Studies from University of Washington in the Area of Managed Care Reported (Behavioral Health Integration In Community Health Centers and Emergency Department Use): Managed Care

2023 MAR 24 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on Managed Care have been published. According to news reporting originating in Seattle, Washington, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Medicaid enrollees with behavioral health disorders often experience fragmented care, leading to high rates of preventable use of emergency departments (EDs).”

Financial support for this research came from HealthierHere and by the University of Washington Population Health Initiative Pilot Grant program.

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the University of Washington, “As part of its Medicaid Transformation Program, the Washington Health Care Authority partnered with regional accountable communities of health to collect data on behavioral health integration in community health centers. Clinics who participated in the integrated care demonstration received technical and financial support to increase capacity for integration.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “This column describes results from an analysis that linked clinic surveys to Medicaid claims to explore characteristics of highly integrated clinics and assess whether clinic capacity for behavioral health integration is associated with ED visit frequency.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Behavioral Health Integration In Community Health Centers and Emergency Department Use. Psychiatric Services, 2022;73(11):1298-1301. Psychiatric Services can be contacted at: Amer Psychiatric Publishing, Inc, 800 Maine Ave SW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20024, USA.

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Amber K. Sabbatini, University of Washington, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, United States. Additional authors for this research include Herbert C. Duber, Theresa J. Hoeft, Eli Kern, Susan E. Hernandez, Philip W. Sylling, Alexis Desrosiers and Michael B. McKee.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100626. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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