AMA Recommends Using Telehealth & Digital Tools To Accelerate Behavioral Health Integration
To accelerate behavioral health integration (BHI) in provider organizations, the American Medical Association (AMA) recommended the use of virtual care (telehealth) and a variety of digital tools to facilitate the consumer behavioral health journey. With the goal of ensuring widespread integration of behavioral health, the AMA put forth specific recommendations that address the role of each stakeholder: physician practices and systems, health plans and coverage programs, federal and state policymakers, employers, and private or publicly-traded behavioral health companies.
Payers should focus …