Behavioral health utilization is accelerating even as other levels of care are diminishing in the wake of the COVID pandemic. A new report from the health care data and services company Trilliant Health shows that behavioral health utilization in the U.S. was up 40% in 2023 compared to 2019. Utilization is also accelerating. Behavioral health […]
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Behavioral health care visit volumes have increased by more than 20% since the pandemic. Meanwhile, primary care volumes have dipped. This is primarily driven by an increase in visit volumes for anxiety, eating disorders and substance use disorder care, according to the 2023 Trends Shaping the Health Economy report by Trilliant Health. Visit volumes for […]
Telehealth has become one of the most popular ways for patients to access behavioral health care in the country, but it could lead to a more fragmented patient journey. That’s according to new research by Trilliant Health, which used its national payer claims database to find the percentage of patients who used virtual health and […]
The demand for behavioral health services continues to outpace the supply of services. In particular, the demand for eating disorder and anxiety disorder treatment has grown significantly since 2019, according to a new report by Trilliant Health. For example, the visit volume for eating disorders has increased by 52.6% from 2019 to 2022. Additionally, visit […]
Demand for and utilization of behavioral health is growing, yet declining in the rest of health care. Omitting care for COVID-19, behavioral health visit volume is 16.8% above while volume for all other health care services volume is 6.2% below pre-pandemic levels. The report compared care levels during the first quarters of 2019 and 2022. […]
New data shows the stark imbalance between the markets with the highest and lowest concentrations of behavioral health providers. The data, compiled and released by Trilliant Health, assessed the market concentration of primary care providers (PCPs) and behavioral health providers. The national median for behavioral health providers was 61 per 100,000 residents compared to 110 […]
The number of Adderall prescriptions has spiked for Millennial patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, Adderall prescriptions for adults ages 22 to 44, have jumped by 15.1% from Q2 2020 to Q2 2021. That’s according to a new report by Trilliant Health, which shed light on the use of Adderall, a stimulant used to […]
Despite the uptick in tele-behavioral health adoption during the pandemic, in 2021 emergency departments continued to see a rise in volume for mental health conditions. “Based upon fundamental economic principles, telehealth is only a viable ‘substitute good’ for behavioral health,” Chief Research and Market Strategy Officer Sanjula Jain wrote in a new report from Trilliant […]
Behavioral is the only segment of the health care sector where telehealth is a substitute for in-person care and it drove the majority of telehealth visits during 2021. Those are two of the key takeaways from a new report on the place of telehealth with health care from Trilliant Health, a Brentwood, Tennessee-based predictive analytics […]