Medical Cost Offset and Behavior Health
February 2003 Medical Cost Offset and Behavior Health Lynn Northrop, Ph.D., Quality Management Director, VeriCare Administrators, nurses, aides, and other professionals are challenged with balancing the seemingly competing objectives of providing high quality care while keeping costs down. A large body of research has emerged in recent years indicating that behavioral health services can reduce or offset the costs of providing care in a variety of health care settings, including long-term care (1 Pallack, et al, 2 Friedman, et al, 3 Chiles, et al . . .
