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Podcast: A Health Podyssey
Episode: Jane Zhu Gets Spooky About Phantom Providers
Description: Finding access to mental health services can be challenging in the United States.The explosion of the demand for services, the inadequate workforce to provide them, and payment levels and methods that don't always support the care people need all contribute to these challenges.There are also longstanding concerns around access to all types of care for people enrolled in Medicaid, primarily due to low payment rates for services.If you put those together, it's not surprising that access to mental health services for...