Behavioral Health Integration - California Health Care Foundation

Behavioral Health Integration
The California Health Care Foundation is deeply committed to fostering behavioral health integration — the knitting together of mental health care and substance use disorder treatment with health care as a whole.

Mental Health in California: For Too Many, Care Not There

Behavioral Health, Providers

This Almanac report provides an overview of mental health in California: disease prevalence, suicide rates, supply and use of treatment providers, and mental health in the correctional system, plus available data on spending and quality of care.

California Survey Finds Strong Support for Behavioral Health Benefits

Catherine Teare

Behavioral Health, ACA/Health Reform

Meaningful insurance coverage of mental health and substance use disorder is a reality for millions more people under the ACA, and Californians recognize its value.

California’s Public Substance Use Disorder Treatment System for Youth: An Overview

Harbage Consulting

Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal, Payment & Financing

Adolescents and young adults often find it difficult to access substance use disorder treatment in California. This paper provides considerations for expanding public programs for youth.

The Circle Expands: Understanding Medi-Cal Coverage of Mild-to-Moderate Mental Health Conditions

Don Kingdon, Molly Brassil, Erynne Jones

Medi-Cal, Behavioral Health

As of 2014, Medi-Cal enrollees with mild-to-moderate mental health conditions are entitled to receive mental health services through their managed care plans.

Guidelines for Sharing Behavioral Health Data Show Power of Collaboration

Catherine Teare

Behavioral Health

Uncertainty about the legalities of behavioral health data sharing — what's permissible and what's required — slows efforts to achieve coordinated and integrated care that could benefit patients and providers. Read the full blog article.