Telehealth, Expanding Scope Of Practitioners Key For Behavioral Health

Opportunities for improving behavioral health care abound, experts said at the AHIP national conference this week, but doing so requires addressing staff shortages through increased reliance on telehealth post pandemic, expanding the scope of practitioners, integrating primary care and behavioral health services, and differentiating between crisis and less-urgent conditions. A major question that needs to be resolved is whether telehealth services should be paid on par with in-person treatment after the pandemic, one panelist noted. Marjorie Morrison, the president and...