Will Value-Based Reimbursement Solve The Psych Bed Question?

Our original OPEN MINDS Market Intelligence Report on psychiatric beds in the United States – Medicaid Managed Care Behavioral Health Network Adequacy: An OPEN MINDS Reference Guide – and our reference to the benchmarks developed by Treatment Advocacy Center (TAC) brought many reader comments. Our OPEN MINDS senior advisors weighed in and discussed that the “beds per 100,000" benchmark is only part of the equation – How Many Psychiatric Beds Are Enough? Opinions Vary.

One interesting observation came from OPEN MINDS Circle member, Travis Atkinson at TBD Solutions, who proposed two solutions to the issue of psychiatric beds per 100,000. The . . .