How Technology of the Future is Solving Treatment Centers’ Challenges of the Past

• By: Kirk Monroe, MBA, CPA Lightning Step
• October 7th, 2022
• behavioral health providers, behavioral health treatment, customer relation management, electronic medical records, Fall 2022 Issue, medical billing, patient care, revenue cycle management, technology, treatment centers
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Mental health and addiction service providers encounter struggles every day, whether it’s a challenge facing a patient or confronting the stigma surrounding the value of addiction rehabilitation. There are institutional obstacles including rising costs with stagnated administrational support....

Partnerships Provide Effective Alternatives to Unnecessary Inpatient Care for Children and Youth

• By: Tracy Luoma Optum Salt Lake County
• January 1st, 2017
• behavioral health treatment, care coordination, children's mental health, community-based services, crisis intervention, family support, inpatient diversion, systems of care
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There is a high personal, psychosocial and economic toll for children and youth who experience mental, emotional and behavioral disorders. These challenges also impact their families and the communities in which they live, study, and grow up. Research suggests that in any given year, between 14 and...