KevinMD December 30, 2023
It’s been two years since the American Academy of Pediatrics declared a national state of emergency in children’s mental health. Yet sadly, very little has changed. This year, 25 percent of youth have been diagnosed with a mental health condition. More than 20 percent of teens have seriously considered suicide, and more than 40 percent of high school students reported that they’d felt so sad or hopeless within the past year that they were unable to do their regular activities. These grim statistics continue to rise annually. Our kids are struggling, and our urgent responsibility is to help them. To do that, we must deal with the issues of insurance contracting, networks, and reimbursement in the commercial market. After all,...