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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's been more than 20 years since a landmark Institute of Medicine study reported siloing behavioral and primary health leads to inferior care, yet walls between the two still remain. A Milliman ...

Lori Raney, MD, principal, Health Management Associates, provided a definition and examples of integrated care for physical and behavioral health, in addition to explaining the strengths of the ...

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WORCESTER — Jon Grafton, 74, of Lancaster has a long history of anxiety and stress. He said that those conditions were negatively impacting his physical health — to the point a few months ago when he ...

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 ...

The behavioral health crisis in this country is well-documented and only getting worse. As a result, there is growing impatience for a paradigm shift that moves behavioral health from the periphery to ...