“Whole Person Care” As A Strategy

The adoption of whole person care approaches and the need for integrated care strategies continues to rise—organizations have seen the writing on the wall. Recent data show that 79% of all antidepressant medications and 45% of all antipsychotic medications are prescribed by a primary care physician. Medicaid behavioral health benefits are moving away from “carve out” models towards integrated care. More and more health plans are including behavioral health in their primary care capitation models each year. And, at last count, 73% of primary care provider organizations and 51% of specialty provider organizations have adopted a strategy to integrate . . .