Leadership Dialogue: Behavioral Health Solutions With Jeremy Musher, M.D., of Lifepoint Health
In this episode, Joanne M. Conroy, M.D., 2024 chair of the AHA Board of Trustees, talks with Jeremy Musher, M.D., chief behavioral medical officer at Lifepoint Health and a member of the AHA Committee on Behavioral Health. They discuss how hospitals and health systems can best provide behavioral health services and fully integrate treatment as part of patient-centered care. Lifepoint is working to expand access to a variety of behavioral health services in the communities it serves across 31 states.
Musher talks about barriers that may prevent people of all ages from receiving quality behavioral health care — including access issues, reimbursement challenges and the stigma of receiving treatment — and offers possible solutions, including using telehealth and enforcing federal and state laws requiring mental health parity in insurance coverage. “Insurers continue to pay less for behavioral health services than they pay for any other medical services,” he notes.
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