Full-Time
Behavioral Health Care Manager
Imagine Pediatrics
201-500 employees
Value-based pediatric care for complex needs
Compensation Overview
$70k - $77k/yr
Remote in USA
Remote
Remote within the United States, with 10% travel for training and education. Must work Eastern Time schedules.
Master's
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- A master's degree with major coursework in social work or a related field is required.
- A Licensed Master Social Worker credential is required.
- An active Florida, New Jersey, or North Carolina license is required.
- Three to five years of post-graduate experience in health care social work or behavioral health case management is required.
- Experience working with pediatric populations and family systems is required.
- Proficiency in motivational interviewing practices or techniques, goal setting and intervention, and needs assessment is required.
- Knowledge of social work, including crisis prevention and intervention, is required.
- Experience providing telehealth services is required.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and the ability to work in online platforms are required.
- Strong knowledge of behavioral health principles and practices is required.
- Proficiency in trauma-informed care practices is required.
- Strong knowledge of common signs and symptoms of pediatric and adolescent mental health conditions, with the ability to identify coping difficulties, is required.
- The role requires the ability to work afternoon and evening schedules.
- An active Florida, New Jersey, or North Carolina license is required.
- The role requires 10% travel for training and education purposes.
- Monitor high-risk pediatric patients up to 21 years old, including some recently discharged from the hospital, ensuring appropriate follow-up and adjusting care plans as needed.
- Conduct biopsychosocial assessments addressing the behavioral, social, emotional, and systemic needs of patients and families.
- Create care plans for patients and families, evaluate their effectiveness, and modify them based on evolving needs and goal progression.
- Provide interventions consistent with the social, emotional, and physical needs of patients and caregivers, including responses to mental health crises, behavioral issues, and family conflict.
- Facilitate case management and support requiring clinical expertise across various systems, helping patients and families navigate the complexities of mental health diagnoses and potentially co-occurring medical conditions.
- Identify and coordinate validated external services requested by families to meet behavioral and social needs, including social service agencies and behavioral specialists.
- Respond to crises by de-escalating and stabilizing patients and family members.
- Provide psychoeducation about mental health diagnoses and progression, treatment adherence, and related information as appropriate.
- Collaborate regularly with external care team members, including school systems, specialists, and child welfare agencies, as needed.
- Participate in scheduled consultations with an interdisciplinary team to monitor patient progress.
- Represent Imagine Pediatrics to patients, families, providers, and the community.
- Perform other duties and assume other responsibilities as assigned by the manager.
- Bilingual Spanish ability is strongly preferred.
Imagine Pediatrics delivers specialized pediatric care for children with complex health needs through 24/7 virtual and in-home services, staffed by multidisciplinary teams. It partners with health plans on value-based contracts, providing care at no direct cost to families and using a proprietary platform and mobile app to coordinate medical, behavioral, and social support. The company focuses on outcomes, not volume, and has saved partners over $65 million in 2024, setting it apart from traditional pediatric providers. Its goal is national expansion to 12 more states by 2026 while continuing to enhance technology and programs that complement families’ existing medical teams and reduce unnecessary acute care.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Growth Equity (Venture Capital)
Total Funding
$67M
Headquarters
Houston, Texas
Founded
2022
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- January 6, 2026 expansion added Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, and New York.
- March 26, 2026 report showed $65 million savings for two health-plan partners.
- Headcount reached 547 in March 2026, and active postings exceeded 70 roles.
What critics are saying
- Revenue depends on Medicaid and commercial health-plan renewals, exposing contracts to churn.
- Scaling across new states strains clinical consistency; one safety failure can trigger payer exits.
- A payer audit overturning savings attribution would collapse margins and stall national expansion.
What makes Imagine Pediatrics unique
- 2026 Impact Report shows 70,000 children served with 24/7 integrated virtual and in-home care.
- Imagine Pediatrics combines medical, behavioral, and social teams inside value-based health-plan contracts.
- Its model delivered 8,350 safe days at home and 5,000 avoided acute visits.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan
401(k) Company Match
Employer-paid short and long-term disability
Life Insurance
Paid Vacation
Paid Holidays
Paid new parent leave
Healthcare and Dependent Care FSA
Company-funded HSA
Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
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↑ 15%Mend names Eden Klein Chief Technology Officer to lead next phase of technology growth. Eden Klein brings 25+ years of healthcare technology leadership, with deep expertise in AI, data-driven innovation, and building platforms that improve patient outcomes at scale. Mend, the leader in clinically validated perioperative nutrition and remote patient monitoring, announced that Eden Klein has joined the company as Chief Technology Officer. In this role, Eden will lead Mend's data, product, engineering, and AI strategy, powering the company's next phase of growth. Eden's appointment builds on Mend's continued investment in the infrastructure and leadership needed to strengthen its remote care platform and partner ecosystem. It further advances its mission to help people heal faster, recover stronger, and live healthier through nutrition, coaching, and remote care. "As Mend scales, our technology has to move at the same pace as our clinical work," said Paul Roscoe, CEO of Mend. "Eden brings deep expertise in AI and data-driven innovation to build a platform that gets smarter as we grow. That's exactly the kind of leadership we need as we take on bigger, more complex work across the business." Eden Klein brings 25+ years of technology leadership driving innovation at the intersection of technology, data, and human-centered design, with the last decade focused on transforming healthcare across medical, behavioral, and social care. Before joining Mend, Eden served as CTO of Imagine Pediatrics, where she led the technology transformation of a whole-child care model integrating medical, behavioral, and social care for children with complex healthcare needs. Before that, she held VP of Engineering roles at Brightline and Two Chairs, scaling engineering teams and building data-driven platforms for pediatric and adult mental health care. Earlier in her career, Eden was part of the founding engineering team at Solv, a consumer healthcare access platform, and spent nearly seven years at Trulia leading data platform and search engineering. "Some of the most meaningful work of my career has been at the intersection of technology and human care - using data and technology to help care teams do their best work, and patients heal faster," said Eden Klein, CTO of Mend. "Mend's approach to nutrition and recovery is uniquely rigorous and sets a new standard for patient care. I look forward to scaling our platform and deepening our impact as we enter this next phase of growth." About Mend Mend is the healing company, delivering clinically validated nutrition and remote care that help patients recover faster and live healthier, longer lives. Mend Nutrition's surgical recovery formulas are backed by published, peer-reviewed research and are used by surgeons and hospitals nationwide. Mend's remote care program delivers the same clinical standard through personalized nutrition guidance, remote patient monitoring, and clinical support, in partnership with a patient's care team. Learn more at mend.me.
