Two experts with Array Behavioral Care, Scott Baker, VP of Sales, and Dr. Brian Schurgin, Physician Executive, joined Kelly Wisness from Besler’s Hospital Finance Podcast to discuss the clinical and financial impacts of psychiatric boarding in hospital emergency departments and how a comprehensive virtual behavioral care solution can benefit the hospital by decreasing direct costs and enhancing revenue opportunities by moving patients through the ED in an appropriate and timely fashion. Listen here.
Highlights of this episode include:
- Where to access behavioral healthcare
- The clinical and financial implications of coverage gaps
- How gaps in coverage affect the emergency department
- How med/surg floors and inpatient units are affected
- Behavioral health solution for hospitals
- Financial benefits
