South Carolina Taskforce Recommends Statewide Care Coordination Model For Adults With SMI

A behavioral health task force formed by the South Carolina Institute of Medicine & Public Health (IMPH) recommends that the state implement a statewide care coordination model for adults with serious mental illness (SMI), create a more accessible system of chronic care management, and enhance access to crisis stabilization services. The statewide care coordination model should offer home- and community-based care options, minimize unnecessary emergency department visits, law enforcement interventions, and inpatient hospitalizations.

The recommendations were released in “Hope for Tomorrow: The Collective Approach for Transforming South Carolina’s Behavioral Health Systems” by Maya H. Pack, MS, MPA; and . . .