How health systems are tackling behavioral health fragmentation

February 23, 2026Garrett Schmittbehavioral heath services, mental health

Health systems are responding to fragmented behavioral healthcare delivery in different ways: expanding telepsychiatry in rural states, building pediatric health hubs that integrate mental and physical health on one campus, launching behavioral health urgent cares, and investing in navigators and data infrastructure to keep patients connected after discharge. In West Virginia, the access challenge is…

New ACO Playbook: Seven Keys To Expanding ACO Savings—And Market Share

October 6, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACO, ACO savings, ACOs, behavioral heath services, chronic disease, cost drivers, cost variations, market share, patient episode analytics, patient outcomes, Population Health, Risk, savings, specialty care models, treatments

At the beginning of this series, we laid out a basic tenet: As shared savings plan ACOs, you need to do as well or better at lowering costs than competing value-based payment models. Otherwise, your resources and support will dwindle in favor of more promising avenues to control Medicare spending, and competition will stifle your…

Recent Posts

  • HIMSS26: Embedding clinical intelligence for a successful Medicare Shared Savings Program
  • Value-based care practices shift the ‘center of gravity’ of healthcare to prevention and early recognition of disease, says Jaewon Ryu, M.D., J.D., CEO of Risant Health
  • Will The New CMS ACO Model LEAD To Better Care For High-Need Medicare Beneficiaries?
  • Value-Based Care Emerges as a Strategic Anchor in an Uncertain Regulatory Climate
  • Around the nation: Optum launches new AI tool for value-based care
 
  • Main Lobby
  • Exhibit Hall
  • Events
  • Exhibit With Us
  • Board Room
  • Library
  • Contact Us