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!