Who's Managing Your Patients’ Behavioral Health?
evolvedMD leads the integration of behavioral health services in modern primary care. Uniquely upfront and ongoing, our distinctive model not only places, but embeds, behavioral health specialists onsite at your practice that allows for immediate collaborative care. We offer an economically viable and innovative way to integrate behavioral health that ultimately drives improved patient outcomes.
Our Mission
Reduce Stigma & Normalize Behavioral Health
People are suffering and not receiving adequate care - if at all. Four in 10 adults are experiencing at least one adverse mental or behavioral health symptom. Rates of treatment for depression are already low and treatment is often inadequate with less than half of patients suffering from the most severe forms of depression receiving any type of intervention or care. At evolvedMD we are dedicated to reducing stigma and normalizing the need to seek help which includes advocating for expanded access to quality behavioral health resources for all.
Deliver Best-In-Class Modern Care
We help providers deliver modern care. Beyond telehealth, we believe in on-site, embedded, and whole patient care in the patients’ preferred setting. evolvedMD’s model aligns with respected data research firm RAND Corporation's mental healthcare transformation recommendations. Our model accomplishes outstanding outcomes for both providers and patients.
Focus on Everyone
People-centered, evolvedMD values everyone. Patients, providers, and partners drive our business. But our team drives our impact. Recognized by Phoenix Business Journal as one of the “Best Places to Work”, we live the model we preach. We ensure clinicians and everyone else we work with feel empowered and supported. Our approach has been so well received that we have increased access for more than 730,000 patients - and growing.
Our Story
Conceptualized in 2015 and launched in 2017, evolvedMD was formed as a byproduct of a family challenge experienced by one of its founders. Originally created as a primary care medication management program, evolvedMD transformed into a complete behavioral health solution as the high prevalence of conditions like depression among patients came to light. Even though over 80% of the program’s chronically ill patients screened positive for depression, none of them had access to crucial resources.
Change was needed. Traditional silos stood in the way of true patient wellness. evolvedMD radically reimagined the traditional behavioral health model and pivoted to integrate into primary care. Patients and providers welcomed the innovative approach. Initially introduced in 2017 to support the behavioral health needs of eight primary care providers (PCPs) across three sites, evolvedMD continues to expand and now provides upfront and ongoing modern care for over 400 primary care providers across 70+ sites with the ability to grow and scale exponentially. To date, we have served 15,000 patients and increased access to care to 730,000.
Our Innovative Approach
Patients are best served when primary care and behavioral health work together. Psychiatric Collaborative Care Management (CoCM), the industry gold standard, is designed to help primary care providers meet their patients’ behavioral health needs. Clinically validated and patient-focused, this model significantly improves patient outcomes.
evolvedMD is dedicated to whole patient care. We are also committed to enhancing the traditional CoCM Model — ensuring patients receive seamless services. Clinics become a comprehensive solution for the full spectrum of physical and behavioral health services when evolvedMD is embedded.
Our Founders
Erik Osland
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Industry virtuoso turned serial entrepreneur, Erik Osland stands on the leading edge of healthcare innovation as a founding partner of evolvedMD, which continues year-over-year double-digit growth since its 2017 launch. Erik leads the overall customer experience, company development and expansion including securing more than $5 million in Series A funding, and elevating the conversation surrounding behavioral health integration within primary care.
He also founded a clinical lab venture specializing in anatomical pathology services that was ultimately acquired by one of the nation’s largest diagnostic laboratories in 2020. He is an advisor to the Arizona State Physician's Association, avid golfer, and resident of Paradise Valley, Arizona, where he is raising two children with his wife Brooke.
When he is not in the office, in the board room, or on the green, you can find him with his wife Brooke and two children, Perry and March, at their home in Paradise Valley, Arizona.
Steve Biljan
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Fellow founding partner Steve Biljan walked the talk of the power of life-altering behavioral health interventions en route to evolvedMD, having first been shaped, molded, and influenced by his upgrading, a story of courage and resilience in Minnesota, before dedicating his career to ensuring individuals and families who need quality mental health services receive them in a way that is not only accessible but impactful.
Steve oversees daily operations, finance, and corporate strategy while developing a team of committed clinicians and mental health activists. A native Minnesotan who now splits time between San Diego and Scottsdale, you can find Steve outside in a garden or on a run, doing his best to cook an elaborate meal, or spending time with his partner and friends outside of spreadsheets and strategy sessions.