Brightwell Behavioral Health

What Brightwell Behavioral Health does

Brightwell Behavioral Health (legal entity: Clarksville Psych Hospital dba Brightwell Behavioral Health) is a private, for-profit acute inpatient psychiatric hospital operating from a single facility at 1612 Blackiston View Drive, Clarksville, Indiana. Founded in 2019 and led by CEO Wendy Briggs, the company specializes in short-term inpatient psychiatric care for the older adult population, treating conditions including anxiety, psychosis, schizophrenia, behavior disturbances, and depression. The facility is purpose-built for geriatric patients and staffs a multidisciplinary team of geriatric psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, medical doctors, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, registered dietitians, master's-level therapists, and certified recreational therapists, supported by a 24/7 Clinical Liaison Team handling provider, family, and self-referrals.

The company operates one core product line — acute inpatient psychiatric hospital services — and generates revenue through per diem charges for psychiatric semi-private room and board, with a posted gross charge of $2,100 per day and payer-specific negotiated rates ranging from $706 (Anthem PPO/HMO) to $1,371 (Medicaid and select Medicare Advantage plans), implying a median negotiated rate near $997 per day. The business accepts Medicare, Medicaid, and major commercial payers including United Healthcare/Optum, Aetna, Anthem, Humana, and Signature Advantage, and complies with CMS hospital price transparency and HIPAA requirements. The go-to-market is sales-led and referral-driven rather than direct-to-consumer, with all patient acquisition flowing through a 24-hour clinical intake hotline, a dedicated referral e-fax, and outreach to providers, patients, and families across Southern Indiana and Northern Kentucky.

The company has no disclosed technology platform, AI/ML capability, mobile app, or API, and no information is provided on funding rounds, ownership structure, investors, or financial performance. Operational scale is implied at 51–100 employees and a single physical site, making the business a focused, single-asset operator in a niche geriatric psychiatry segment rather than a multi-site or platform business.

Name

Brightwell Behavioral Health

Legal name

Clarksville Psych Hospital dba Brightwell Behavioral Health

Website

https://brightwellbehavioral.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Brightwell Behavioral Health is a private, single-facility acute inpatient psychiatric hospital in Clarksville, Indiana, providing specialized geriatric mental health care for seniors with anxiety, psychosis, schizophrenia, and depression across Southern Indiana and Northern Kentucky.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Inpatient Psychiatric Care

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitals (HLAFAHAH)

Keywords

• Geriatric psychiatry
• Inpatient psychiatric care
• Behavioral health hospital
• Older adult mental health
• Acute psychiatric services

Headquarters

HQ city

Clarksville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Inpatient Psychiatric Care: Per diem charges for psychiatric semi-private room and board (all-inclusive). Gross charge of $2,100 per day with payer-specific negotiated rates varying by insurance provider (ranging from $706 to $1,371 depending on payer and plan). Financial assistance and payment arrangements available for eligible patients.
2. Shoppable Services: Consumer-friendly list of shoppable services available for advance scheduling. Services include descriptions, relevant codes, gross charges, discounted cash prices, payer-specific negotiated charges, and de-identified minimum and maximum negotiated charges.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Brightwell Behavioral Health operates an acute inpatient psychiatric hospital in Clarksville, Indiana, providing short-term, 24-hour specialized psychiatric care primarily for the older adult population. Treatment is delivered by a multidisciplinary team (geriatric psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, medical doctors, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, dietitians, therapists, and recreational therapists) for conditions including anxiety, psychosis, schizophrenia, behavior disturbances, and depression. The facility is purpose-built to provide a safe, comfortable environment for seniors and serves patients throughout Southern Indiana and Northern Kentucky.

Product overview

Brightwell Behavioral Health operates as an acute inpatient psychiatric hospital specializing in care for the older adult population, serving patients throughout Southern Indiana and Northern Kentucky. The company offers a unified inpatient psychiatric care service that integrates three core components: Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital Services (providing 24-hour specialized psychiatric care), a Multidisciplinary Treatment Program (delivered by a team of geriatric psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, medical doctors, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, dietitians, therapists, and recreational therapists), and Referrals and Admissions Services (offering round-the-clock clinical liaison support with remote assessment, paperwork coordination, and post-discharge follow-up). All services are delivered from a single facility location in Clarksville, Indiana.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital Services Short-term acute inpatient psychiatric hospitalization delivered 24 hours a day by a multidisciplinary team, primarily designed for the older adult population, for conditions including anxiety, psychosis, schizophrenia, behavior disturbances, and depression. Delivered at a single purpose-built facility in Clarksville, Indiana.
• Inpatient Care Specialized, short-term inpatient psychiatric care for adults, with an emphasis on seniors, in a facility purpose-built to provide a safe, comfortable atmosphere for effective treatment.
• Multidisciplinary Treatment Program A comprehensive treatment program delivered by a multidisciplinary team (geriatric psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, medical doctors, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, registered dietitians, master's-level therapists, and certified recreational therapists) with an individualized plan of care developed with full team participation for each patient.
• Referrals and Admissions Services Round-the-clock referral and admission services staffed by a Clinical Liaison Team that accepts referrals from providers, patients, and families and conducts remote assessment, paperwork coordination with the POA/patient/family, and post-discharge follow-up.

Named customers6 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Wellpath: Wellpath provides inpatient behavioral health services across multiple states, including psychiatric hospital operations that compete for the same commercial and government insurance contracts as Brightwell.
• Acadia Healthcare: Acadia Healthcare operates one of the largest networks of inpatient behavioral health facilities in the U.S. Both Brightwell and Acadia run acute inpatient psychiatric hospitals targeting similar patient populations, with shared dependence on commercial and government payers.
• Universal Health Services (UHS) Behavioral Health: UHS operates one of the largest behavioral health divisions in the country, with over 300 inpatient facilities including acute psychiatric hospitals comparable to Brightwell's single-site operation.

Regional players

• Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services: Pine Rest operates one of the largest free-standing behavioral health hospitals in the Midwest with acute inpatient psychiatric units serving geriatric populations, comparable to Brightwell's specialty inpatient model.
• Ascension (St. Vincent) Behavioral Health: Ascension operates inpatient psychiatric hospitals and behavioral health units in Indiana and Kentucky that directly overlap with Brightwell's Southern Indiana / Northern Kentucky service area.

Broad incumbents

• HCA Healthcare: HCA operates dozens of inpatient psychiatric hospitals and units within its broader hospital portfolio, including geriatric-focused programs that compete with Brightwell for the same senior patient population.

Emerging players

• Newport Healthcare: Newport operates inpatient psychiatric facilities with individualized care plans and multidisciplinary teams, sharing Brightwell's specialty inpatient model — though Newport is more adolescent-focused, providing useful comparison on operating model design.
• Signet Healthcare (Signature Healthcare): Signature Advantage operates Medicare Advantage plans listed as a Brightwell payer; Signature Healthcare and its affiliated facilities often run geriatric-focused behavioral health programs in overlapping Midwestern and Southern geographies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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