Pharmacy Benefits, Psychiatric Hospital Beds & Medicaid Waiver Information Added To Enhanced 2018 OPEN MINDS State Behavioral Health System Profiles – Now Available!

Gettysburg, Pa. (July 1, 2018) – OPEN MINDS announced its highly-acclaimed State Behavioral Health System Profiles have been enhanced for their 2018 release — and now include new data on each state’s pharmacy benefits, psychiatric hospital beds and Medicaid waivers, as well as original analysis from the OPEN MINDS market intelligence team. The profiles, which are updated annually, provide all the market data, analysis, and “insider” insights needed to analyze market opportunities, develop successful strategic plans, and identify key customers, partners or potential acquisitions.

Now in its third year, OPEN MINDS State Behavioral Health System Profile series gives an unmatched overview of how each state’s behavioral health system works, including a coverage map of the state’s health care system, a listing of the largest health plans by enrollment, a profile of the state’s Medicaid financing and service delivery system, an analysis of the state’s system for managing the dual eligible population, and a look ahead at system changes that will impact care delivery and financing models for behavioral health. In addition to updating this essential information, OPEN MINDS has added exciting new content to this year’s editions of the profiles; this new information includes:

• An overview of each state’s population distribution, including a look at the rural versus urban population centers and metropolitan statistical areas
• Detailed information about the state’s current and planned Medicaid waivers
• Detailed information on Medicaid program spending by eligibility group, with comparisons of each state’s spending to national data
• An overview of the state’s pharmacy benefits for the Medicaid managed care and fee-for-service delivery system, including the entities responsible for managing the general and mental health pharmacy benefits; and detailed information about the preferred drug list, utilization restrictions, and lock-in programs for general pharmacy, mental health, and addiction treatment medications
• A county map of the state’s mental health and addiction treatment hospital beds per 100,000 population; a review of the state’s total public and private hospitals and beds; and a list of the state’s public psychiatric hospitals

“In an environment where each state system is different, executive teams need to understand the “macro” trends driving the market to build a sustainable strategy.  This demands accurate, detailed information about the states they are currently operating in – or looking to expand to in the future,” said OPEN MINDS Chief Executive Officer Monica E. Oss. “OPEN MINDS Circle members have come to depend on our state profiles as an integral resource for building their organization’s strategy. With the addition of this exciting new information, executives will have all the essential tools they need to understand their market and position their organization to compete.”

The OPEN MINDS State Behavioral Health System Profiles are available now for purchase in the OPEN MINDS Shop for $3,900 each, with discounts available for the purchase of multiple states. OPEN MINDS Circle Elite members have access all 51 state profiles as part of their membership. Learn more about becoming an OPEN MINDS Circle member online at www.openminds.com/membership.

Sample copies of the profiles are now available. To set up a call and receive a free sample profile, contact Stephanie Hollada, Customer Relationship Manager at openminds@openminds.com or 717-334-1329.

For additional questions and inquiries, please contact Sarah C. Threnhauser, Executive Vice President, OPEN MINDS at 717-334-1329 or sthrenhauser@openminds.com.

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