Now more than ever, integrating behavioral health into a hospital’s core operations has become critical for not only a patient’s well-being and outcomes, but also the financial stability of the overall hospital.
Partnering with Lifepoint Health expanded both the acute care rehabilitation and behavioral health services, ultimately improving care quality and outcomes for Tampa General Hospital (TGH). Through this, TGH is now able to provide the community with two new state-of-the-art facilities, specialized expertise and aligned values. The rehab challenge TGH’s original acute rehab...
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Hospitals and health systems spent nearly $20 billion in 2022 appealing denied claims.1 As denial rates continue to rise – averaging a 3% increase annually – hospitals are having to expend extra labor, resources and finances, ultimately impacting patient’s access to timely, critical care.2
The growing disparity between community need for psychiatric beds and limited resources forces behavioral health patients to turn to emergency departments (EDs) as a solution. These acute settings, however, are ill-equipped for specialized behavioral health needs, leading to ED operational strain through overwhelming admissions, bed shortages and ineffective treatment.
The healthcare landscape is shifting, as more hospitals face significant surges in patient volume, driven largely by an aging population with chronic conditions. If hospital priorities are not effectively changed, this growing patient population will have a major impact on care delivery, length of stay (LOS), bed capacity and readmission...
The local community healthcare landscape in the United States is facing a severe crisis. Over the past two decades, nearly 200 local hospitals have closed their doors, leaving millions of Americans without access to essential healthcare services, including inpatient rehabilitation, behavioral health and emergency treatment.
Partnerships are key to efficiently improving care quality and outcomes for an increasingly complex patient population. But because every hospital and community is unique, a one-size-fits-all partnership strategy is not effective.
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month. In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the deep connection between physical and mental health.
