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Alaska To Support Practice Transformation To Integrate Primary & Behavioral Health
The Alaska Department of Health, Division of Behavioral Health (DBH) is planning to help three primary care provider organizations offer integrated mental health and addiction treatment services via the Collaborative […]
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Building A Connected Ecosystem For Better Service Delivery In Behavioral Health: The Whole Person Care Imperative
On October 8, 2024, OPEN MINDS Chief Executive Officer Monica E. Oss presented at Accelerate 2024. Health plans ā and the consumers they serve ā are looking for new approaches […]
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One More Integrated Care Model
In January, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH) Model, a āNo Wrong Doorā approach to providing behavioral and physical health services. […]
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The Two-Way Street
The evidence linking mental health conditions and chronic diseases continues to mount. A new study found that the prevalence of diabetes was higher in depressed than non-depressed individuals (21% versus 14%)āand […]
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āWhole Person Careā As More Than A Slogan
I was attracted to the headlineāStop Using āWhole Person Careā If You Are Not Assessing And Providing Whole Person Care. In the piece, author Scott Conard, M.D., makes the case that […]
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As Goes NCQAĀ
Last month, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) announced changes to how follow-up after mental health-related emergency department visits and hospitalizations is measured in its Healthcare Effectiveness and Data […]
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The Era Of AI Diagnostics
One of the performance issues in the mental health field is that almost 40% of consumers with a mental health condition are misdiagnosed. The question is how to improve that problem. […]
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Worth A Pound Of Cure
There is a growing body of evidence on the effect of behavioral health and cognitive disorders on physical health. Dr. Helen Ouyang, an emergency room physician, in a recent guest essay in The […]
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The History, Evolution, & Current Opportunity For Behavioral Health Providers In Addressing Population Health
By early 2025, over 60% of health care payments will be tied to performance-based incentives, with behavioral health playing a key role in outcomes. Up to 52% of patients under […]
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Finding The Right Combination For Managing Serious Mental Illnesses
Earlier this year, Centeneās Chief Operating Officer of Behavioral Health, Indira Pahari, discussed how 10% of their population uses 70% of the resources, in her keynote presentation,Ā Improving Access & Collaboration […]