Mental Health Care Is Health Care: Integrating Behavioral Health into Health Care Delivery Systems

Mental Health Care Is Health Care: Integrating Behavioral Health into Health Care Delivery Systems

Author: American Health Law Association September 23, 2025 Duration: 32:16
Physical health providers, health systems, and hospitals often struggle with how to handle behavioral health issues as they arise. Anna Whites, Attorney, Anna Whites Law Office, and Matthew W. Wolfe, Shareholder, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC, discuss strategies for integrating physical and mental health care. They share their respective journeys into behavioral health law, how providers can add behavioral health care to their practices, legal and compliance challenges, a...

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