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Three Flexible Partnership Structures Helping to Improve Care Quality and Outcomes
April 18, 2023When thinking about partnership structures, free-standing hospitals most often come to mind – but that is not always the case. In addition to the three most common hospital partnership models, there are additional structures in which partnerships can take form.
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Infographic: Benefits of Building Flexibility Into Your Hospital’s Long-term Plans
April 05, 2023As the medical complexity of patients in the U.S. continues to increase, it is important for providers to be flexible in their ability to respond to current and future patient needs. This has been proven to be especially vital as the COVID-19 public health emergency demonstrated the need for health systems to have flexible bed capacity and care models.
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Behavioral Health Staffing Strains: Where Do Hospital Priorities Lie?
April 03, 2023As behavioral health leaders continue to navigate the intricacies of healthcare environment – including rapidly rising patient admissions, regulatory shifts and overcrowded emergency departments (EDs) – experts note that the ongoing staffing shortage will continue to be the largest pain point throughout 2023.1
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Behavioral Health in the Primary Care Setting: 5 Areas of Positive Impact
March 28, 2023Behavioral health integration within the primary care setting can play a pivotal role in a hospital’s ability to generate improved patient satisfaction and outcomes, as well as enhanced hospital efficiency and overall care quality.
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Customizable Partnership Solutions Tailored to Unique Hospital Needs
March 13, 2023Partnership has become a leading strategy to efficiently improve quality while continuing to meet the needs of the growing medically complex patient population. While common, partnership is most often thought of in terms of joint-ventures but come in many shapes and sizes. Every hospital and community is different, and therefore a one-size-fits-all partnership strategy does not work.
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The Impact Prolonged Length of Stay has on Hospital Financial Performance
March 08, 2023At the end of 2022, 68% of hospitals were projected to operate at a financial loss due to barriers with inflation, rising operational costs and ongoing clinical labor shortages.1
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Reducing Unnecessary ED Visits Can Lead to Significant Cost Savings: How Behavioral Health Can Help
February 27, 2023Emergency departments (EDs) have the potential to experience over $4 billion in annual cost savings if adequate mental health resources continue to grow in communities across the nation, notes a recent American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) report.
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Infographic: 4 Benefits of Behavioral Health Partnership for Hospital Performance
February 15, 2023Workforce shortages, restricted patient access and shifting reimbursement are among the top challenges facing hospitals trying to meet the growing behavioral health population. Addressing today’s need is vital to help safeguard the overall health of their local community, and to relieve demand from emergency departments and other key areas of a hospital’s operations.
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Reducing Claims Denials: A Key Focus for Health Leaders in 2023
February 06, 2023Claims denials have increased between 10%-15% according to a recent Experian Health survey of over 200 heath leaders.
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Addressing the Growing Behavioral Health Population: 3 Key Strategies
January 30, 2023Recent research highlights that one in five U.S. adults, or 47.6 million people, experience mental illness each year.1 These spikes are an extension of an ongoing crisis in behavioral health globally and are not expected to decrease in the coming years.
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American’s Mental Health Crisis: Where Do We Stand as a Nation?
January 16, 202390% of Americans believe there is a mental health crisis, according to a recent survey conducted by CNN and the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Technology’s Role in Improving Health Equity
December 14, 2022As hospitals work to fill gaps in their clinical workforce and elevate their financial performance, many are finding relief in digital technology’s ability to meet the unique needs of their community.
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A Kaufman Hall Report: How Hospitals are Strengthening Financial Performance Amid Toughest Year to Date
December 07, 20222022 was one of the most financially straining years for hospitals, according to a Kaufman Hall study of 86 hospital and health system leaders.
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Behavioral Health Integration: Addressing Community Demographics for Improved Patient Outcomes
December 06, 2022Over the past several years, deaths associated with behavioral health illnesses have seen continued growth.
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Debunking 11 decision-making myths: A Harvard Business Review Report
November 29, 2022When faced with a complicated decision, many of us fall into counterproductive behaviors that can hinder our ability to make well-informed choices. Hear from Harvard Business Review leader, Cheryl Einhorn, as she dispels 11 myths about decision-making, and provides tips on how to avoid making these common mistakes in the future.
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Enhancing Behavioral Health Access to Meet the Growing Opportunity in Urban Communities
November 18, 2022In addition to the unique challenges and opportunities occurring in local communities, urban communities have their own hurdles to overcome in order to improve the access and overall quality of behavioral health services to its members.
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Strategies to Improve Behavioral Health Access in Local Communities
November 10, 2022As health systems work to effectively treat the 47.6 million individuals experiencing mental illness each year1, they must first identify one of the key factors contributing to this growing issue – location.
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New Survey Results Uncover Rising Mental Health Concerns
October 24, 202252 million people in the U.S are currently living with a mental health issue while more than 112 million Americans reside in areas where mental health services are scarce.1
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Infographic: Increase Geriatric Behavioral Health Access through Partnership
September 16, 2022By 2030, it is estimated that nearly 14 million Americans over the age of 55 will have a mental health or substance use disorder – an increase of 57 percent from 2012.1 This growing number has pushed behavioral health to the forefront of hospital strategic priorities.
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Understanding and Overcoming the Rising Adolescent Mental Health Crisis: 4 Factors
August 30, 2022More than 44 percent of high school students reported persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness in 2021 – an increase from 27 percent in 2004, as noted by the CDC.1
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