Volume I presents the trends and observations in the overarching macro areas impacting the treatment of behavioral health in the United States. Some of these trends demonstrate changes in coverage, population data related to payment for treatment, workforce changes, shifts in psychiatric hospitalization, and the current status of the behavioral health Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures.

Data and information that matters most to health plans such as alternative payment models, digital health adoption, and changes in payment models.

The addition of telehealth reimbursement and specific social determinants of health indicators.*

The content online in the Guidebook will be interactive with full data available for download.

The ability to download charts and graphs. 

The Trends Guide is being released in 3 volumes.

Every volume of the Guidebook will feature a digital chart book format that is downloadable in a PDF format, an online chart book with a landing page for each chart or graphic, the ability to download each chart page as PPT slide, and our traditional print versions.