MIDWEST BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT, llc
Behavioral and Psychiatric Management Services
We collaborate nationally with individuals, hospitals, healthcare systems, and senior housing operators to deliver top-tier psychiatric inpatient and outpatient services.
Who We Are
MidWest Behavioral Management (MWBM) and Geriatric Psychiatric Development (GPD) have jointly established a specialized behavioral and psychiatric consulting firm dedicated to addressing the unique needs of underserved adult and senior populations. MWBM, founded in 2018, and GPD (formerly Healthcare Business Development Corp., established in 1986), operate nationally, partnering with individuals, hospitals, healthcare systems, and senior housing operators to deliver the highest quality behavioral and psychiatric inpatient and outpatient services. Our leadership team boasts over 45 years of highly successful experience, with expertise in developing, organizing, leading, and managing acute care inpatient hospitals and outpatient programs at the highest standards, with a particular focus on senior care in the past two decades.
We offer comprehensive services, including the complete development of facilities and programs from inception, as well as strategic planning, site selection, building design, construction or renovation, startup, operations, compliance, interim and turnaround management, and ongoing operational support, alongside feasibility studies, market assessments, and financial improvement initiatives.
Our unparalleled expertise in psychiatric healthcare is rooted in over 75 years of combined experience as planners, developers, owners, CEOs, clinical experts, and administrators of inpatient acute care and psychiatric hospitals, residential facilities, and outpatient services, including Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) and Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP).
Areas of Expertise
With locations in Indianapolis, IN and New York, NY, the partners at MWBM and GPD have collectively owned, led, managed, and operated behavioral and acute care psychiatric programs and hospitals, including one of the leading geriatric care organizations in the US, prior to founding our company. Our team brings extensive experience as CEOs, executive officers, directors, and senior managers of both non-profit and for-profit acute care hospitals, geriatric psychiatric hospitals, a publicly traded managed care company, community health centers, LTACs, inpatient and outpatient facilities, rehab centers, ambulatory surgical centers, residential care facilities, CCRCs, and physician offices.
We have a proven track record of success in helping organizations:
- develop and execute long-term strategic plans
- establish a strong market presence
- optimize service delivery efficiency and quality
- ensure financial viability; and
- achieve compliance with federal, state, and national regulations, including CMS accreditation.
Our Services
The MWBM team possesses extensive experience in the startup and ongoing operations of psychiatric hospitals, with a particular focus on those dedicated to older adults and geriatrics. Additionally, we have expertise in residentials and outpatient services. Over the past 75 years, we have initiated, constructed, undergone major renovation projects, and operated 15 psychiatric hospitals and 3 general hospitals. We've also managed numerous outpatient facilities and provided behavioral health management consultant services to investors, hospitals, and health systems interested in developing or expanding specialty behavioral and psychiatric inpatient services, including:
Our Current Focus Areas:
- Free-Standing Psychiatric Hospitals
- Geriatric Psychiatric Inpatient Units
- Residential Units
- Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) and Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP)
- We stand ready to assist you with all aspects of developing and delivering high-quality, compassionate, and well-managed inpatient or outpatient psychiatric care.
Behavioral Health Market Research
We specialize in conducting behavioral health market research, producing optimal and reliable data to assist in the implementation or expansion of psychiatric and behavioral facilities or programs. Our market research is custom-designed to meet the specific objectives of each client or organization, and it covers all modalities of mental and behavioral health. Our tested and trusted methodologies can accurately project:
- Bed and service demand
- Census levels
- Absorption rates
- Revenue by payer
- Utilization by various demographics at national, regional, state, and local levels.
The market research developed by our team can be utilized for feasibility studies, strategic planning, acquisitions, marketing plans, business development, Certificates of Need, operations analysis, competitive intelligence, investor information, and the development of more accurate financial pro formas, among other purposes.
- Market analysis may also include:
- Projected Demand for Services (Demand Analysis)
- Payer and Funding Opportunities Study
- Demographic Study
- Community Needs Study
- Quantitative Market Analysis
- Qualitative Market and Stakeholder Intelligence
- Competitor Analysis and Intelligence
- Consumer Surveys
- Stakeholder and Payer Surveys
- Board Surveys
- Tailored State-Required Studies for Certificates of Need
Behavioral Health
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Aggressive marketing strategies for a new (and existing) psychiatric facility are essential for success before the facility opens. Our senior partners have extensive experience in helping new behavioral health programs successfully launch. We, too, have started, marketed, managed, and operated new psychiatric companies and facilities, which uniquely qualifies us to assist new behavioral health or psychiatric facilities. Behavioral health business development services include:
- Behavioral Health Market Research
- Site Location
- Physical Plant Planning and Construction Monitoring
- Financial Analysis and Start-up Budget
- Start-up Operations and/or Ongoing Management
- State Licensing & The Joint Commission (TJC) Accreditation and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Compliance
- Marketing and Referral Development
- Health Insurance Contracting
More than just numbers and geo-coded maps, we transform our research and multi-state experience into crucial business insights that developers, operators, investors, hospitals, or health systems can effectively use to discover new markets.
A Note About Constructing a Facility
Construction requirements for inpatient psychiatric facility bed units are more detailed and significantly more expansive to meet TJC and CMS compliance than even general hospital acute care units. Planning for inpatient psychiatry requires extensive knowledge to properly evaluate plans for building new structures or renovating existing ones, including SNF and ALCs for this purpose. Our team has many years of expertise and up-to-date knowledge of new contemplated regulatory changes required to ensure appropriate property planning, construction, and opening approvals.
In cases where state approval is required for new or expanded psychiatric facilities, our consultants can complete the necessary Certificate of Need (CON) application and assist with the approval process. The CON mandates that owners and sponsors secure state approval before commencing projects, such as psychiatric intellectual disability or behavioral inpatient services, certain ambulatory services, major capital expenditures, and long-term care facilities.
Our leadership's extensive experience in obtaining Certificates of Need for inpatient psychiatric hospitals brings practical knowledge to the CON preparation and application process. We address each state's unique criteria, which typically include:
- The relationship and projected benefits of the psychiatric facility project in relation to the overall state healthcare plan.
- The demand for enhanced or additional psychiatric beds or facilities to serve various populations within a state and its local regions.
- The extent to which the added psychiatric facility is accessible to all residents in the region or state.
- The short-term and long-term economic impact and financial feasibility of the facility or proposed project.
CERTIFICATE OF NEED (CON)
OPERATIONS ASSESSMENTS OF
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES
Our specialized, customized operations assessment takes into account the needs of organizations with one or more psychiatric services, often spanning multiple regions and offering various levels of care.
Challenges in Psychiatric Services
The challenges related to various behavioral health service lines differ for each organization but typically include or stem from financial losses, insufficient cash flow, rising costs, declining census numbers,
revenue cycle issues, staff effectiveness, provider productivity, competition, governmental mandates, compliance issues, patient satisfaction, and debt obligations.
info@mwbehavioralmgmt.com
+1574-339-3021
PO Box 90257, Indianapolis, IN 46290
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