What Spring Health's acquisition of Alma means for Alma providers

If you're an Alma provider reading this, you probably have questions about what our new chapter as "Alma, part of Spring Health" means for your practice. Let me start with what matters most: nothing you or your clients rely on today is changing. Your tools, support, pricing, and contracts continue as they are. Your clinical judgment, practice autonomy, and client relationships stay at the center of everything we do.

Key takeaways

• We are now "Alma, part of Spring Health." Alma was acquired by Spring Health and continues under my leadership as founder and CEO. I have also joined Spring Health's leadership team.
• Nothing about your day-to-day practice changes. Same tools, same support team, same pricing, same contracts, same peer community, same cost-free CEUs.
• Your clients continue their care without interruption. Insurance coverage and provider participation in health plans do not change as a result of the acquisition.
• One early improvement is already in progress. When members leave an employer that offers Spring Health, they can continue care through an Alma provider, creating a new referral pathway for providers across the Alma network.
• The combined company's next chapter is care continuity. For providers, the next chapter is about protecting the therapeutic relationship. We want to help clients keep the provider they trust when their job or coverage changes, instead of starting over.

What actually changed

On May 1, 2026, Spring Health completed its acquisition of Alma. As of August 1, 2026, we operate as "Alma, part of Spring Health." Together, the two companies now support more than 170 million lives across employers and health plans, and Spring Health is led by co-founder and CEO April Koh alongside co-founder and President Dr. Adam Chekroud. I continue as Alma's CEO and joined Spring Health's leadership team as part of the combination.

"Our first priority is to maintain a stable, consistent experience for everyone on our platform. Upcoming changes will be communicated clearly and integrated over time." — Dr. Harry Ritter, Founder and CEO, Alma

Why did Alma join Spring Health?

Alma and Spring Health have been working for a decade toward the same goal: making high-quality mental health care easier to access and more sustainable. Alma has built relationships with major insurance payers, making it easier for providers to accept insurance and for clients to find affordable care that meets their needs. Spring Health has partnered with employers to provide fast access to mental health care with clinical outcomes independently validated in JAMA Network Open and by the Validation Institute.

Together, we can close mental health care's third and hardest barrier: continuity. Client care that stays with them through job changes, coverage transitions, and life stages, instead of resetting each time something changes. That's the opportunity that brought Alma and Spring Health together, and it's what our combined work in 2026 and beyond is focused on.

"By uniting Spring Health and Alma, we are becoming the first platform built to deliver mental health care with continuity across employment, coverage, and life stage changes." — April Koh, Co-founder and CEO, Spring Health

What does not change for Alma providers

Nothing about how you run your practice on Alma changes as a result of the acquisition:

• Tools and platform. Same experience for finding clients, working with insurance, managing scheduling, billing, and documentation.
• Support. Same support team, response times, and channels.
• Pricing and contracts. No changes to Alma provider pricing or contracts.
• Insurance participation. Same health plan contracts. You continue to be in-network with the same payers.
• Community. Peer groups, community events, and cost-free CEUs continue as they do today.
• Clinical autonomy. Your clinical judgment and how you care for clients remains yours. Alma does not, and will not, dictate care decisions.

What may improve over time

With Spring Health, we plan to make Alma an even better home for your practice. One early example: when a member leaves an employer that offers Spring Health, they can continue their care with an Alma provider. That opens a new referral pathway into your practice. It also means clients no longer have to start over when their coverage changes.

More will follow over time. We will invest in tools that cut administrative work and make delivering care easier. We will also expand referral pathways and improve navigation for clients with higher-acuity needs. Each of these gives you more time for care instead of paperwork.

Every change will be communicated clearly and rolled out gradually. The stability of your day-to-day experience comes first.

What does not change for your clients

Clients you see through Alma can continue care as usual. Insurance coverage and provider participation in health plans do not change. If a client asks whether they can keep seeing you now that Alma is part of Spring Health, the answer is yes. If you have open spots in your caseload, prospective clients can still find you through the Alma directory, with no disruption to their search experience.

Over time, the client experience will expand to include more ways to stay connected to care through job changes, health plan changes, and life events. When that expansion reaches your clients, you'll be able to keep the relationship rather than lose them to a coverage change.

Building on our foundation

We know change can create uncertainty, especially when it affects how you run your practice and care for your clients. We do not take that lightly. Together with Spring Health, we believe Alma can become an even better home for building a financially resilient practice. That means more referrals, deeper investment in your tools and support, and less administrative burden. Our commitment is to earn your trust through the value we create for you and the clients you serve.