Imagine Pediatrics has expanded its 24/7 virtual and in-home care service to Tennessee and New Jersey, bringing its total reach to more than 100,000 children with special health care needs across nine states and Washington DC. The expansion adds 28,000 children to the programme. The tech-enabled paediatric medical group works with health plans and existing medical providers to deliver integrated medical, behavioural and social care. The company reports a 24% decrease in hospital admissions within 12 months of enrolment and 5,000 avoided emergency visits. Two health plan partners saved $65 million annually over a 12-month period. Imagine Pediatrics targets children with special health care needs, who represent 20% of US children but account for nearly half of paediatric healthcare spending.
After 13 years in a 'behavioral health crisis,' mom finds help through integrated care. June 10, 2026 Kelli's story. Kelli and her sons, 16-year-old Ahav and 15-year-old Analiel, are getting used to something that has been far too infrequent for their family over the last 13 years - peace and joy. At the age of 3, both Ahav and Analiel were diagnosed with autism. By 5, they were both diagnosed with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder and a year later, they began to experience anxiety and depression. By age 7, Ahav and Analiel were both diagnosed on the schizophrenia spectrum. Ahav has been hospitalized over 60 times and Analiel around 28 times, due to mental health issues. "Anything that you hear about the very difficult side of mental illness, you could probably name it and we've experienced it," Kelli said. Kelli has countless stories of navigating suicide attempts, moments of mental health crisis and everything in between. "It got very dark," she said, "very dark." Finding a solution for pediatric mental health needs. In the midst of that crisis, Kelli got a call. It was someone from an organization called Imagine Pediatrics, offering virtual behavioral health services, as part of Kelli's UnitedHealthcare plan. Imagine Pediatrics is a tech-enabled pediatric medical group that provides 24/7 integrated virtual and in-home care for children and adolescents with special health care needs. Founded in 2022, and supported by an investment from Optum Ventures, part of UnitedHealth Group, Imagine Pediatrics recognized the need for increased access to care for medically complex children. They partner with health plans, existing medical providers, caregivers and community resources to deliver care that is proactive and personalized - with the goal of more safe days at home. "We cater to the patients and the families. It's the best care possible," said Jennifer Tu, a member of the Imagine Pediatrics mobile integrated care team. "And it truly helps them understand how we can support them and it decreases that unnecessary utilization in the hospital, or even just simple things like calling 911." Imagine Pediatrics works with UnitedHealthcare to provide families an extra layer of support and help ensure families get the care they need, when they need it. "This partnership is impactful because Imagine Pediatrics is reimagining health care alongside UnitedHealthcare," said Seperia Preston, behavioral health therapist with Imagine Pediatrics. "We're working together to build a brighter tomorrow for our clients and families." Creating wraparound support. Now, instead of making a trip to the hospital, Kelli reaches out to Imagine Pediatrics when in need of medical or mental health support for Ahav and Analiel. "I didn't have to go to the ER for the first time in their lives during a psychiatric crisis," Kelli said. "(Imagine Pediatrics) was able to, through the phone, through a video chat, de-escalate both of them, set up a safety plan and then said to me 'so, how often do you want us to check back in with you tonight?'" In addition to care received during emergency situations, Ahav, Analiel - and Kelli - receive ongoing support from Imagine Pediatrics as part of their wraparound services. Ahav and Analiel both participate in weekly talk therapy, and Kelli has gotten dietary guidance for her sons, as well as help facilitating pharmacy refills. "So anytime something is happening with the boys, you know, medically or psychiatrically, Imagine Pediatrics is now my first call and, and has been ever since we started with them," Kelli said. The impact of integrated care. "I cannot say that we would be sitting in this space without UnitedHealthcare and without Imagine Pediatrics," Kelli said. Kelli said the integrated care Ahav and Analiel have received have helped build their self-confidence and given them both a feeling of internal peace - now that they have triumphed past the pain. "We took five trips this year. They're going to school. They're making all As and Bs, they have friends," Kelli said. "I have a family again."
Imagine Pediatrics raises $67M to expand access to value-based care for children with special health care needs.
Imagine Pediatrics has secured $67 million in funding to enhance virtual and in-home healthcare for children with special needs. Key investors include Oak HC/FT, Optum Ventures, Rubicon Founders, and the Autism Impact Fund. The funding will support the expansion of their care model, which has served 40,000 children and completed nearly 300,000 patient visits, resulting in significant cost savings and improved health outcomes.