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Board hears extensive provider concerns about behavioral‑health rate changes; requests further analysis
Summary
Behavioral health contractors urged the board not to cut or eliminate 'differentials' and warned that reducing rates would destabilize service networks. The board received the department's quarterly report, asked for follow‑ups on revenue maximization, workforce studies and data, and scheduled further budget discussion next week.
The Board of Supervisors received a quarterly report on behavioral health services and workforce development on Tuesday amid heated public comment from community behavioral‑health contractors and providers. Dozens of providers, union representatives and provider association leaders said a proposed change to contract differentials would reverse progress toward stabilizing the county’s behavioral‑health safety net.
Contractors said the differential rates — higher payments for intensive, mobile or community delivered services — were essential to keep clinicians and frontline staff on the job, to pay for outreach and home‑based work, and to sustain investments in…
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