The Collaborative Care Model: An Approach for Integrating ...

HEALTH home Information Resource Center BRIEF- MAY 2013 This briefwas developed for the Centers for Medicare & medicaid Services by the Center for Health Care Strategies and Mathematica Policy Research. For more information or technical assistance in developing health homes, The Collaborative Care Model: An Approach for Integrating Physical and Mental Health Care in medicaid Health Homes Executive Summary Depression and other common mental disorders are common, disabling, and associated with high health care costs and substantial losses in productivity,yet only about 25 percent of patients with these disorders receive effective care. Only 20 percent of adult patients with mental health disorders are seen by mental health specialists and many prefer and receive treatment in primary care settings. Individuals with serious and persistent mental illnessesare more likely to be seen by specialty mental health providers, but they have limited access to effective medical care and high mortality rates,underscoring the need for better connections across primary care and mental health.

effective medical care and high mortality rates,underscoring the need for better connections across primary care and mental health. . The collaborative care model is an evidence-based approach for integratingphysical and behavioral health services that can be implemented within a primary care-based Medicaid health home model, among other settings.

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