Westchester Medical Center Health Network’s behavioral health services department features 180 psychiatry beds and is staffed by 61 specialists, including board certified psychiatrists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. The behavioral health department offers a full spectrum of services, from inpatient and outpatient to addiction care. WMCHealth was the largest provider of psychiatric care in its eight-county region in 2021, when it discharged 39% of the area’s total inpatient mental health volume, nearly twice as many as its closest competitor. At MidHudson Regional Hospital, the percentage of its psychiatry inpatients who reported on Press Ganey surveys they were “very likely” to recommend the hospital improved from 45% in 2022 to 51% in 2023. From January 2023 through November 2023, the rehabilitation program discharged 19% more patients than during the same period the year prior. Additionally, the system has received contingent approval to expand its inpatient psychiatric program from 180 to 205 licensed beds.
