HHS Secretary Kennedy Secures Pledge from Insurers, Medical Societies, and Providers to Advance National Behavioral Health Quality and Best Practices - HHS.gov

Gift will support expanded behavioral health capacity for children, adolescents and families across South Carolina's Upstate , /CNW/ -- Tecsys Inc. (TSX: TCS), a leading provider of supply chain management solutions for healthcare and distribution, announced today a $5 million pledge to support the new Prisma Health Behavioral Health Hospital in the South Carolina Upstate. The gift, to be made over five years, is the largest philanthropic gift in support of behavioral health in Prisma Health's history.

As we approach World Mental Health Day on October 10, we will again hear a familiar statement: “There is no health without mental health.” You will find very few people who disagree. However, the way healthcare is organized sends a very different message. Even though mental health holds a much more prominent role in our national dialogue, behavioral healthcare continues to be treated as a lower priority in our healthcare system. It is still commonly financed, delivered, and discussed as though it exists somewhere just outside of the healthcare system. Patients needing mental health services are sent to different providers, through different referral systems, utilizing different insurance networks, with limited coverage and reimbursement rates. Behavioral health records often remain separate from medical records, and communication between mental health professionals and medical providers is frequently inconsistent or nonexistent.