Behavioral Health Business July 1, 2022
Laura Lovett

Health care stakeholders are focusing on access to behavioral health today – and outcomes for tomorrow.

The shortage of behavioral health providers, coupled with the complexities of getting patients to the right level of care, has created a number of access hurdles for the behavioral health sector. This, in turn, has placed access as the top priority for payers and providers.

However, once access issues are solved, industry stakeholders advise that the future will be focused on measurable outcomes.

“We haven’t really addressed the supply constraints in meaningful ways, which could be done by … adding more providers to our pool; these are slow coming, but initiatives are underway,” Samir Malik, co-founder and CEO of firsthand, said during a Flare...

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