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ArticleTranslational behavioral medicine2022

Payment strategies for behavioral health integration in hospital-affiliated and non-hospital-affiliated primary care practices.

Kris Pui Kwan Ma, Brenda L Mollis, Jennifer Rolfes, Margaret Au, Abigail Crocker, Sarah H Scholle, Rodger Kessler, Laura-Mae Baldwin, Kari A Stephens

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Article in Translational behavioral medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Behavioral Health in Independently Owned Family Medicine Practices.Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Kris Pui Kwan MaDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4198-0052
Brenda L MollisDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Jennifer RolfesCornerstone Whole Healthcare Organization Inc, Payette, ID, USA.
Margaret AuDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Abigail CrockerDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Sarah H ScholleNational Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), Washington, DC, USA.
Rodger KesslerDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
Laura-Mae BaldwinDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Kari A StephensDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.

Funding

Institute of Translational Health SciencesUL1TR000423 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI DISIS, MARY L. · 2012 to 2016
$49.4M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000423NIH HHS UL1TR000423Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute PCS-1409-24372
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent value-based payment reforms in the U.S. called for empirical data on how primary care practices of varying characteristics fund their integrated behavioral health services. To describe payment strategies used by U.S. primary care practices to fund behavioral health integration and compare strategies between practices with and without hospital affiliation.Baseline data were used and collected from 44 practices participating in a cluster-randomized, pragmatic trial of behavioral health integration. Data included practice characteristics and payment strategies-fee-for-service payment, pay-for-performance incentives, grants, and graduate medical education funds. Descriptive and comparative analyses using Fisher's exact tests and independent T-tests were conducted. The sample had 26 (59.1%) hospital-affiliated (hospital/health system-owned, academic medical centers and hospital-affiliated practices) and 18 (40.9%) non-hospital-affiliated practices (community health centers/federally qualified health centers and privately-owned practices). Most practices (88.6%) received payments through fee-for-service; 63.6% received pay-for-performance incentives; 31.8% received grant funds. Collaborative Care Management billing (CPT) codes were used in six (13.6%) practices. Over half (53.8%) of hospital-affiliated practices funded their behavioral health services through fee-for-service and pay-for-performance incentives only, as opposed to two-thirds (66.7%) of non-hospital-affiliated practices required additional support from grants and/or general medical education funds. Primary care practices support behavioral health integration through diverse payment strategies. More hospital-affiliated practices compared to non-hospital-affiliated practices funded integrated behavioral health services through fee-for-service and pay-for-performance incentives. Practices without hospital affiliation relied on multiple funding streams including grants and/or general medical education funds, suggesting their approach to financial sustainment may be more precarious or challenging, compared to hospital-affiliated practices.

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Fee-for-Service PlansReimbursement, IncentiveCommunity Health CentersHealth ServicesHumansPrimary Health CareBehavioral healthIntegrated carePayment modelsPrimary careValue-based care

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PMID35880768
PMCPMC9385119

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