"Integrating Behavioral Health Into the Medical Home: A Rapid Implementation Guide," A Conversation with the Lead Author, Dr. Kent Corso (June 27th)
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Listen Now As listeners may be aware well over 50 million Americans suffer from a mental or behavioral health disorder. Less than half of these individuals actually receive treatment. This reality is substantially worse for minorities. For example, African Americans and Hispanic whites are half as likely as non-Hispanic whites to receive treatment. Primary care practices, more than any other setting, are the cite for behavioral health treatment. Despite federal parity legislation to improve coverage for behavioral health diagnoses and improvements under the Affordable Care Act, for example, payment models intended to provide more comprehensive and coordinated care, or to better integrate behavioral with physical healthcare, behavioral health patients remain under-diagnosed and under-treated and primary care practice settings too frequently remain un- or ill-equipped to provide behavioral health services.
"Integrating Behavioral Health Into the Medical Home: A Rapid Implementation Guide," A Conversation with the Lead Author, Dr. Kent Corso (June 27th)
"Integrating Behavioral Health Into the…
"Integrating Behavioral Health Into the Medical Home: A Rapid Implementation Guide," A Conversation with the Lead Author, Dr. Kent Corso (June 27th)
Listen Now As listeners may be aware well over 50 million Americans suffer from a mental or behavioral health disorder. Less than half of these individuals actually receive treatment. This reality is substantially worse for minorities. For example, African Americans and Hispanic whites are half as likely as non-Hispanic whites to receive treatment. Primary care practices, more than any other setting, are the cite for behavioral health treatment. Despite federal parity legislation to improve coverage for behavioral health diagnoses and improvements under the Affordable Care Act, for example, payment models intended to provide more comprehensive and coordinated care, or to better integrate behavioral with physical healthcare, behavioral health patients remain under-diagnosed and under-treated and primary care practice settings too frequently remain un- or ill-equipped to provide behavioral health services.