#10: Obvious Truths Our Healthcare Policy Still Doesn’t Support: Mental Health as Standard Healthcare + Aligning Incentives to Achieve Better Outcomes

Decoding Healthcare Innovation

What you’ll get out of this episode

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These truths may be obvious to you as a healthcare innovator, but regulators, payors, and sometimes even consumers still lag behind for some very outdated and sometimes odd reasons.

After a few episodes of solo hosting, Carrie and Rebecca reconnect for another episode in this series on what seems really obvious but isn’t yet the norm.

In this episode you’ll discover:

• Why mental health is a vital aspect of maintaining overall health—and why the system is not set up to support that (right now)
• How providers, payors, and tech companies can align incentives to achieve better outcomes and lower health costs
• Why our system isn’t built for that kind of alignment yet—but it’s getting there

This lively conversation is one you won’t want to miss if you’re a healthcare provider, a mental health advocate, a policymaker, a digital health company, or a payor of health services.

Quotables

“We have a perfect storm right now of increased need for mental health services and decreased access.” Ep10 of @DecodingHealth1 w/ @NixonGwiltLaw https://sliceofhealthcare.com/category/decoding-healthcare-innovation/

“We know there is a connection between mental health and physical health...some of the most costly ailments are exacerbated by mental health issues” E10 @DecodingHealth1 @NixonGwiltLaw https://sliceofhealthcare.com/category/decoding-healthcare-innovation/

“Value-based payment and delivery models align incentives among patients, providers & payors for better outcomes & less cost than fee-for-service” Ep10 @DecodingHealth1 @NixonGwiltLaw https://sliceofhealthcare.com/category/decoding-healthcare-innovation/

Recommended Resources

• More obvious truths our healthcare policy still doesn’t support [podcast/video]
• 4X growth in 5 years: Why investment in Mental and Behavioral Health is exploding [video]
• What is a Value-Based Enterprise? New Opportunities for Digital Health and Healthcare Innovation [blog]
• Prime and Pear Therapeutics’ value-based arrangement [press release]

Proposed 2022 MPFS: Expansion in Audio-Only Telehealth, Permanent Remote “Direct Supervision”, and Remaining Opportunities for New Permanent Telehealth Codes [blog]

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