SOC Telemed Acquires Behavioral Health Telemedicine Company Forefront, Rebrands As Access TeleCare

SOC Telemed, which provides specialty acute care telemedicine, acquired Forefront Telecare, which provides virtual behavioral health. The combined company has rebranded as Access TeleCare. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition significantly expands SOC Telemed's existing behavioral health offering, provider network, and clinical capabilities. Forefront Telecare will operate as an Access TeleCare company focused on behavioral health.

Access TeleCare was founded in 2004. It currently has more than 2,500 active telemedicine programs across 10 medical specialties in hospitals in every state in the United States. It provides telemedicine services in neurology, behavioral health, hospitalist medicine, pulmonary and critical . . .