Virtual partial hospitalization is working. What’s next?

Research
Written By Samantha LaBarbara

MARCH, 2025

Providence, R.I.-based Bradley Hospital is able to treat children in five states through its virtual partial hospitalization program.

Abstract

Bradley Hospital launched the REACH program in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced outpatient care online. The virtual partial hospitalization program provides intensive treatment for children stepping down from inpatient treatment, or stepping up from outpatient therapy.

Ellen Hallsworth, director of the REACH program at Bradley Hospital, told Becker’s that REACH hopes to expand its geographic footprint in the future. Though reimbursement challenges remain for virtual programs, more insurers and state Medicaid programs are expressing interest in virtual partial hospitalization, she said.

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