One in five U.S. adults experience a mental illness, yet more than half do not receive treatment. Improved models of care can increase access to high-quality care and the speed at which patients ...

Health systems are increasingly realizing the importance of integrating behavioral care into primary care. Physical and mental health are interconnected, and addressing one without the other can lead ...

In October 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) postponed the launch of Primary Care First (PCF), a voluntary, risk-based initiative intended to reduce Medicare spending by ...

On January 18, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new innovation model designed to improve quality of care and behavioral and physical health outcomes for Medicaid ...

With the goal of enhancing health care quality and outcomes for individuals with moderate to severe behavioral health conditions and substance use disorders (SUD), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...

Hospital-led Solutions to a Growing Crisis report outlines five hospital case studies showing how systems are integrating ...

Integrating behavioral health care with primary care improves pediatric outcomes, reducing PSC-17 scores, especially with behavioral health clinician encounters and psychotropic prescriptions.

Stakeholders from Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey discuss new ways to address management gaps for chronic behavioral health conditions, including a new integrated care model that puts ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Thursday the Innovation in Behavioral Health Model, a new approach that is designed to test for improving outcomes for adults with mental health ...

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