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Matthew P. Martin

Matthew P. Martin
November 27, 2024 by Matthew P. Martin

Behind the Curtain: Learning The Business of Integrated Care

5 minute read My first job after postdoctoral training was at a family medicine residency program in central North Carolina. It was exactly what I wanted: a combination of direct patient care, graduate medical education, and program development. I took over for Dan Marlowe, another medical family therapist who left to join the faculty at […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconFinance,  Quality Improvement,  Primary Care

Matthew P. Martin
September 16, 2024 by Matthew P. Martin

Fair Pay in Integrated Behavioral Health: Building a Diverse, Sustainable Workforce

3 minute read I was not ready to negotiate my first, “big boy” salary. Until that point, my pay rates were all decided by policies (e.g., minimum wage, graduate student stipends, teenager allowance). I didn’t have the moxie, or matching clothes, to negotiate. Growing up, salary talk was off the table, quite literally. My parents […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconworkforce development,  salary,  integrated care

Matthew P. Martin
August 29, 2024 by Matthew P. Martin

Why Culture Matters: Insights from an Integrated Care Internship

Five minute read “She was visibly upset while she talked about the confrontation with her brother,” I said. “And then suddenly she stood up, arms wide open, asking for a hug.” “And what did you do?” my clinical supervisor asked. “What else could I do? I gave her a hug!” My supervisor smiled. “I want […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconPrimary Care,  training,  Family Medicine

Matthew P. Martin
July 30, 2024 by Matthew P. Martin

Lessons from Snow Hill: The Early Stages of Integrated Care

5 minute read “You will need to screen every patient for depression using the PHQ-9,” my supervisor told me. “Focus on the first two questions and notify the internist of the scores”. Sounds simple enough. Wait, what is the PHQ-9? What’s an internist? “Don’t tell me the scores,” the internist instructed me. “Just tell me […]

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Matthew P. Martin
May 7, 2024 by Matthew P. Martin

From Intimidation to Integration: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Primary Care

5 minute read “Welcome to day one of your integrated care practicum. The first step you’ll take is to purchase two books and begin reading them right away. OK, let’s talk about Centricity!” Fall semester of 2009. I am a new student in the Medical Family Therapy doctoral program at East Carolina University (ECU). My […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconProfessional identity,  medical family therapy,  Primary Care,  Family Medicine

Matthew P. Martin
February 15, 2024 by Matthew P. Martin

Integrating Social Medicine: Are We Ready to Evolve?

5 minute read Is the Healthcare System Ready? Our current integrated care models break down silos between physical and behavioral health, allowing for comprehensive screening, warm handoffs, care coordination, and streamlined referrals. Many patients, though, have unmet social, material, AND behavioral health needs. Here are some examples. •           A 40-year-old man experiencing homelessness struggles to […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconPrimary Care,  Population health,  community health workers,  Social medicine

Matthew P. Martin
January 8, 2024 by Matthew P. Martin

Running Down a Dream: MFTs Step into the Medicare Spotlight

5 minute read The following post will include some slight navel gazing and somewhat excessive contemplation of one particular license group. I hope the reader will indulge me. I am a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT). My doctoral training is in medical family therapy. I graduated from the same master’s program as my dad, […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconLMFT,  Medicare,  policy,  Family

Matthew P. Martin
December 11, 2023 by Matthew P. Martin

Should Integrated Care Be Organized Too? Reflections on Shortages, Burnout, and Unions

5 minute read A Provocative Question Recently, I attended a session on healthcare workforce development at the Arizona State of Reform conference in Phoenix. The State of Reform is a national organization that facilitates healthcare policy meetings across the country. This session focused on problems and opportunities related to healthcare workforce in Arizona. During the […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconunion,  organized labor,  workforce,  burnout,  integrated care,  Primary Care

Matthew P. Martin
October 20, 2023 by Matthew P. Martin

2023 CFHA Conference Plenary Panel: A Discussion on Social Determinants of Health

7 minute read The panel discussion took place on Thursday 19 October 2023 at the CFHA Annual Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. The following questions were given by the moderator, Sentari Minor (EvolvedMD). Other panelists included Pedro Cons (CEO, Adelante Healthcare), Gabriel Jaramillo (Vitalyst Foundation), and Crystal Heiligenthal (Physician Assistant, HonorHealth). I am including only my […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconplenary,  CFHA Annual Conference,  health equity,  social determinants of health

