Missouri’s Primary/Behavioral Healthcare Integration Initiative

This presentation was given by Dorn Schuffman, Senior Consultant and Coordinator for the Missouri Department of Mental Health, Primary/Behavioral Healthcare Integration Unit as part of a panel discussion at the 2012 OPEN MINDS Planning & Innovation Institute on June 7, 2012. In the presentation, Mr. Schuffman discussed the steps that the Primary/Behavioral Healthcare Integration Unit at the Missouri Department of Health has taken to improve access to primary care and behavioral health services for people with mental illnesses, improve clinical care, and improve systems of care overall to benefit the person being treated. The presentation also explained the . . .