Psychiatric hospitals are buckling under decades of financial pressure that increased following the onset of the pandemic. Discriminatory regulations, challenging payer relations and inflation have placed several psychiatric hospitals in untenable positions. A spate of facility closures in 2023 demonstrates that the pressure is proving too much. Industry insiders say that systemic changes can’t come soon enough to protect these facilities and position them to meet ballooning patient demand.
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Source: https://bhbusiness.com/2023/07/05/we-dont-have-enough-of-an-infrastructure-psychiatric-hospitals-buckling-under-historic-pressure