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IBHP RELEASES NEW TOOL KIT FOR PRIMARY CARE - MENTAL HEALTH COLLABORATION
Posted on 10/26/2009
IBHP (Integrated Behavioral Health Project), an initiative of The California Endowment and the Tides Center, has just published "Partners in Health: Primary Care / County Mental Health Tool Kit". Designed to help primary care clinics and government mental health agencies forge collaborative relationships, the 180-page Tool Kit provides practical, operational advice, forms, strategies and prototypes for integrating mental and physical services.
Though the focus is on California counties, much of the Tool Kit information can be generalized to other locales. Included are sample formal agreements and contracts reached between primary care agencies and county mental health agencies; advice from those who have established these working relationships; checklists for MOU and contract content; issues to consider when brokering agreements; mutual role descriptions and much more.
INTEGRATED CARE WEBINARS NOW AVAILABLE AT NO COST
Posted on 02/04/2010
Five of the twelve integrated care-related webinars that the Integrated Behavioral Health Project (IBHP) co-sponsored with the California Primary Care Association (CPCA) are now available at no charge. Click here for access. The five topics covered are: "Introduction to Integrated Behavioral Health Care: Laying the Groundwork"; "Integrated Care: Life in the Trenches"; "Partnering with County Mental Health Services"; "Using Evidence-Based Mental Health Interventions"; and "Addressing Behavioral Components of Chronic Physical Illness."
INTEGRATION POLICY INITIATIVE PUBLISHES NEW REPORT ON COLLABORATIVE CARE
Posted on 10/20/2009
The Integration Policy Initiative's (IPI) just-published report, California Primary Care, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Initiative, is the product of several discussions between county and state mental health and health leaders to enhance collaborative care in California. Exploring models of integrated care throughout the State, the report makes recommendations for service delivery, finances, regulations and measurements. It also provides a suggested continuum for the health, mental health and substance use care of the safety net mental health population. Volume II, Working Papers, gives projected timelines and activities for implementing the suggested recommendations. Volume III, Examples describes various California integrated care demonstration projects in primary care sites funded through grants by IBHP, CMSP and CalMEND.
Launched in 2008, IPI is a collaborative project lead by the California Institute of Mental Health (CiMH), the California Primary Care Association (CPCA), and the Integrated Behavioral Health Project (IBHP). IPI is funded by The California Endowment with additional funding provided by IBHP.
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS AT CFHA'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Posted on 02/04/2010
CFHA's 12th Annual Conference, "Remaking National Healthcare - Collaborative Care for a Healthier America" will be October 21-23, 2010 at the historic Seelbach Hilton Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. Proposals for conference presentations must be submitted by March 31, 2010. For more information, go to www.CFHA.net or call 585-482-8210.
"WARM HAND-OFF" TRAINING VIDEOS NOW AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE
Posted on 01/05/2010
Dr. Peter Van Houten and the staff at Sierra Family Medical Clinic in Nevada City, California have prepared a series of training videos to demonstrate how primary care providers can introduce patients both to the concept of behavioral health services and to the behavioral health professionals on staff. Known as a "warm hand-off", these introductions are important in framing behavioral health care for the patients and in engaging them in theses services. The "warm hand-off" vignettes can be accessed on youtube. Various scenarios include patients with diabetes, bipolar disorder, depression and insomnia, among other conditions.
SAMHSA AWARDS $25.9 MILLION FOR PRIMARY AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INTEGRATION PROGRAMS; SAN DIEGO ONE OF 13 RECIPIENTS
Posted on 11/04/2009
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is awarding $25.9 million over the next four years for primary and behavioral health care integration programs to address the needs of people with serious mental illnesses. San Diego Mental Health Systems and the Council of Community Clinics (CCC) is one of 13 nationwide recipients to be awarded the $500,000 annual grant. Using this funding, San Diego plans to pair two primary care clinics with county contracted community behavioral health agencies to provide health care screening, assessment, and treatment to persons with serious mental illness in the mental health setting. The grant will also be used to enhance countywide data sharing strategies between mental health agencies and community health clinics.
NEW YORK LAUNCHES PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOME INCENTIVE PROGRAM
Posted on 12/16/2009
(From NYAPRS, 12/16/09)
The New York State Department of Health has launched a new program to provide financial incentives to medical clinics and practices that agree to upgrade their practices to the level of a“medical home” for Medicaid patients by providing “enhanced care through open scheduling, expanded hours, (improved) communication between patients, providers and staff, as well as the use of registries, information technology, health information exchange and other means to ensure that patients obtain the proper care in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner.”
CARTER CENTER GROUP DRAFTS LANGUAGE TO INCLUDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE IN HEALTH REFORM MEDICAL HOME CONCEPT
Posted on 07/27/2009
As a follow-up to a Medical Home Summit the Carter Center in Atlanta held in July, language was drafted to include behavioral health care in the patient-centered medical home in the House and Senate health reform proposals.
The Carter Center, a not-for-profit Atlanta, Ga.-based organization that advances peace and health worldwide, hosted a conference call to address whether medical homes are the answer to the nation's health care crisis during its Medical Home Summit earlier this month, which included panelists representing primary care and behavioral health.