Integration of Primary Care and Behavioral Health: Report on a Roundtable Discussion of Strategies for Private Health Insurance


 

Publication Date: February 2005

Publisher: Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

Author(s): Elaine Alfano

Research Area: Health

Keywords: Health insurance; Medicaid; Mental health

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This publication presents major points from a 2004 roundtable convened to discuss strategies for integration of primary care and behavioral health in the context of private health insurance. Roundtable participants included health care leaders with expertise in primary care, mental health and substance abuse services, and public and private-sector health plan policy, purchasing and administration.

It is a companion document to GET IT TOGETHER, the Bazelon Center's report on integration of health and behavioral health care in the public sector.