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 ...

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and West Health announced a strategic partnership to advance the integration of behavioral health into primary care, where most patients first seek ...

Research led by the Transforming and Expanding Access to Mental Health Care Universally in Pediatrics (TEAM UP) Scaling and Sustainability Center of Boston Medical Center (BMC) finds that children who ...

More than one in four adults in the United States experience a behavioral health concern each year. For those seeking help, the first stop is often a primary care provider. Yet, many primary care ...

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 ...

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 ...

Behavioral health is a top concern for hospital CEOs in 2024 — and for good reason, as health systems face persistent challenges in meeting demand and lack adequate funding to address widespread ...