Sustainability of Integrated Care

Sustainability of integrated care is a priority for MeHAF. Therefore, an independent survey and interviews were conducted with former grantees 12-18 months after their MeHAF funding ended to see which elements of integrated care were continued. Almost all grantees had continued integrated care, and many expanded it to new sites. They also reported the factors…

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Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care Evaluation

Between 2009 and 2015, MeHAF contracted for extensive qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the Integration Initiative (integrated behavioral health and primary care). Below are several of the evaluation reports. For more details, contact Becky Hayes Boober at bhboober@mehaf.org. Overview In 2005, MeHAF launched a 12-year, $14 million integrated behavioral health and primary care initiative. Almost…

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State Approaches for Integrating Behavioral Health into Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations

This technical assistance tool examines four broad strategies states can use to integrate behavioral health services into ACOs: (1) incorporating behavioral health into payment models; (2) requiring ACOs to report on behavioral health metrics; (3) encouraging ACOs to include behavioral health providers; and (4) providing integration supports. It explores how eight states have incorporated these…

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Reflections on MeHAF’s Payment Reform Grant Initiative

MeHAF funded 14 organizations starting in 2011 to work on projects focused on mitigating the increasing cost of health care through innovative payment reform strategies, ensuring that people who are uninsured and medically underserved were included in these efforts. Our goal was to fund projects that would preserve access, improve quality, and offer better value…

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Thriving in Place Fact Sheet

MeHAF launched its Thriving in Place (TiP) initiative to help persons with chronic health conditions (including the elderly and persons with disabilities) maintain or improve their health so they can remain safely in their homes and communities.  This document provides more information about the TiP initiative.

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