Catalyst for Payment Reform May 28, 2019
The slow progress in the behavioral health space, especially toward quality and accessibility of care for behavioral health and substance use disorders (BH/SUD), is concerning. While payment reform is spreading rapidly in this as well as other areas of the health care system, there continues to be significant barriers to adequate behavioral health treatment.
Both mental health and substance use disorders are highly prevalent and costly at the state and national levels. Researchers from Milliman estimated that the price tag nationally for treating mental health and substance use disorders was $752 billion annually in 2017, representing a 7.5 percent annualized increase in costs since 2014. In California, a national survey on drug use and healthpublished by the Substance Abuse Mental...
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