Choosing An Integration Model Is Not Once & Done

Colocation. Collaborative care models. FQHC. CCBHC. Medical home. Health home. Whole person care under risk-based and performance-based reimbursement models. Virtual behavioral health consultations in primary care. Virtual primary care services in specialty care settings. The paths to integrated medical and behavioral care are many (see Seven Specialty Provider Organization Approaches To Giving Consumers A “Whole Person” Integrated Care Experience). But my big takeaway from today’s 2021 OPEN MINDS Integration Summit: A Tale Of Two Years: New Models For Integrated Care In Today’s Post-Pandemic World was that these integration models are not mutually exclusive. Rather, depending . . .