NEW ULM New Ulm Medical Center (NUMC) closed its residential addiction service unit earlier this month. A lack of adequate reimbursement forced the closure
That's been in med-surg and the ICU. In the ED, the health system has discharged 63% of its patients to outpatient plans with the help of telepsychiatry.
The new matching system is one of several changes that have been taking place over the last few years to make Minnesota’s mental health care system more accessible and open to people around the state.
In many cases, people who go to ERs for mental health crises end up leaving without the services they were hoping for, said Roger Meyer, East Metro Crisis Alliance project director.
Newly available data analyzed by the Star Tribune reveals how medical insurers and Medicaid pay hospitals for psychoses treatment at a much lower per-day rate than other common physical conditions.