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Expanding Access to Mental Health Care

Scaling Behavioral Health Integration in Primary Care: Wading through the Complexity to Tackle a Decades-Old Challenge

NEHI investigated how to expand the integration of behavioral health in primary care.

Posted On March 22nd, 2023

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Working with a national panel of subject matter experts and organizations at the forefront of the issue, NEHI examines the current state of behavioral health integration and provides a comprehensive look at the evolution of approaches and initiatives with a call for flexibility and greater collaboration between providers and payers to approach expansion more urgently.

Read more on this topic in our Health Affairs article: Integrating Behavioral Health in Primary Care: Overcoming Decades of Challenges

Acknowledgments

Carol Alter, Associate Chair for Clinical Integration and Operations, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin

Ish Bhalla, Medical Director of Behavioral Health Value Transformation, BCBS-NC

Andrew Carlo, Senior Medical Director for Health System Integration, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute

Henry Chung, Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Deborah Fernandez-Turner, Medical Director, Behavioral Health, Aetna/CVS

Patty Gibson, Co-founder and CMO, Arkansas Behavioral Health Integration Network, Arkansas Baptist Health System

Katherine Ginnis, Senior Director of Parent, Child & Family Policy and Programs

Ann Greiner, President, and CEO, Primary Care Collaborative

Kacie Kelly, Chief Innovation Officer, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute Virna Little Co-founder and COO, Concert Health

Rashanna Lynch, Medical Director, Ryan Health, NY

Danna Mauch, President, and CEO, Massachusetts Association for Mental Health

Ben Miller, President, Wellbeing Trust Harold Pincus Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University

Diane Powers, Co-director, UW-AIMS Center

Marilyn Serafini, Director, Health Policy Project, Bipartisan Policy Center

Audrey Shelto, President and CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield MA Foundation

Kim Shuler, Executive Director, Arkansas Behavioral Health Integration Network

Brandon Skidmore, Senior Program Officer, Sunflower Foundation

Jared Skillings, Chief of Professional Practice, American Psychological Association

Katherine Suberlak, Vice President of Clinical Services Oak Street Health

Mark Wenneker, Principal, The Chartis Group

Tom Zaubler, CMO, Neuroflow

Stephanie Gold, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Denver Health, University of Colorado

Sarah Scholle, Vice President of Research and Analysis, NCQA

Wendy Warring, J.D.

Wendy Warring, J.D.

President & CEO, NEHI

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