The Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions, funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and run by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, provides free training and technical assistance (TTA) to current and former Promoting Integration of Primary and Behavioral Health Care (PIPBHC) grantees. Our integrated care experts and partners can advise you on evidence-informed strategies to enhance integrated health care.
We offer individualized TTA, peer learning communities, learning collaboratives, grantee meetings and more. Our PIPBHC-focused TTA covers topics such as:
Our experts provide evidence-informed strategies to support your integrated health care efforts. These services are available to PIPBHC initiative leaders and/or provider partners (states and CoCM track grantees).
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Provider partners are specifically invited to join this session. There will be moderated conversation and brainstorming on various topics and current challenges. These include the foundations of integrated care models, workforce development and training needs (including overcoming barriers) and sustainability and action planning (including establishing partnerships).
The Comprehensive Health Integration Framework and Companion Tools
The Comprehensive Health Integration Framework provides practical tools to assess and strengthen integration efforts at the provider level. This can help PIPBHC grantees and their service provider partners assess their current integration practices, set benchmarks and advance coordinated care.
Advancing Measurement-informed Care in Community Behavioral Health
This resource offers a streamlined set of outcome measures and implementation strategies. They can enhance clinical decision-making, improve care quality and align with value-based payment models in integrated behavioral health settings.
Driving Integrated Health at Your Organization
This recorded session features three integrated health experts from Primary Care Development Corps (PCDC). They move beyond the buzzwords to offer real-world strategies for navigating quality improvement measures, overcoming state-level policy barriers and managing patient health information challenges. Hear from Amy Breyer, LCSW, CPC-A, Deborah Johnson Ingram, MPH, and Maia Bhirud Morse, MPH, as they explore how to create and maintain a successful integrated health practice.
Wait, We’ve Gotta Ask That Too? Navigating Preventive Screening in Integrated Care Settings
This recorded session covers practical guidance for integrating preventive screening tools into care workflows. Hosted by PCDC, the webinar offers selection criteria, sample policies and actionable strategies to help providers and administrators conduct effective screening in integrated care settings. Speakers Deborah Johnson Ingram, MPH, and Maia Bhirud Morse, MPH, walk through common challenges and share real-world solutions for better screening in team-based care.
Making Integration Possible: Proactive Practices for Successful Collaboration
In this insightful recorded session, PCDC experts explore the policies, roles and real-world strategies that help behavioral health providers and health care leaders work together effectively. Panelists share actionable approaches to navigating physical health data in team-based settings and offer practical guidance for building strong, de-siloed partnerships. The session features PCDC experts Ilse Bell, MD, Deborah Johnson Ingram, MPH, and Maia Bhirud Morse, MPH.
The Art and Science of Integrated Care Partnerships
This recorded session from PCDC features a panel of expert leaders exploring how to navigate the complexities of integrated care partnerships — from using data to spark meaningful conversations to building trust across interdisciplinary teams. The event closes with a lively Q&A with panelists Pamela Mattel (Coordinated Behavioral Care), Isaac Kastenbaum (PCDC) and Julie Schilz (PCDC).
Financing the Future of Integrated Care
The Decision Support Tool helps provider organizations estimate Medicare and Medicaid revenue across integrated care services. The tool helps them finance these services more effectively in community mental health care, substance use treatment and primary care. It includes a list of specific billing codes and service types, as well as requirements for professional discipline coverage, documentation and time.
A set of companion billing modules offers guidance across six integrated care service types:
The Collaborative Care Model is the most widely studied integrated care model. Consistent evidence shows that it improves depression and anxiety outcomes across many populations and settings.
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