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CCBHCs in 2022: Growth and Growing Pains

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Opportunities and Challenges for CCBHCs CCBHC Grant Funding Increase Announcement In March 2022, the US government announced a significant increase in grant funding for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs), organizations designed to provide a comprehensive range of mental health and substance use disorder services to vulnerable individuals.  The CCBHC demonstration program launched in 2017 … Read more

Establishing “Payviders” in Behavioral Health

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One growing trend in the business side of healthcare has been the combination of payer organizations and healthcare providers to create entities known as “payviders.”  The idea of a payvider first originated in the 1990s. Some longstanding examples of payviders include California-based Kaiser Permanente or Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health System. Other payviders have emerged in recent … Read more