The Treatment Handoff Is Part of Care

• By: Ivy O'Brien Alpine Recovery Lodge
• September 15th, 2026
• ASAM criteria, continuity of care, discharge planning, early exit, quality measures, substance use disorders, treatment transitions, withdrawal management
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A person can complete withdrawal management successfully and still lose the next step of care. A residential client can make meaningful progress and then leave without a confirmed outpatient appointment. A receiving program may know that a referral is coming but lack the medication list, risk...

Bridge to Home: Creating an Innovative Pathway From Psychiatric Inpatient Care to Permanent Housing and Longer-Term Wellbeing

• By: Jason Hansman Chris Keeley NYC Health + Hospitals
• July 29th, 2026
• behavioral health services, discharge planning, homelessness, NYC Health + Hospitals, permanent supportive housing, psychiatric inpatient care, serious mental illness, Summer 2026 Issue, transitional housing
• 367    0

For many New Yorkers living with serious mental illness, leaving the hospital does not mean they will find stability. Instead, discharge often marks the beginning of another unfortunate cycle — from psychiatric units to shelters, from shelters back to emergency rooms, and sometimes back to the...

How to Turn Behavioral Health Funding into Measurable Patient Outcomes

• By: Shanna Dugan ARGO
• April 23rd, 2026
• behavioral health funding, care coordination, clinical documentation, discharge planning, healthcare operations, medical necessity, patient outcomes, utilization review
• 1570    0

California’s recent proposal to implement a 1-nurse-to-6-patient staffing ratio at psychiatric hospitals has sparked widespread concern across the behavioral health system. The emergency regulations are set to take effect as early as June 1, and facilities that fail to meet the new thresholds...