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Behavioral Health
The burden of untreated behavioral health conditions — encompassing mental health and substance use disorders — is both a major public health problem and a delivery system challenge. CHCF works to improve systems of behavioral health care and to focus on integrating mental health, substance use, and physical health services to achieve the best outcomes for Californians with low incomes.


Publication

2022 Edition — Quality of Care: Behavioral Health

July 2022
Jen Joynt
Behavioral Health
This set of quality measures focuses on behavioral health, including mental health and substance use.
Publication

2022 Edition — Mental Health in California

July 2022
Wendy Holt
Behavioral Health
Using the most recent data available, this Almanac provides an overview of mental health statewide: disease prevalence, suicide rates, supply and use of treatment providers, and mental health in the criminal justice system.
Publication

Innovations in Telehealth in Behavioral Health During COVID-19

July 2022
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Behavioral Health, Telehealth
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a swift pivot to telehealth for the delivery of behavioral health services. What works? What isn’t working? And what barriers to quality care remain? This report from the National Council for Mental Wellbeing was developed specifically for mental health and substance use disorder treatment providers.
Publication

A Qualitative Study of Expanded Methadone Take-Home Access in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

June 2022
UCSF, UC Davis
Behavioral Health
In March 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, federal guidance permitted greater access to methadone "take-home doses" for people in treatment for opioid use disorder. This paper reviews the treatment experiences of patients and providers at an opioid treatment program in San Francisco.
CHCF Blog

New Technology Is Transforming Care in California’s Safety Net

May 31, 2022
Silvina Martinez
Telehealth, Behavioral Health, Health Equity
Federally Qualified Health Centers in California overcame language barriers, uneven digital access, and workflow changes to increase telehealth visits for primary care from 2% of visits to 61% during the pandemic.
Publication

Improving Behavioral Health Systems Through Operational Integration: Efforts in San Mateo County

May 2022
Behavioral Health
In San Mateo County, the Medi-Cal managed care plan and the behavioral health plan are working together to streamline operational functions to better manage resources and improve member care.
Publication

Treating Stimulant Use Disorder: CalAIM’s Contingency Management Pilot

May 2022
Héctor Hernández-Delgado
Behavioral Health
Contingency management is an effective treatment for people trying to reduce or stop their use of methamphetamine, cocaine, and other stimulants. California's Department of Health Care Services will soon launch a pilot program offering contingency management to Medi-Cal enrollees in several counties statewide.
Publication

Learning from COVID-19: How Pandemic-Era Policies for Methadone Prescribing Could Improve Opioid Treatment

April 2022
Leslie Suen, Oanh Nguyen, Kelly Knight
Behavioral Health
Emergency regulations instituted as COVID-19 reached the US allowed patients who may not otherwise have qualified for methadone take-home doses to receive them.
CHCF Blog

Patience, Commitment Help Journalists Capture Harsh Realities of Fentanyl Addiction

April 1, 2022
Lisa Aliferis
Behavioral Health
A conversation with San Francisco Chronicle reporter Trisha Thadani and photojournalist Stephen Lam about how they approached a project that dug deep below the surface of the city's overdose crisis.
Project

Cultivating Outcomes Through Equity in Behavioral Telehealth

March 2022
Behavioral Health, Telehealth, Health Equity
In this 18-month initiative, participants are working to improve their behavioral telehealth practices so that patients will have equitable access to high-quality services that promote resilience and emotional well-being.
CHCF Blog

Biden Lays Out His Health Policy Agenda

March 25, 2022
Alyssa Llamas, Dawn Joyce
Behavioral Health, Health Care Costs
Some of his key items are already underway via administrative actions, while others require legislative action in Congress.
Publication

How California Can Build on CalAIM to Better Integrate Physical and Behavioral Health Care

March 2022
Logan Kelly
Behavioral Health
This analysis reviews CalAIM behavioral health initiatives, looks at programs from other states, and finds additional opportunities for California to advance integration in Medi-Cal.
Publication

Expanding Substance Use Care: Health Plan Teams Up with Seven California Counties

March 2022
Matthew Newman
Behavioral Health
In this regional Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System program, the counties provide financial resources, and Partnership HealthPlan of California administers the program.
Project

Behavioral Health Mobile Crisis Response Services in Medi-Cal

February 2022
Behavioral Health, Medi-Cal
Too often, the first response to people experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis is law enforcement. Communities across California are working to retool their approach to people undergoing behavioral health crises by developing mobile crisis response services. The state's Medi-Cal program is expected to add these services as a new benefit as soon as January 2023.
Publication

Mobile Crisis Teams: A State Planning Guide for Medicaid-Financed Crisis Response Services

February 2022
TAC
Behavioral Health
This paper provides a review of the requirements of the American Rescue Plan Act as it pertains to community-based mobile crisis intervention services. It also highlights state considerations that will support a more robust crisis continuum, including 988 planning.
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