreTechnology or IntegrationCertified EHR vendor partner offering LOCUS and CALOCUS 20 integrations within their MyAvatar and MyAvatar NX electronic health record platforms. Organizations using these systems can access LOCUS tools through the vendor's integrated platform.
• Qualifacts (Insync)coreTechnology or IntegrationCertified EHR vendor partner offering LOCUS and CALOCUS 20 integrations within their Insync EHR platform for behavioral health organizations.
• Streamline (SmartCare)coreTechnology or IntegrationCertified EHR vendor partner offering LOCUS and CALOCUS 20 integrations within their SmartCare platform for substance abuse and mental health treatment organizations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• InterQual (Change Healthcare / Optum): InterQual provides evidence-based clinical decision support criteria for medical necessity and level-of-care determinations, including behavioral health. It is the most direct functional analog to LOCUS in the broader utilization management market, serving payers and providers with standardized assessment criteria.
• Milliman Care Guidelines: Milliman Care Guidelines (now under Merative) is a widely used suite of evidence-based clinical criteria for medical necessity and level-of-care decisions. Like Deerfield's LOCUS, it is deployed by payers, providers, and government entities to standardize and document care decisions, with overlapping behavioral health content.
• eviCore (Evernorth): eviCore is a utilization management company applying evidence-based clinical criteria to authorize behavioral health and other specialty services. It competes in the same space as LOCUS-based workflows for payers managing medical necessity decisions and service intensity planning.
• American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM): ASAM publishes the ASAM Criteria, the parallel standardized assessment framework for addiction treatment level-of-care decisions. Like AACP for LOCUS, ASAM develops and owns the assessment instrument that software vendors license to operationalize standardized care placement in behavioral health.

Broad incumbents

• Netsmart Technologies: Netsmart is a large behavioral health and human services EHR vendor whose MyAvatar/MyAvatar NX platforms carry certified LOCUS integrations. It overlaps with Deerfield's domain while also offering a much broader suite of clinical, operational, and revenue cycle tools.
• Qualifacts: Qualifacts provides Insync and other behavioral health EHR platforms that host certified LOCUS integrations. As a behavioral health-specialized incumbent, it competes in the same provider market while offering a much wider clinical and billing product portfolio.
• Streamline Healthcare Solutions: Streamline's SmartCare platform serves behavioral health and addiction treatment providers and carries a certified LOCUS integration. It is a comparable channel partner that also competes more broadly for behavioral health software spend.

Emerging players

• Valant: Valant is a behavioral health-focused practice management and EHR platform targeting outpatient mental health providers. It is comparable to Deerfield's provider market segment while offering broader practice management capabilities rather than specialized assessment tools.
• TherapyNotes: TherapyNotes is a behavioral health practice management and EHR platform serving individual and group therapy practices. It overlaps with Deerfield's provider market at the small-practice segment but provides general clinical documentation rather than standardized level-of-care assessment.
• SimplePractice: SimplePractice is a SaaS practice management and telehealth platform serving solo and small group behavioral health providers. It targets the same small-provider segment as Deerfield's SMB customers but focuses on scheduling, documentation, and billing rather than LOCUS-style assessment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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