We partner with health systems to strengthen and expand behavioral health services in alignment with mission, community need, and financial sustainability. Our collaborative approach recognizes that effective behavioral health programs require deep integration across the entire health system, from emergency departments to primary care settings, ensuring seamless care transitions and comprehensive patient support.
Whether a health system currently operates behavioral health services or is newly seeking how to launch its first programs, our team develops integrated, systemwide strategies that close care gaps and reduce fragmentation. We understand that behavioral health challenges often intersect with medical conditions, making coordinated care essential for achieving optimal patient outcomes while maximizing operational efficiency and resource utilization.
Comprehensive Service Line Development
We support planning for new and existing service lines in response to emerging needs, regulatory shifts, and market changes. Our approach encompasses the full continuum of behavioral health services, from crisis intervention and acute psychiatric care to long-term recovery support and prevention programs. We help health systems navigate the complex landscape of behavioral health delivery, including:
- Inpatient psychiatric services with specialized units for adults, adolescents, and geriatric populations
- Outpatient programs ranging from traditional therapy and psychiatry to intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs
- Community-based supports including peer recovery services, supported housing, and mobile crisis response teams
- Integrated care models that embed behavioral health professionals within primary care and specialty medical practices
Our goal is to improve performance and sustainability for behavioral health services across all settings while ensuring that programs align with community demographics, payer mix realities, and regulatory requirements.
Evidence-Based Expertise and Strategic Foundation
We bring practical, data-informed guidance grounded in centuries of collective behavioral health expertise from our seasoned team of consultants, clinicians, and health system leaders. This deep experience spans academic medical centers, community hospitals, safety-net providers, and specialized behavioral health organizations, giving us unique insights into what works across diverse organizational contexts and patient populations.
Our methodology combines quantitative analysis with qualitative assessment, incorporating community health needs data, market research, financial projections, and stakeholder input to create robust strategic plans. We examine current service utilization patterns, identify underserved populations, assess workforce capacity, and evaluate technological infrastructure to ensure our recommendations are both aspirational and achievable.
Integrated Implementation Support
Our strategy work provides a foundation for our broader engagements, which often involve financial modeling to project revenues and costs across different service scenarios, executive leadership development to build internal program management capabilities, revenue cycle improvement to optimize billing processes and reduce denials, and operational optimization to enhance patient flow and staff productivity.
We also support health systems in developing strategic partnerships with community organizations, schools, law enforcement, and other stakeholders to create comprehensive networks of care that address social determinants of health and provide wraparound services that extend beyond traditional clinical interventions.