Laura Geiger

Long-term care facilities are facing rising behavioral challenges, unnecessary hospitalizations, staff burnout, and regulatory risk. This session introduces a scalable, value-based model that delivers direct telepsychiatry care—including psychiatric medication management and therapy—integrated into daily LTC operations. By combining Telepsychiatry, Behavioral Health Integration (BHI), and Collaborative Care (CoCM), LTC facilities are able to shift to early prevention instead of reactive responses. This hybrid, whole-person model improves quality of life, reduces psychotropic burden, lowers avoidable hospitalizations, and strengthens regulatory compliance while extending access to behavioral health care across state lines, especially in rural areas where care access is limited.