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Objective Analysis. Effective Solutions.

The poor physical health of adults with serious mental illnesses is a public health crisis. Greater integration of mental health and primary medical care services at the clinic and system levels could address this need. In New York state, there are several ongoing initiatives that promote integrated care for adults with serious mental illness, provided or coordinated by community mental health center staff. This report examines three initiatives.

Data were collected by RAND through site visits and surveys of mental health clinic administrators and associated professionals. Results showed that Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration grantees developed infrastructure that supported a broad scope of primary and preventive health care services; these broad changes appeared to contribute to clinicwide culture shifts toward integration and shared accountability for consumers' "whole person" health. Clinics participating in the Medicaid Incentive tended to implement only those services for which they could bill, which resulted in newly identified consumer physical health care needs but did not help consumers to connect to physical health care services. Finally, while administrators and providers were optimistic that Medicaid Health Homes have potential to improve access to care for adults with serious mental illness, the newness of the initiative made it difficult to assess the degree to which Health Home networks would meet these goals. We conclude with recommendations to state policymakers, clinical providers, and technical assistance providers and recommendations for future research, all designed to strengthen New York state's integrated care initiatives for adults with serious mental illness.

• Chapter One

  Introduction

• Chapter Two

  Site Visits

• Chapter Three

  Surveys

• Chapter Four

  Summary and Recommendations

• Appendix A

  Standard Framework for Levels of Integrated Health Care

• Appendix B

  Brief Summary of Forthcoming Federal and State Initiatives Impacting Integrated Care

• Appendix C

  Distribution of Program Survey Respondents

• Appendix D

  New York State Integrated Physical and Behavioral Health Care Provider Survey

• Appendix E

  New York State Integrated Physical and Behavioral Health Care Program Survey