HealthLeaders Media December 1, 2021
Behavioral health is among the most challenging patient service offerings at health systems and hospitals.
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– Even in a good financial year, subsidization is required to address inadequate reimbursement of behavioral health services, says one director of behavioral health.
– Behavioral health programs reduce the total cost of care at health systems, says another senior medical director of behavioral health.
Editor’s note: This story appears in the November/December 2021 edition of HealthLeaders magazine.
HealthLeaders talked to several health system and hospital executives who identified three primary challenges in their behavioral health programs. They struggle with inadequate reimbursement for behavioral health services, patient access, and workforce shortages of psychiatrists and other behavioral health professionals.
Sabina Lim, MD, MPH, system...
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