Building A Connected Ecosystem For Better Service Delivery In Behavioral Health: The Whole Person Care Imperative

On October 8, 2024, OPEN MINDS Chief Executive Officer Monica E. Oss presented at Accelerate 2024. Health plans – and the consumers they serve – are looking for new approaches to coordinated care. These approaches need to address the challenge in health care cost management – that 10% of consumers use 70% of health care resources. And half of those consumers have a behavioral health disorder, cognitive disability, or neurological condition.

This push for “whole person care” – a consumer-centric approach to their medical, behavioral, and social needs – is both a challenge and an opportunity for behavioral health provider organizations.; In the . . .