ArticleGeneral hospital psychiatry
An innovative model to coordinate healthcare and social services for people with serious mental illness: A mixed-methods case study of Maryland's Medicaid health home program.
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- Barriers to the Provision of Preventive Care to People Living with Mental Health Conditions: Self-Report by Staff Working in an Australian Community Managed Organisation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Association Between Enrollment in Maryland's Behavioral Health Homes and Use of Outpatient Mental Health Services.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2021Article
- Improving Physical Health Among People With Serious Mental Illness: The Role of the Specialty Mental Health Sector.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2021Article
- Preventive care practices to address health behaviours among people living with mental health conditions: A survey of Community Managed Organisations.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Article
- Empirically identified networks of healthcare providers for adults with mental illness.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Behavioral health home impact on transitional care and readmissions among adults with serious mental illness.Health services research · 2021Article
- Adapting the Comprehensive Unit Safety Program (CUSP) implementation strategy to increase delivery of evidence-based cardiovascular risk factor care in community mental health organizations: protocol for a pilot study.Implementation science communications · 2021Article
- Prevalence of suicide ideation, planning and attempts among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants in the United States.Journal of affective disorders · 2020Article
- Effects of Maryland's Affordable Care Act Medicaid Health Home Waiver on Quality of Cardiovascular Care Among People with Serious Mental Illness.Journal of general internal medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe conducted a case study examining implementation of Maryland's Medicaid health home program, a unique model for integration of behavioral, somatic, and social services for people with serious mental illness (SMI) in the psychiatric rehabilitation program setting.
methodWe conducted interviews and surveys with health home leaders (N=72) and front-line staff (N=627) representing 46 of the 48 total health home programs active during the November 2015-December 2016 study period. We measured the structural and service characteristics of the 46 health home programs and leaders' and staff members' perceptions of program implementation.
resultsHealth home program structure varied across sites: for example, 15% of programs had co-located primary care providers and 76% had onsite supported employment providers. Most leaders and staff viewed the health home program as having strong organizational fit with psychiatric rehabilitation programs' organizational structures and missions, but noted implementation challenges around health IT, population health management, and coordination with external providers.
conclusionMaryland's psychiatric rehabilitation-based health home is a promising model for integration of behavioral, somatic, and social services for people with SMI but may be strengthened by additional policy and implementation supports, including incentives for external providers to engage in care coordination with health home providers.
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