New Findings on Mental Health Diseases and Conditions Discussed by Researchers at Community Care Behavioral Health Organization (Effectiveness of Value-Based Payment and Assertive Community Treatment to Reduce Psychiatric Hospitalizations): Mental Health Diseases and Conditions

2025 DEC 11 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mental Health News Daily -- Researchers detail new data in Mental Health Diseases and Conditions. According to news originating from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “To address high-cost inpatient utilization for those with severe and persistent mental illness, stakeholders from a County Department of Human Services, a Behavioral Health Managed Care Organization, and mental health providers created a value-based payment (VBP) model to shift funding from inpatient mental health treatment (IPMH) to intensive, evidence-based, community-based mental health treatment, Assertive Community Treatment (ACT). Using a retrospective observational study, individuals who received ACT from providers participating in the VBP (N = 2) were compared to individuals who received ACT from providers (N = 17) not supported through a VBP.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Community Care Behavioral Health Organization, “Results show decreasing average ACT and IPMH expenditures as well as shorter lengths of stay over time for providers under a VBP compared to those not in a VBP. Access to care was not impacted.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “These results, including implications for behavioral health, are discussed in the context of quality of care.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Effectiveness of Value-Based Payment and Assertive Community Treatment to Reduce Psychiatric Hospitalizations. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 2025. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research can be contacted at: Springer, One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, Ny, United States.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Deborah A. Duch, Community Care Behavioral Health Organization, UPMC Insurance Services Division, 600 Grant Street, 8th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219, United States. Additional authors for this research include Amy D. Herschell, Carly T. Ferrone, Jalal Maqsood, Lori A. Fertall and Shari L. Hutchison.

The publisher’s contact information for the The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research is: Springer, One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, Ny, United States.

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