Evolving Models Of Behavioral Health Integration In Primary Care

In April 2010, the Milbank Memorial Fund published a report summarizing the available evidence and states’ experiences around integration as a means for delivering quality, effective physical and mental health care. It provides eight models that represent qualitatively different ways of integrating/coordinating care across a continuum—from minimal collaboration to partial integration to full integration—according to stakeholder needs, resources, and practice patterns.

This report assesses models of integration in their applicability to primary care settings and, in particular, to the “medical home.” Each model is defined and includes examples and successes, any evidence-based research, and potential implementation . . .