Prompt Outpatient Behavioral Health Treatment Helps Reduce Total Cost Of Care Over Subsequent Two Years
Evernorth consumers diagnosed with behavioral health conditions who received from three to 19 outpatient treatment visits within 90 days after diagnosis had fewer visits to the emergency department and fewer inpatient admissions over the next two years, which reduced their overall cost of care compared to consumers with similar diagnoses who did not receive prompt outpatient behavioral health treatment. Among consumers who received from three to 14 outpatient behavioral health services, their lower utilization of emergency department and inpatient settings …
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