Healthcare IT News September 14, 2020
Bill Siwicki

Los Angeles-based Executive Mental Health has not laid off a single provider or staff member since its shift to virtual care. Its CEO explains how.

In early March, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of skilled nursing facilities restricted access to residents. These restrictions included, but were not limited to, essential care providers, such as neuropsychologists and psychologists.

THE PROBLEM

For Executive Mental Health in Los Angeles, California, and the clients served by Executive Mental Health, these restrictions created two significant problems related to the continuation of patient care and the safety of clinicians and ancillary staff.

“With regard to patient care, Executive Mental Health primarily provides mental health care to skilled nursing facility residents, and that care was abruptly...

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