Objective Shortened life expectancy of people with mental disorders has been attributed to
medical comorbidities, yet these conditions remain under-recognized and under-treated …

Background Nineteen US states and DC have used the Affordable Care Act Medicaid health
home waiver to create behavioral health home (BHH) programs for Medicaid beneficiaries …

Behavioral health homes, shown to improve receipt of evidence-based medical services
among people with serious mental illness in randomized clinical trials, have had limited …

Objective: Behavioral health homes, which provide onsite primary medical care in mental
health clinics, face challenges in integrating information across multiple health records. This …

Objective: To use quality improvement tools to optimize pediatric behavioral health (BH)
integration, a promising approach to increasing access to behavioral health care services for …

The past several decades have witnessed tumultuous changes in the delivery of public
mental health services in the United States. These changes resulted more from policy …

Despite pronounced disparities in mortality and physical health outcomes, no well accepted
models exist for integrating primary care with behavioral health for patients with serious …

Providing primary care services in behavioral health settings has become more common
and necessary given the needs of individuals with serious mental illness (SMI). In this …