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Bridging the Behavioral Health Gap

Bridging the Behavioral Health Gap: Top Five Resources for Talent Development and Retention

While nearly 40% of behavioral health leaders identify workforce issues—specifically staff retention and recruitment—as a top priority in 2026, the path to a solution isn't always clear. Additionally, overcoming these challenges and maintaining continuity of care is difficult when attempted alone. For many healthcare organizations, strategic partnership remains the most...

The Power of Co-Location: Maximizing Hospital Outcomes Through Integrated Service Lines

The Power of Co-Location: Maximizing Hospital Outcomes Through Integrated Service Lines

As we move through 2026, the medical complexity of the average U.S. patient has reached a new peak.* With an aging population and an increasing number of patients with co-morbidities, healthcare providers must be more agile than ever. In today’s landscape, flexibility is no longer a luxury; it is a core...

Healthcare Headlines from the Hill

Healthcare Headlines from the Hill: April Edition

Stay ahead of the latest regulatory shifts and healthcare breaking news with Headlines from the Hill. In this month’s edition you will find: CMS releases 2027 IRF Proposed Rule. President’s 2027 budget request recap: Healthcare priorities. Medicare Area Wage Index bill update. Workforce Loan Repayment bill update. CMS releases 2027 IRF Proposed Rule. The Center for Medicare...

The Power of Hospital Partnership: How Dual Specialty Integration Boosts Outcomes

The Power of Hospital Partnership: How Dual Specialty Integration Boosts Outcomes

Specialty hospitals, especially those with multiple care offerings, are known to excel in patient-centered care by offering personalized treatment plans, resulting in better outcomes and positive patient satisfaction rates.* The growing number of patients with multiple health conditions makes specialized service lines more critical than ever. Partnership has proven especially valuable...

The Strategic Value of Behavioral Health Units in Hospital Operations

The Strategic Value of Behavioral Health Units in Hospital Operations

In today’s healthcare environment, the emergency department (ED) is increasingly the first, and often only, point of contact for patients experiencing a mental health crisis. While the ED plays a critical role in stabilization, it is not designed to provide the specialized, ongoing care these patients require. Hospitals nationwide are responding...

Optimizing Hospital Performance Through Specialized Behavioral Health Partnership: Infographic

Optimizing Hospital Performance Through Specialized Behavioral Health Partnership: Infographic

In an era of clinical workforce constraints and evolving reimbursement models, integrated behavioral health is a critical lever for hospital stability. Beyond simply meeting patient demand, a specialized partnership serves as a key performance driver, alleviating pressure on emergency departments, improving throughput and stabilizing margins.View the infographic to see how...

A New Standard of Care: Delivering Behavioral Health That Aligns with Community Needs

A New Standard of Care: Delivering Behavioral Health That Aligns with Community Needs

In 2024, 45 million people reported being in recovery from a mental health condition, while an additional 23.5 million reported being in recovery from a substance use disorder.

Unlock Improved Patient Outcomes & Lower Costs with Behavioral Health Integration

Unlock Improved Patient Outcomes & Lower Costs with Behavioral Health Integration

Now more than ever, integrating behavioral health into a hospital’s core operations has become critical for not only a patient’s well-being and outcomes, but also the financial stability of the overall hospital.

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Case Study: TGH with Lifepoint Rehabilitation and Lifepoint Behavioral Health

Partnering with Lifepoint Health expanded both the acute care rehabilitation and behavioral health services, ultimately improving care quality and outcomes for Tampa General Hospital (TGH). Through this, TGH is now able to provide the community with two new state-of-the-art facilities, specialized expertise and aligned values. The rehab challenge TGH’s original acute rehab...

Behavioral Health’s Role in Relieving Emergency Department Strains

Behavioral Health’s Role in Relieving Emergency Department Strains

The growing disparity between community need for psychiatric beds and limited resources forces behavioral health patients to turn to emergency departments (EDs) as a solution. These acute settings, however, are ill-equipped for specialized behavioral health needs, leading to ED operational strain through overwhelming admissions, bed shortages and ineffective treatment.

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