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Behavioral Health Integration programs work, but billing continues to be a major hurdle for many organizations. 💰 🔎 How can we make it easier to focus on patient care? Dr. Jennifer Thomas, co-national medical director for integrated care at the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) shares her experience in this article. 🗞 #cfha #cocm #behavioralhealth #integration #integratedaddiction

Primary care providers: Want to better serve your patients and meet their whole health needs? Integrating behavioral health services will transform your practice, improve patient outcomes, and position you as the leading practice in your community. Learn the top benefits of evolvedMD's approach for patients: #collaborativecare #primarycare #mentalhealthmatters

#tulane #integratedcare #primarycare "An expert panel convened by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine suggested that primary care initiatives have been wrongly evaluated based on short-term savings rather than on promoting high-quality primary care....behavioral health integration into primary care can effectively improve depression and anxiety symptoms, physical and mental health quality of life, social role functioning, and patient satisfaction compared with usual care." third verse same as the first #collaborative #Mentalhealthmonth https://lnkd.in/giU9wedk

Addressing these issues will require collaboration among state agencies, healthcare providers, and community organizations over the coming years. 1) Increasing Funding: Boosting state and federal investment in mental health facilities and services. 2) Expanding Facilities: Developing new treatment centers and increasing the capacity of existing ones. 3) Integrating Services: Creating a more cohesive system that combines mental health care with primary health services. 4) Workforce Development: Training and retaining more mental health professionals to meet demand. 5) Community-Based Solutions: Enhancing outpatient services and crisis intervention programs to reduce the need for inpatient beds. 6) Policy Reforms: Advocating for changes in regulations that may hinder the expansion of mental health services.

RTI International's new study, Behavioral Health Parity – Pervasive Disparities in Access to In-Network Care Continue, includes an analysis of out-of-network use and reimbursement rates across all 50 states. The five states with the greatest disparities in out-of-network use for behavioral health clinician office visits as compared to medical/surgical clinician office visits: - Maryland - Massachusetts - Maine - Rhode Island - Washington Access the report below to learn more. #mentalhealth #accesstocare #parity

Sutter, Concert Health partner to improve behavioural health care services The collaboration aims to make treatment more accessible in four Northern California cities. https://lnkd.in/gBpKJNtH

More about the recent hospital study by the Minnesota Department of Health Minnesota Department of Health and Wilder Research, as reported by KARE 11. The study, focusing on 33 emergency departments across the state, found that 18% of patients requiring behavioral health services experienced delays in transfer or discharge. These delays averaged 25 hours longer than necessary, Kristin Dillon, co-author of the study and Associate Director of Research at Wilder, emphasizes: "The most common reason for discharge delays is the lack of available bed space in a safe setting." This research underscores the critical need for increased inpatient bed capacity and streamlined mental healthcare access. Watch the video, and access the report here: https://lnkd.in/d3zEKFPi #mentalhealth #healthcareaccess #publichealth

RTI International's new study, Behavioral Health Parity – Pervasive Disparities in Access to In-Network Care Continue, includes an analysis of out-of-network use and reimbursement rates across all 50 states. The five states with the greatest disparities in out-of-network use for behavioral health clinician office visits as compared to medical/surgical clinician office visits: - Maryland - Massachusetts - Maine - Rhode Island - Washington Access the report below to learn more. #mentalhealth #accesstocare #parity

Thought-provoking insights on the delivery of physical and mental health care services, a market dynamic facing the healthcare ecosystem by Matthew McNaghten and Mahipal Jain from #CognizantConsulting Monica Weekes; Mohd Haque; Gagan Syal; Ross Erlebacher; Jagan Ramachandran; Roma Sharma; James Mondi; Sanjay Subramanian

Even in states that have proper behavioral healthcare, many people still lack access to this life-changing and life-saving care.However, there are ways that those of us in the behavioral health field can increase access to care for people who need it. This piece by Julie Wertheimer and Brandee Izquierdo, Ph.D. shares 4 different strategies we can use, and all four can be facilitated by implementing a technology infrastructure designed to support them. Whether it is time-sensitive coordination of care across providers, addressing people's complex needs across multiple sectors, or scaling up pilot programs, all can be aided with software programs like the ones BHL and similar developers have designed. Even the last strategy--being creative with funding streams--can be significantly aided through seamless data collection and reporting capabilities that are essential aspects of these technologies. Check this article out and think about how you are using technologies in your system to implement these strategies! #CrisisCare #AccessibleCare #BehavioralHealth