With behavioral health capacity shortages on the rise, Universal Health Services is telling payers to keep up with reimbursement trends – or go elsewhere, Behavioral Health Business reports.
If some payer partners are unable or “unwilling” to do that, UHS will prioritize those that do. The company is already turning away some patients because of labor constraints.
The message is an important shift in behavioral health-payer relations that reflects the current operating environment. It’s also one being echoed across the health care sector, with home health agencies and other provider types taking similar stances of late. Read more.
