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Implementation of Combined PCBH and CCBHC Models: Key Considerations

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Clarify Overlapping and Distinct Goals PCBH is designed for population-based, real-time behavioral health integration within primary care, emphasizing immediate access and brief interventions. The Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) Model: An Overview and Operational Definition. References Reiter, J. Dobmeyer, A.

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Position Statement on Measurement Based Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Measurement-based care as a practice improvement tool: Clinical and organizational applications in youth mental health. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 5(3), 233–250. Fixing Behavioral Health Care in America. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

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‘Not Accountable to Anyone’: As Insurers Issue Denials, Some Patients Run Out of Options

Physician's Weekly

And in 2014, the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services temporarily lifted all prior authorization requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries seeking rehabilitative behavioral health services. But Schrift’s insurance company refused to pay. But history suggests that would create new problems.