Oregon Office of Rural Health

Behavioral Health: Leveraging RHCs to Expand an Essential Service

When
May 23, 2023
11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Where
Contact Information
Rondyann Gerst

What You Will Learn:

Rural communities continue to experience deficits with access to behavioral and mental health services. With changes brought forth in the CY 2022 Physician Fee Schedule, Rural Health Clinics can now provide and receive reimbursement for distant site tele-behavioral health services. This presentation focuses on how to leverage RHCs and their new reimbursement methodology to expand behavioral health services.

About the Presenter:
Jonathan Pantenburg is an accomplished, results-driven senior executive with nearly 20 years of progressively responsible experience advising profit, non-profit, and governmental entities through complex issues including cost reduction, acquisitions, contracts, financial analysis, and operations. Over the past six years, Jonathan has worked with entities ranging from independent practices to multi-state health care systems on how to leverage rural opportunities to improve financial and operational performance.  Prior to that, Jonathan served as chief financial officer and chief operating officer for a 21-bed non-profit critical access hospital.

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