Skip to main content
Rural Health Information Hub
Rural Health Information Hub

Wait Time Standards for Behavioral Health Network Adequacy

Link
View Resource
Description
Presents findings from an environmental scan, key informant interviews, and case studies exploring efforts to measure and monitor provider networks through wait time standards. Describes how wait time standards can vary by provider type, service type, patient characteristics, and geographic region. Discusses challenges faced by state regulators in setting such standards. Includes rural references throughout.
Author(s)
Anna Sommers, Elysha Theis, Kenneth Fassel, Brent Gibbons, Miku Fujita
Date
11/2024
Type
Document
Organizations
HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, RTI International
Tagged as
Access · Behavioral health · Behavioral health workforce · Policy

Related Content

Organizations (1)

  • HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, view details