Whether they wanted it or not, the Covid pandemic and corresponding physical distancing requirements thrust behavioral healthcare providers into telehealth. Some providers celebrated the sudden regulatory and policy changes that removed service delivery barriers. Others, says Kristin Neylon, senior project associate at NRI, were far more skeptical. “They were wary
Elizabeth Sinclair Hancq and John Snook share the gaps, challenges, and innovations in treating people experiencing Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and homelessness during COVID-19.
As outpatient treatment centers close down, and some crisis services shift to telehealth, people facing mental health challenges are finding an already fragmented system even more so.
Healthcare workers on the front lines have become disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. Combine that with advancing age or underlying conditions, and it’s a frightening reality for many.
Trillium’s decision to increase Medicaid rates during a national emergency gives crisis service providers critical flexibility, allowing them to meet the growing needs of the community at a time when professional resources—as staff face their own challenges related to COVID-19—become strained.Trillium’s decision to increase Medicaid rates during a national emergency
Learning from China and Italy, US leadership focuses on telehealth as a way to address mental health and combat COVID-19.
In Transforming Care, Martha Hostetter and Sarah Klein dive into how technology is becoming leveraged to expand people’s access to behavioral healthcare, specifically for Medicaid beneficiaries.