Peer Response 1 (A. L.) Discussion

Questions: Offer one brief response to your peers with at least one original peer-reviewed article. Avoid making your posts article reviews. I am not looking for a summary of an article. I am looking for new ideas to a topic from peer-reviewed articles. If you rehash and reiterate something that was already stated in a post or something basic that we all already know, then you will not gain points. Do not state whether you agree or not. I am not interested in your opinions; I would rather you write something interesting. You are not writing social media and opinion pieces. Your posts should be free of bias and opinion. Avoid adjectives like "crucial" and "critical" etc. because in APA, those words must be defined, and because they seem opinionated and biased. Merely state findings and facts. Avoid exaggerated comments to your peers like "that was excellent." Just thank them and write your contribution. If your posts are just repeats of nothing new and filling up white space, then you will not gain points. I do not like fluff. All responses or postings are required to be written in a scholarly manner and should not exceed two paragraphs, single spaced. All references must be cited correctly in APA style. Please observe conventions of APA style as outlines in chapters two and three of the APA manual. Cite and reference peer-reviewed articles only. Do not cite the APA manual. Do not exclusively "recycle or reuse" your own articles or those of your peers for multiple postings. I am not looking for whether your agree or disagree. I am not interested in opinions. Your posts must be scholarly and in the APA style, not like journalism or social media. Peer discussion 1 How Insurance Reimbursements Impact How Providers Select or Treat Patients Non-psychiatrist doctors receive higher in-network reimbursement compared to psychiatrists for many of the same services (Mark et al., 2017). This is a notable factor in psychiatrist’ lower participation in insurance networks compared to other providers. According to Mark et al. (2017), from 2005 to 2015, the percentage of psychiatrists who accepted private insurance declined from 72% to 55%. As a result, both cost sharing and access to psychiatrists for patients are impacted. High demand and high cost creates disparities and low access to care. Individuals with serious mental illness are often affected by this. Psychiatrists who don’t accept privately insured patients had fewer visits with patients with serious mental illness compared with psychiatrists who accept privately insured patients. Conversely, privately insured patients benefit from this as they are more likely to be seen often and have high numbers of visits (Busch et al., 2019). Unfortunately, low insurance acceptance affects patients who are in greatest need of services. References Busch, S. H., Ndumele, C. D., Loveridge, C. F., & Kyanko, K. A. (2019). Patient characteristics and treatment patterns among psychiatrists who do not accept private insurance. Psychiatric Services, 70(1), 35–39. https://doi(dot)org/10.1176/ appi.ps.201800014 Mark, T. L., Olesiuk, W., Ali, M. M., Sherman, L. J., Mutter, R., & Teich, J. L. (2017). Differential reimbursement of psychiatric services by psychiatrists and other medical providers. Psychiatric Services, 69(3), 281–285. https://doi(dot)org/10.1176/ appi.ps.201700271