Integrating Primary Care into Assertive Community Treatment

• By: Jeanie Tse, MD Institute for Community Living (ICL) Gertie Quitangon, MD Community Healthcare Network (CHN)
• October 1st, 2019
• assertive community treatment, health disparities, home-based healthcare, integrated care, multidisciplinary teams, primary care access, psychiatric care, serious mental illness
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The great health disparities and poor health outcomes experienced by people with serious mental illness are even more significant for the people served by Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams. Individuals are eligible for ACT services if they have been hospitalized more than four times in the...

Integration: A History of Promise

• By: Jason Lippman Jason Lippman Solutions, LLC
• October 1st, 2019
• behavioral health integration, care coordination, mental health services, multidisciplinary teams, primary care collaboration, social determinants of health, substance use treatment, value-based care
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The healthcare system is moving towards integration. However, the passageways for integrating behavioral health with primary care are not so simple or straightforward. Whether one pursues full integration, colocation, or a digitally advanced referral network, providers and health plans are seeking...