Dr. Serrano discusses the challenges of financing integrated care including the variability by location, a fragmented financing system, specialty mental health regulations, and a lack of reimbursement for population health efforts. Dr. Serrano offers suggestions for negotiating with healthcare systems to emphasize the value of integrated care.
Dr. Khatri describes the mission of FQHCs centered on underserved and low income populations, her experiences at Cherokee Health Systems, and opportunities for psychologists to work in integrated settings in FQHCs.
Summary: Ms. Levkovich describes her experiences at the Health Federation of Philadelphia and provide a perspective on the role of BHCs in Federally Qualified Health Centers. She will discuss funding and reimbursement, and will provide examples of capacity building, community partnerships, and workforce development in a FQHC that is primarily dedicated to providing care to […]
Dr. McGrath discusses the consideration in setting up an integrated primary care practice including identifying who is in charge of the practice, hiring, training, facilitating team member relationships, administrative services, office structure, and working with insurers.
Dr. Corso describes the variability of billing and coding systems by state and healthcare system.
Dr. Khatri describes informed consent issues related to EHRs and how sharing patient information helps to integrate the psychologists into the integrated care team.