Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
RANDOLPH, Utah.
December 6, 2017. Reed Ernstrom
and Rob Johnson, Bear River Mental Health, told county commissioners that the
audited financial statement was a clean audit.
They show a loss of million dollars this year mostly because they had
transferred 15 apartments used for Mental Health clients because it is more BRAG competency.
They need to estimate
how many people will be in the hospital each year. This year $1.5 million was spent for
inpatient mental health stabilization.
More people have been admitted for longer stays and more acute
needs. They think with more case
management the hospital stays can be shorter. Medicaid revenue was down $167,000, but they
still are in a strong cash position because the four previous years they had gained a million dollars.
Suicide is a big topic being discussed in the State Legislature. Teens are more at risk. Ernstrom said that “hopefully by having
therapist in school might identify students who are struggling.”
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