Over the last few months, we’ve watched Optum pull back on behavioral health funding on multiple fronts. While substantive to the specific sectors impacted, it signals that previous worries about payers cutting back on behavioral health reimbursements are warranted. In short, that’s bad news. But it’s not unexpected. Why is that? Because payers are largely […]
A new study of virtual mental health access adds details to the portrait of telehealth in the U.S. The RAND Corp study reveals significant regional variation in access to particular features of virtual mental health services. However, the study did not find evidence that telehealth aggravated access issues, especially for vulnerable populations. “The findings of […]
People with autism are four times as likely to experience depression in their life than typically-developing peers. Despite the increased risk, people with autism or other neurodiversities often face significant obstacles when seeking mental health care. Barriers like clinicians’ lack of specialty training, staffing shortages and pitfalls with payers often prevent neurodiverse people from accessing […]
State-level policies may have boosted the number of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment facilities offering telehealth services. That’s according to new research by the RAND Corporation and Georgia State University. Researchers found that telehealth usage in SUD treatment facilities skyrocketed in recent years, jumping from 18% in 2019 to 79% in 2022. This comes after […]
Nearly half of all individuals in outpatient mental health care said they do not get care in their preferred setting, according to new survey data. The survey report highlights the various trade-offs and downsides of the rise of telehealth in outpatient mental health. About 45% of respondents said their mental health clinician did not consider […]
The pandemic has kicked off an uninterrupted spike in telehealth utilization for mental health services and increased spending for those services. Such spending may inspire commercial health plans to cut back on the historically generous and flexible approach to telehealth rolled out to compensate for the lack of access due to the coronavirus pandemic. A […]
Telehealth is here to stay in behavioral health. Data proves that. But questions remain about what telehealth in behavioral health will look like going forward. Where is it most effective? Who does or doesn’t benefit from it? What systemic issues prevent it from helping those who truly need its benefits? The following research helps answer […]
Psychological distress among Americans was as prevalent during the first month of the coronavirus pandemic as it was for the entire year prior to the COVID-19 emergency, according to a new study. The findings, which come from the nonprofit research organization RAND Corporation, have been published online by the peer-reviewed medical journal Preventive Medicine. For […]
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