Just another betrayal of psychiatric patients by the U.S. government. Where is the parity in this ? If a patient has a critical non - psychiatric illness, they are not limited to admission to hopsitals with psychiatric units. By vice versus, psychiatric patients cannot go to hospitals that do not have an internal medicine ward.

CMMS isn't even providing a bandaid in this case. 75 million works out to 75 cents per 3 people per year in the U.S.

Without continued care in the community the money, time and efforts at stabilizing a patient has been wasted. Too many of these people will lack care until a combination of their illness and circumstances bring them into the care of the fastest growing psychiatric population: our correctional facilities.
Kimberly Cay RN-BC, MSN