{"id":46120,"date":"2025-10-02T15:44:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncqa.org\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=46120"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:14:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T20:14:05","slug":"how-to-make-behavioral-healthcare-better","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.ncqa.org\/podcast\/how-to-make-behavioral-healthcare-better\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Behavioral Healthcare Better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This episode of Quality Matters features Kate Hobbs, CEO of the behavioral healthcare services company, Author Health. Aiming to help listeners navigate behavioral healthcare\u2019s complexities, Kate outlines four essential dimensions of the field. She also explores how validated clinical tools and emerging technologies, such as wearables, can help measure what matters in behavioral health. She makes a powerful case for moving beyond fee-for-service toward value-based payment models that incentivize coordinated care and reach vulnerable patients.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to learn about:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 20px;\">\n<li><b>Understanding Gaps in Access:<\/b> Fragmented systems and funding silos make care hard to reach, especially for people who need care the most.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>What\u2019s Exciting\u2014and Worrisome\u2014About Digital Technology:<\/b> Digital innovation expands the reach of the behavioral health workforce and enables smarter, scalable care. But ongoing attention to accuracy and privacy is essential.<\/li>\n<li><b>The Need for Value-Based Payment:<\/b> Fee-for-service \u201cbreaks\u201d behavioral healthcare and fails vulnerable people most of all. Value-based care offers the path to quality, equity and sustainability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 2rem; border-left: solid 4px gold; max-width: 600px; margin-top: 2rem; margin-bottom: 2rem;\">We cannot exist with fee-for-service. 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