Integrating Behavioral Health In Primary Care: Lessons From Health Centers

September 1, 2013
In September 2013, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions released a PowerPoint presentation on its model for assessing the business case for integration of primary and behavioral health care. Covered in the presentation is the business case formula and its use to calculate a clinic's return on investment (ROI). The ROI is defined as follows: Cost of Screening (S) + Cost of Intervention Services (I) + Transition Costs (T) must be less than or equal to Screening Reimbursement (X) + Productivity Gains (P) + Reimbursement for Treatment (R). The presentation walks . . .