Medical Economics October 16, 2023
AHRQ has open comment period on new study that found at least 87 approaches to blending behavioral health with physical treatments.
There is no single formula for success when physicians and other clinicians integrate mental health care into primary care.
Patients could benefit from a seamless system that treats the body and behavioral health. But researchers at the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) have found there is no single dominant approach to blending the evaluations and treatments, or to pay for them.
AHRQ has published the draft “Strategies for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care: A Hybrid Review,” a 120-page analysis that catalogued 76 studies outlining 87 approaches to integrate behavioral health and primary care.
“Integration has...
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