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The impact of value-based mental health care on racial and ethnic disparities

The impact of value-based mental health care on racial and ethnic disparities

August 3, 2021Kalimah Redd KnightNo CommentsMedical XPressPatient Engagement & Access,Health Equity & Social Determinants of Health (SDOH),Behavioral Health Services,Patient Outreach & Communications

Despite high demand, access to quality and affordable mental health care remains a challenge for many Americans. Less than half of those with mental health illness receive care and only about 10 percent of those with substance use disorders receive treatment, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. For people of color, the numbers are even lower.

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are supposed to improve coordination of health care services, but little is known about their impact on use of mental health and substance use treatment or on racial/ethnic disparities in care.

Medicare, the federal health insurance program for people 65 or older and younger people with disabilities, introduced its own ACO program in 2012 called the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). Like other ACOs, the MSSP financially incentivizes health-care providers, hospitals, and suppliers to provide quality care while reducing overall costs.

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: ethnic disparities, mental health, mental healthcare, racial disparities, SDOH, social determinants, social determinants of health, value-based care, value-based healthcare, vbc

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