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ArticleCommunity mental health journal2026

Value Based Purchasing to Increase Tobacco Cessation Counseling and Medications in Behavioral Health Homes.

Jaspreet S Brar, Amanda A Maise, Duncan J Bruce, Lyndra J Bills, Lori A Fertall, James Schuster

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Article in Community mental health journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jaspreet S BrarCommunity Care Behavioral Health Organization, UPMC Insurance Services Division, 339 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1300, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222, USA. brarjs@upmc.edu.
Amanda A MaiseCommunity Care Behavioral Health Organization, UPMC Insurance Services Division, 339 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1300, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1857-9706
Duncan J BruceCommunity Care Behavioral Health Organization, UPMC Insurance Services Division, 339 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1300, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222, USA.
Lyndra J BillsCommunity Care Behavioral Health Organization, UPMC Insurance Services Division, 339 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1300, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222, USA.
Lori A FertallCommunity Care Behavioral Health Organization, UPMC Insurance Services Division, 339 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1300, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222, USA.
James SchusterCommunity Care Behavioral Health Organization, UPMC Insurance Services Division, 339 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1300, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222, USA.

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Abstract

Tobacco use among individuals with behavioral health conditions is higher than in the general population and a leading cause for morbidity and early mortality. This study examines a value-based payment (VBP) model to incentivize provision of tobacco cessation counseling (TCC) and pharmacological treatment with varenicline among 38 behavioral health homes (a person-centered approach to coordinating comprehensive healthcare in behavioral health service settings for individuals with chronic behavioral and physical health conditions) within a non-profit Medicaid behavioral health managed care network utilizing the Behavioral Health Home Plus (BHHP) model. Pre-post comparisons indicate that rates of filled varenicline prescriptions increased in the BHHP population from 10.01 per 1,000 service users to 19.01 per 1,000 service users following implementation of the VBP (p < .0001). Comparisons with other in-network behavioral health service users without BHHP or VBP indicate higher receipt of TCC (p < .0001) and varenicline (p < .0001) among the BHHP VBP group. This study provides some evidence that value-based purchasing may be used to incentivize provider agencies with behavioral health homes to increase access to tobacco cessation treatment for individuals with behavioral health conditions.

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CounselingSmoking CessationTobacco Use CessationValue-Based PurchasingAdultBenzazepinesFemaleHumansMaleMedicaidMiddle AgedPatient-Centered CareSmoking Cessation AgentsUnited StatesVareniclineBenzazepinesSmoking Cessation AgentsVareniclineBehavioral health homeMedicaid, managed careTobacco cessationValue based purchasing

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