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Mental Health Leads the Way on Healthcare's Self-Employment Trend; Nebraska Bill Would Increase Mental Health Professionals' Authority in Emergency · Becker's Healthcare Behavioral Health

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  This is Randy Homan with Becker's Behavioral Health Podcast.
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  Here's your daily industry news brief for March 13th.
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  First,
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  a recent study from LinkedIn shows healthcare workers are increasingly opting
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  for contract roles and self-employment.
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  LinkedIn's economic team examine the percentage of nurses, physicians,
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  and mental health professionals in contract or self-employed professions from
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  2020 to 2022.
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  It found a trend they labeled as the Great Untethering
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  LinkedIn study finds that over 11% of mental health professionals listed
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  contract labor on their LinkedIn profiles last year.
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  Also, last year, over 16% of mental health professionals were self-employed,
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  and the top three hires of mental health professionals were telehealth
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  companies. Second,
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  some mental health professionals in Oklahoma oppose a new state law.
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  This law would require them to share certain patient information in the state
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  database. Opposition says, sharing patient information,
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  compromises confidentiality,
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  and it will cause patients to end therapy or treatment.
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  This database was created last year.
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  It requires all healthcare providers to upload some specific patient
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  information. By July 1st,
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  all providers are expected to be using the database.
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  The Oklahoma Healthcare Association says the database will be secure.
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  It says only providers involved with the patient's care will be able to view
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  their information.
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  The data will be used to study health trends of the state's population and
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  create new programs to improve care.
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  Third,
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  a new bill in Nebraska would allow mental health professionals the ability to
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  take an individual into emergency protective custody.
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  Currently in Nebraska only peace officers are clear to use emergency protective
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  custody.
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  Supporters of the bill say it will help decrease the number of unnecessary
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  arrests.
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  Nebraska's Department of Health and Human Services supports the idea of the
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  bill, however,
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  it's opposed to its current form and is asking for more clarification.
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