Massive demand for behavioral health care in the primary care setting is forcing an overdue fusion of the two segments of medicine. However, whether health care systems or payers are ready, this fusion is happening. “Primary care functions as a catch-all because we take care of the whole patient. There’s work that falls on us […]
Sheppard Pratt Solutions
In the behavioral health world, Sheppard Pratt has long been a stalwart. Founded in 1853, Towson, Maryland-based Sheppard Pratt is the nation’s largest nonprofit provider of mental health, substance use disorder (SUD), developmental disability, special education and social services. Ranked as one of the top hospitals for psychiatry by US News & World Report, Sheppard […]
Towson, Maryland-based Sheppard Pratt Hospital — which is one of the oldest psychiatric health systems in the country — has launched a new division to expand service access throughout its Baltimore-area homebase and beyond. Sheppard Pratt Solutions will use mental health professionals to provide consulting, management services and development-based partnerships with health care organizations nationwide. […]


