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BBI Fair-Market Rate Setting Methodology

Introduction

Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) is pleased to introduce it’s Fair-Market Rate Setting Methodology* designed for use by agencies, organizations, communities, and jurisdictions (e.g., state and county governments) involved in transforming and improving how community-based behavioral healthcare services are provided to children and adolescents, and their families.

*Developed by Christopher Marics, MSW and Alan Vietze, LCSW

Rate Structures Before and After Implementing BBI’s Fair-Market Rate Setting Process

Overview

BBI’s approach to rate setting can be useful to child-serving organizations interested in:

  1. Setting reimbursement rates for services designed specifically to address the actual needs of the children, adolescents, and families served.
  2. Setting rates that are reflective of the “true cost of doing business so that service providers can deliver the specific high-quality and effective services needed by children, adolescents and their families, while simultaneously sustaining their organizations.
  3. Employing a rate setting methodology that is transparent, inclusive, and free from hidden assumptions and/or non- or under-funded mandates or requirements
  4. Employing a rate setting methodology that is flexible enough to accommodate the wide range of varied costs associated with local needs and is easily updated.
  5. Employing a rate setting methodology that aligns with the core values of the System of Care approach to serving children and adolescents and their families.

If your oversight or residential/community-based organization is interested in learning more about how BBI can help you with the rate-setting service design process, please contact us or complete this inquiry form.

Download the flyer here: Fair Market Rate Setting