Interest in integrating behavioral health services within the larger health care sphere continues to grow. The push for integration started with the passage of the Affordable Care Act—with parity the elimination of pre-existing condition exclusions and annual/lifetime benefit limitations.

Finding the right model and reimbursement structure for care coordination is getting more attention. For health plans, health benefit utilization continues to inch up and Medicare Advantage plans took a hit on their bonuses this past year.

A total of 45% of health care consumers in the U.S. have unmet health-related social needs (HRSNs) that they experience regularly, and most of these individuals (75.6%) report having more than one of these unmet HRSNs.

Patient engagement, motivating consumers to choose to participate in their own care, was top of mind in the health and human service field this year if the number of professional meetings focused on the topic is any indication.

In this archived webinar, tune in as a panel of industry experts discuss survey findings and its implications for business and clinical strategy, including population health, complex care services, technology and value-based payment.

In the fall of 2023, OPEN MINDS and NextGen Healthcare partnered on a research project to study national trends in the delivery of whole-person, integrated healthcare in the behavioral health, developmental disability, and human services markets.

Briana Duffy, Marketing President for Carelon Behavioral Health shared some of the integrated care initiatives at Carelon as well as her perspectives on the challenges to bringing a ‘whole person care’ experience to consumers. In addition, she provided insights into how provider organizations can build the management team – and the roadmap – for success in integrated care.

This is an interactive discussion with Whole Person Care Community members on best practice staffing models and new staff roles and competencies needed to be successful in delivering whole person care.

This is an interactive discussion on barriers to patient engagement and best practices to maximize member involvement in their whole person care services.

Whole person care will be getting additional resources with adoption of the new Medicare rules in the new year.