Behavioral Health Business March 27, 2023
Eating disorders often go untreated. And when treated, it’s typically during a crisis, driving up care costs.
But value-based care models could help lower the total cost of care by providing access to lower-acuity treatment and integrated care teams. Payers expanding access and wrap-around services to patients with an eating disorder often see cost savings on the medical side, perhaps even more than on the behavioral health side.
“If you were to take Cigna and go through all of the claims that have at least one eating disorder diagnosis on a claim, 80% of those people will be in the top third of the spend,” David Willcutts, CEO of Accanto Health, said at Behavioral Health Business’ VALUE. “Think about...
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