Matthew P. Martin
September 12, 2023 by Matthew P. Martin

Advancing Success in PCBH: A Framework for the Adoption of Measurement-Based Care

4 minute read In our first blog post on March 3rd, 2023, we reported on efforts by the Primary Care Behavioral Health Special Interest Group (PCBH SIG) to advance the understanding of screening and outcome measurement in demonstrating the value of the integrated model of service delivery. Since that time a Measurement-Based Care (MBC) workgroup […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconoutcome,  measurement,  screening,  integrated care,  PCBH

Matthew P. Martin
August 1, 2023 by Matthew P. Martin

Health Federation of Philadelphia Announces Historic Director Position: How Partnership and Persistence Paid Off

5 minute read On July 13, 2023, Health Federation of Philadelphia (HFP) announced a new investment in integrated care by the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services (DBHIDS), which will allow HFP to hire a Director of Behavioral Health Integration position. The new Director will be responsible for leading all training and […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconPCBH,  FQHC,  leadership,  integrated care

Matthew P. Martin
July 26, 2023 by Matthew P. Martin

Toward Mental Health Parity: Biden Administration Proposes New Rules

4 minute read Whole person care means that people have access to both physical and behavioral healthcare. Unfortunately, there is no parity for such treatments by payers here in the United States. Payers intentionally limit their coverage of behavioral healthcare. But now the Biden administration wants to see that change. Yesterday, the Biden administration proposed […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconpayer,  policy,  integrated care

Matthew P. Martin
June 7, 2023 by Matthew P. Martin

The Worker Shortage Crisis: Making Behavioral Healthcare an Attractive Career Option

3 minute read Last August I wrote about the long wait times for individuals in need of mental health services. Soon after that post, the American Psychological Association published survey results in November 2022 showing that 60% of psychologists cannot accept new patients, while 72% have longer wait lists than before the pandemic. A 2023 […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconworkforce development,  policy,  behavioral health

Matthew P. Martin
May 10, 2023 by Matthew P. Martin

Patient Attribution: The System that Integrated Care Needs for Survival

Riddle me this: I am a system that is active and essential in healthcare, but a complete mystery to most healthcare professionals. Answer: a patient attribution system! Hopefully you did not peek at the title of my post. Did you get the right answer? Don’t worry if you did not guess a patient attribution system. […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconsystem,  payer,  integrated care

Matthew P. Martin
March 30, 2023 by Matthew P. Martin

Teaching Clinicians at the National Level: My Experience with the STFM Addiction Medicine Project

4 minute read Every week I receive solicitations in my physical mailbox for clinical trainings on a variety of topics like trauma-informed care, grief counseling, mindfulness, and more. They never stop coming! I wonder who sent these companies my address. These trainings are usually live or recorded webinars with handouts, sometimes with a well-known expert […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconworkforce development,  training

Matthew P. Martin
March 1, 2023 by Matthew P. Martin

Measuring Success in PCBH: Results from a Workgroup on Behavioral Health Screening

3 minute read In spring 2022, CFHA CEO Neftali Serrano approached the Primary Care Behavioral Health Special Interest Group (PCBH SIG) to begin the work of catalyzing standardized outcomes for measuring success in a PCBH environment. This invitation was warmly received as the role of the PCBH SIG is to grow interest and enthusiasm, provide […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconPrimary Care,  screening,  behavioral health,  PCBH

Matthew P. Martin
February 22, 2023 by Matthew P. Martin

CFHA Conducts First-Ever Behavioral Health Workforce in Integrated Care Salary Survey

Neftali Serrano, CEO of CFHA, first approached me in late 2021 to design and distribute a salary survey to the integrated care workforce. I looked at my overloaded plate and thought, “This is too good to pass up”. So, I made room on the plate. As an educator, I’ve been involved in workforce projects for […]

Category iconResearch,  Integrated Care News Tag iconsalary,  research,  workforce

Matthew P. Martin
February 1, 2023 by Matthew P. Martin

Federal Funding Opportunities: Is Your Clinic a Candidate for an Award?

US federal government agencies are currently accepting applications for large grant awards to address behavioral health patient needs across the country. Your healthcare organization may be a good candidate for one of these awards! Even if you are not funded, the exercise of grant writing will help you imagine the possibilities of improving your organization […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconresearch,  funding

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