NAPPH Utilization Review Survey: Growing Concerns and Complaints

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News The '1990 Survey On Utilization Management Firms Conducting Psychiatric Review’ conducted by the National Association Of Private Psychiatric Hospitals (NAPPH) revealed a growing number of concerns and complaints about psychiatric utilization review among member hospitals. Key findings of the survey included: 70.4% of patients admitted to NAPPH hospitals are required to have preadmission approval 49.3% of these patients do not know that there is a third-party conducting a review of their psychiatric stay 66.2% of these patients do not understand their behavioral health benefits . . .