Download Slides During this presentation we discuss these important steps to expanding behavioral Health Solutions in your ACO: Provide PCP access to mental health care team and psychiatry services Focus on screenings such as PQH-9, GAD-7, trauma and substance abuse Evidence-based process to reduce symptoms in 50% less time than traditional approach Deliver population-level…
The shift toward value-based payment in healthcare that countless advocates say will cut costs and improve the quality of care isn’t without its downsides. This week’s earnings show the evolution is weighing on some providers’ bottom lines. As more of Universal Health Services’ behavioral health patients move from fee-for-service Medicaid to Medicaid managed-care programs, the…
The transition to value-based care has expanded the definition of patient wellness to include both physical and social health. As patient care stretches into the community, the healthcare workforce begins to center on the community health worker. Community health workers “are frontline public health workers who have a close understanding of the community they serve,”…
Last year, Intermountain Healthcare‘s McKay-Dee Hospital in Utah opened a behavioral health center in hopes of reducing the number of patients who presented at the hospital’s ED with a behavioral health crisis—and officials say the investment is paying off, Maria Castellucci writes for Modern Healthcare. In the years before the new center opened, from 2012…
