Pennsylvania’s Community Care And UPMC For You Successfully Integrate Behavioral And Physical Health Care With Connected Care Program

Circle Connections: New Products & Services Connected Care - a program developed by Community Care Behavioral Health Organization and UPMC for You - has resulted in significant reductions in the use of behavioral and physical health services by their members and is influencing other community-based programs that provide Medicaid services for individuals with serious mental illness. Connected Care - started as a two-year pilot program in 2009 by Pittsburgh-based Community Care and UPMC for You for the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW) - is designed to integrate behavioral and physical health care Medicaid services for individuals with serious mental illness . . .