Current and future directions in reimbursement for psychiatric services.
Psychiatric services are currently facing one of the true crises in a historical development that began in the attics, asylums, and streets. The cause for this crisis in reimbursement is commonly attributed to what many believe is a temporary dip in the economy that has led third-party payers to overreact unnecessarily and unreasonably by limiting benefits and payouts. Such persons believe unwarranted anxieties about the economy and reimbursement for services will lessen with consumer demands, reassurances by health-care providers that the care is quality and cost-effective, and the expected stabilization in a destabilized economy. Others see a much more uncertain and lengthy course of events.
D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics; D003363:Cost Control; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends; D006295:Health Resources / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006801:Humans; D007358:Insurance, Psychiatric; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000191:economics*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States