In this episode, Dr. Faisal Tai, board-certified psychiatrist and founder of PsychPlus, discusses how fragmented systems, limited connectivity, and misaligned incentives are driving gaps in behavioral health access and rising costs. He shares how vertically integrated care models, unified platforms,…
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