When it comes to creating new behavioral health facilities, buying used may be a better bet than building new. Adaptive reuse conversions involve transforming buildings previously used for another purpose into behavioral health facilities. An increasing portion of the facilities adapted to behavioral health uses are skilled nursing facilities (SNF) or assisted living facilities. If […]
Pyramid Healthcare will undergo its first CEO change in its 25-year history at the beginning of 2024. Jonathan Wolf, who founded the company in 1999, will step into a board chair and advisory role. Jason Hendricks, the chief operating officer of Pyramid Healthcare, will succeed him. Sarah Deutchman, the company’s senior vice president of operations, […]
The emergency department is often the first point of care for patients experiencing a behavioral health crisis. However, a trip to the ED is expensive for patients and payers and often isn’t the most appropriate place for patients. New models of behavioral health urgent care have begun to emerge. These models don’t replace EDs but […]
The Center for Autism and Related Disorders’ (CARD) bankruptcy was bad news for investors placing big bets in the autism therapy space. But there are upsides for the company. CARD’s new owners, Doreen Granpeeseh and Sangam Pant get a clean slate at the scaled autism therapy company. And it’s a company with which they are […]
Payers have increasingly pushed for measurement-based care, but experts question whether the behavioral health industry has the tools to broadly implement the practice. Measurement-based care, in which clinical data is collected throughout treatment, may increase the likelihood that a patient receives evidence-based care. Implementing the practice requires a whole-person approach that includes contextualization and cultural […]
Payers and employers often have a blind spot when it comes to addressing inequities in behavioral health. But ignoring mental health care inequities can increase overall health care costs. An analysis from Deloitte suggested that inequities have led to $320 billion in annual health care spending — “signaling an unsustainable crisis for the industry.” That figure […]
Virtual intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) have become a popular way to care for patients in their homes. IOPs provide an intermediate level of care and can be a step-down from inpatient services and a step-up from traditional outpatient care. Virtual IOPs became sought after during the COVID-19 pandemic because of their ability to treat patients […]
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