Editor’s note: This post is part of a periodic Health Affairs Blog series, looking at payment and delivery reforms in Arkansas and Oregon. The posts will be based on evaluations of these reforms ...

During a session of the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations, panelists discuss the benefits of integrating behavioral health and the role accountable care organizations can play. A ...

Offering more behavioral health services in primary care practices would help address lack of access to care. Eight of the country's leading physician organizations recently issued a call-to-action ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “There is high-quality evidence to suggest that behavioral health integration improves patient outcomes, and ...

Safety-net providers in states that have accepted the federal funding available for Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are experiencing a positive ripple effect, where increased ...

Financial barriers to behavioral health integration in Oregon Medicaid accountable care organizations (ACOs) limit opportunities to expand integrated care, but state and organizational opportunities ...

The researchers found that 57.5% of children with psychosocial symptoms saw improvement as a result of either meeting with a behavioral health clinician or receiving a psychotropic prescription.

New research provides guidance for managing the adoption of behavioral health integration. Four factors have a major impact on adoption of behavioral health integration at healthcare organizations, a ...

As a pediatrician in training, I am often the first to enter a patient’s room when they come to the emergency department. With alarming frequency, I open the chart of a newly arrived patient and see ...

HealthDay News — Behavioral health should be further integrated into the primary care setting, which will necessitate changes to the health care delivery system, payment model, and education and ...

It may seem like there is an unending sea of mental health-focused startups in the digital health world, but the ones that make themselves stand out are still doing a fine job of securing capital.

A group of national physician organizations has issued a call to action to integrate behavioral health services into primary care settings. “More people than ever are struggling with their behavioral ...