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Silver Hill's urgent assessment program in New Canaan aims to connect young people quickly with follow-up care
Summary
Silver Hill Hospital told the New Canaan Health & Human Services Commission that its urgent assessment program, which surged after a local suicide cluster, serves mainly younger residents, has reduced per-town costs through shared funding, but faces challenges finding insurance-accepting follow-up clinicians and low insurer reimbursements.
Silver Hill Hospital representatives told the New Canaan Health & Human Services Commission on Feb. 5 that the hospital's urgent assessment program provides rapid, same-day clinical assessment and referral for residents in crisis, is heavily used by younger people, and has stabilized in cost and demand since its 2022 start.
Jason Perillo, director of strategic partnerships at Silver Hill, said participating towns hold weekly "slots" of capacity and that the program has seen "peaks and valleys" in demand. He said the program ran higher volumes in the months after a local suicide cluster and that, "when people needed the program, it was there for them." Perillo added that the…
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