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Strategic Behavioral Health Partnership: Enhancing Local Community-Based Hospital Outcomes
October 21, 2021More community-based health systems are leveraging strategic partnerships to help navigate the fluctuating and complex healthcare landscape, especially those within the behavioral health space. Research from JAMA Network Open supports this trend, stating local community hospitals that partner with larger health systems are linked to improved mortality outcomes for…
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CMS’ 2022: How Will it Impact Behavioral Health?
October 06, 2021The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF PPS), for fiscal year (FY) 2022. The payment rule took effect October 1, 2021.
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5 Ways Enhanced Behavioral Health Operational Expertise Benefits Recruitment and Retention
September 29, 2021The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated an already-existing shortage of healthcare workers, and as a result, many health systems are struggling to keep up with COVID-19 patient surges as well as patients experiencing behavioral health illnesses brought on by the pandemic.
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Strategies to effectively provide behavioral health to community-based areas
September 21, 2021Lack of behavioral health access and education in non-urban communities, especially ones largely populated by farmers, has become a growing issue across the nation. This concern is expected to increase if health systems do not respond appropriately.
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Behavioral Health Access: Urban Community Challenges and Opportunities
August 09, 2021Today, more than 50% of the global population is living in cities, and by 2050 this rate is expected to increase to nearly 70%.1 As more individuals migrate to urban communities, the risk of developing a mental or behavioral health illness rises. This sense of over-population leads to crowded emergency rooms and mental health treatment centers – impeding an individual’s ability to receive high-quality services.
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The Connection Between Service Line Co-location and Hospital Success
July 26, 2021Now more than ever, it is important for providers to be flexible in their ability to respond to current and future patient needs as the medically complex patient population continues to increase. But flexibility isn’t just important in an immediate crisis— it’s something healthcare leaders should be thinking about amid a rapidly changing healthcare landscape.
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Opportunities to Address Behavioral Health Challenges in Community-based Hospitals
July 21, 2021Local communities continue to experience unique challenges that often create substantial obstacles for health systems to provide, and community members to receive, proper behavioral health treatment.
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Addressing the Growing Behavioral Health Population: Key Strategies
June 02, 2021Drastic spikes in behavioral health issues are impacting communities across the nation as individuals continue to navigate stressors brought on by the pandemic. Recent 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 once COVID-19 subsides.
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Benefits of Electronic Health Records for Behavioral Health Treatment
April 26, 2021As issues surrounding the access and quality of behavioral health treatment continue to be addressed, so will the need of efficiently and effectively compiling and storing vital patient data. By doing so, hospitals and treatment centers can help ensure a patient’s mental health, among other factors, are properly monitored, in turn allowing a facility to provide tailored treatment plans for optimal outcomes and reduced readmission risk.
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Addressing Unmet Needs for Behavioral Health Patients
April 14, 2021The need for high quality behavioral health services has increased over the past year as research suggests that roughly 20% of the U.S. population may have behavioral health disorders, yet nearly 60% have unmet needs.1 This staggering statistic has created a community-wide impact – especially as the rapidly-growing aging population is not being adequately treated.
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ATI Advisory Highlights Growing Behavioral Health Need
March 25, 2021A recent research article published by ATI Advisory highlights the increasing need of behavioral health services in various hospital settings as the current Case Mix Index (CMI) indicates a continued increase in medically complex and seriously ill patients due to COVID-19.
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