Behavioral health

The behavioral health crisis won't change unless we change the way we approach it. When organizations make notable progress on behavioral health and health equity goals, there are positive ripple effects across the industry. Our work uncovers the tangible steps leaders must take to meaningfully and equitably restructure the behavioral healthcare system.

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Understand key stakeholders in behavioral health

Get a better understanding of the roles of the primary stakeholders in the behavioral health care sector — including organizations that deliver and pay for care. Each installment includes an overview of the stakeholder's primary behavioral health services, target patient/member population, and financial model.

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Assess the maturity of behavioral health programs

Benchmark your progress and identify focus areas with this maturity model that assesses your organization's behavioral health strategic function.

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Listen to one organization's approach to behavioral health

Guest host Abby Burns invites ChristianaCare's Chief Biopsychosocial Officer, Erin Booker, to discuss how Erin is driving — and making the case for — a comprehensive and holistic behavioral health care strategy.

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3 leaders are driving progress in behavioral healthcare. Here’s how.

Leaders from FloridaBlue, ShatterProof, and ChristianaCare are tackling behavioral healthcare in different ways. But their central point is the same: If you make behavioral healthcare a priority, you can drive meaningful progress.

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5 ways the 2024 MPFS final rule will impact behavioral healthcare

CMS' 2024 MPFS final rule targets key shortcomings in our behavioral healthcare system. Learn how it addresses issues around workforce, reimbursement, and other root causes of system dysfunction.

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Your behavioral health and VBC strategies should work together. Here's why.

Organizations that don’t account for behavioral health when building up their value-based care (VBC) capabilities are missing a major piece of the puzzle. But see why incorporating behavioral health in your VBC strategy may not be as big a lift as you think.

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The role of digital health vendors in behavioral health care

Learn about the range of therapeutic services digital health vendors can deliver to behavioral health patients.

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Safe Haven Cafés

ED alternatives for patients experiencing mental and behavioral health needs

Case Study

Expedite behavioural health care in the emergency department

Learn how Oxford Health National Health Services (NHS) Trust in Oxford, UK successfully embedded telepsychiatry in their ED and improved both clinical and experience patient outcomes.

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3 leaders are driving progress in behavioral healthcare. Here’s how.

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Your behavioral health and VBC strategies should work together. Here's why.

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Expert Insight

3 leaders are driving progress in behavioral healthcare. Here’s how.

Expert Insight

5 ways the 2024 MPFS final rule will impact behavioral healthcare

CMS' 2024 MPFS final rule targets key shortcomings in our behavioral healthcare system. Learn how it addresses issues around workforce, reimbursement, and other root causes of system dysfunction.

Expert Insight

Your behavioral health and VBC strategies should work together. Here's why.

Expert Insight

3 ways consumer preferences are driving healthcare facility design

As consumer care preferences continue to evolve, healthcare facility design must adapt. Learn how outpatient facilities, virtual care, and mental health and wellness services are shaping the future of facility planning — and discover strategies to stay competitive in the changing healthcare landscape.

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How GRAND Mental Health reduced psychiatric inpatient hospitalizations by 93%

To avoid unnecessary emergency department utilization and better connect people experiencing behavioral health crises to the appropriate care, GRAND Mental Health developed an innovative crisis care model that reduced psychiatric inpatient hospitalization by 93%.

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How Shatterproof established national substance use care standards

Learn how Shatterproof fostered industry consensus to promote consistent and accountable substance use treatment.

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CareOregon’s 3 partnerships to reduce the behavioral health workforce shortage

Leveraging partnerships to create short- and long-term change in the workforce supply

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