Behavioral Health Services
Client Profiles – Establish A New Program
Meet The Community Need For A Psychiatric Program Without The Challenges Of Operating One
Developing any new program is challenging, and starting a psychiatric program can be exceptionally difficult, especially if behavioral health is not what you do, all day, every day.
Are you:
- Looking for a productive program to replace an under-performing program or fill unused space in your facility?
- Overwhelmed with psychiatric patients in your ED?
- Treating psychiatric patients in medical/surgical beds because there is nowhere else to treat them?
- Getting pressure from your physicians and/or the community to provide psychiatric services?
- Unable to adequately meet the needs of a segment of your community that turns to you for help?
- Concerned that despite the need, a psychiatric program would not be financially viable?
Does your staff lack:
- The needed experience to develop and operate a psychiatric program?
- The time to develop a program?
- The necessary understanding of regulatory guidelines governing psychiatric programs?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, learn how you can join our growing list of satisfied clients and respond to the growing behavioral health needs of your community.
Behavioral Health – It’s what we do. All day, every day!
Psychiatric Program Start-up Task List:
- Complete bed need analysis
- Develop financial feasibility analysis
- Obtain Certificate of Need
- Develop policies & procedures
- Recruit psychiatrists
- Recruit program director with extensive behavioral health experience
- Develop start-up training program
- Develop community awareness
- Implement referral development program
- Buy furniture, equipment and supplies that are safe for psychiatric patients
- Review physical plant satisfaction of Medicare exemption requirements
- Obtain licensure
- Prepare for exemption survey
- Notify all appropriate agencies regarding program start-up
- Develop billing and reimbursement systems
- Review program fiscal performance
To find out how we can assist you:
Contact Horizon Health Behavioral Health Services about managing your psychiatric program