Whole Person Care As An Innovation Strategy

The adoption of whole person care approaches and the need for integrated care strategies continue to rise. According to recent data, primary care physicians prescribe 45% of all antipsychotic medications and 79% of all antidepressant medications. Medicaid behavioral health benefits are moving away from “carve out” models towards integrated care. Each year, more and more health plans include behavioral health in their primary care capitation models. And, at last count, 73% of primary care provider organizations and 51% of specialty provider organizations have adopted a strategy to integrate treatment (see The 2022 OPEN MINDS National Innovation Survey: Innovation Adoption Among . . .