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Integrating Publicly Funded Physical and Behavioral Health Services: A Description of Selected Initiatives

Author(s): 
Health Management Associates
Publisher: 
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Date Published: 
February, 2007

This report illustrates the variety of integration goals and approaches undertaken by providers, payers and public agencies in the pursuit of improved service integration.It highlights commonalities across initiatives, including the existence of a conceptual framework, the use of improved communication tools and processes, the consistent use of screening tools, collaboration in the use of identified clinical approaches, the identification of funding mechanisms, and the need for sustainability planning. It also identifies considerations for future planning, including the need for communicating about effective strategies, understanding opportunities to take advantage of

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