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Some Stats...

• NIMH study: Suicide was the second leading cause of death ages 10 to 34 in 2018.
• 8000% increase in calls to a suicide hotline in Los Angeles from February to March of 2020.
• MHA study: 60% of youth with major depression did not receive any mental health treatment in 2017-2018.
• MHA study: 62% increase in depression screenings in 2020 vs. 2019.
• According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 94% of Medicare Advantage plans will offer a telehealth benefit in 2021, compared to 58% in 2020.
• The US spent an estimated $201 billion on mental disorders like anxiety and depression in 2013, which makes it the costliest medical condition in the country, according to the analysis published in the Journal Health Affairs.
• 45,000 suicides every year in the US, which is more deaths than homicides, traffic accidents, breast cancer, and prostate cancer.

Basic/Definitions

Four major players in healthcare

1. Providers (hospitals)
2. Patients (you)
3. Payers (insurance)
4. Innovators (entrepreneurs)

Each player interacts with one another pushing and pulling in a way that would ideally align incentives to create the highest quality care for the patient, but unfortunately, that is not the case.

Telehealth vs. Telemedicine.

• Telehealth is a blanket term that includes telemedicine. Telemedicine has a more clinical connotation, whereas Telehealth can refer to things outside of that clinical scope as well such as provider training, administrative meetings, and continuing medical education.

Mental Health vs. Behavioral Health