Benefits
Financial Benefits
Current insurance policies pay for an annual screening assessment for every patient for depression and alcohol misuse. On average, a screening battery is reimbursed 80% of the time.- It is an appropriate level of care to reassess symptomatic patients at intervals. The same battery is used for such reassessment.
- The average reimbursement for the alcohol misuse and depression screening assessments is $38. These should be done annually for every patient.
9.5%
adults experience clinically
SIGNIFICANT
DEPRESSION
(per year)
ONLY
50.9% of
those receive treatment for
DEPRESSIVE DISORDER
18.1%
of adults experience
SIGNIFICANT
ANXIETY
(per year)
ONLY
36.9% of
those receive treatment for
ANXIETY DISORDER
17MILLION
adults have a clinically
SIGNIFICANT
ALCOHOL
(use disorder)
ONLY
7.6% of
those receive treatment for
ALCOHOL USER DISORDER
HOWEVER
83.2%
of adults had contact with a health care professional in the past year. Thus, the primary care office has the greatest potential to identify mental health conditions and improve care!