Behavioral Health Business August 30, 2024
Measurement-based care has been hailed by payers and providers as essential to promoting evidence-based, individualized treatment.
Substance use disorder (SUD) providers hoping to craft new reimbursement arrangements or improve patient outcomes must establish robust internal measurement systems.
Collecting patient data alone does not drive change, however. Providers must also leverage their findings to adjust treatment courses, engage patients and inform payers.
“When we’re looking at how to use data to improve patient outcomes and to inform patient care, it’s important to think about it as a measurement-based care model so you’re actually doing something with the data that you gather that directly impacts the course of treatment that an individual is experiencing,” Dr. Suzette Glasner, chief scientific officer of Pelago,...