Reversal of fortune. After years of scaling back beds because of low occupancy rates, behavioral health facilities are beginning to make a comeback

Mantone, J.

Modern Healthcare 35(14): 6-7 1

2005


ISSN/ISBN: 0160-7480
PMID: 15825945
Document Number: 590813
For decades states have been cutting behavioral health beds because of low occupancy. But a recent survey showed occupancy rates at these hospitals at record highs, and analysts expect more consolidation as larger providers expand. A change in federal payment methods favors free-standing facilities. "The free-standing units will do better as a group," says the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems' Mark Covall.

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