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March 26, 2018 by chris

Financing the Primary Care Behavioral Health Model: Q&A with Dennis Freeman

It’s no secret that the US health care system is expensive and under significant change these days. One part of the system that is receiving a lot of attention in primary care. The evidence suggests that primary care is an excellent investment for payers who want better health outcomes; however, recent data shows that payers […]

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March 12, 2018 by chris

Cultural Considerations for Behavioral Health Providers in Primary Care

Healthy People 2020 is a multi-year, multi-stakeholder effort by the US government to address social determinants of health and disparities. This vision for a healthier country includes specific actions that the United States must take to achieve better health by the year 2020. Some of the goals include: Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable […]

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February 13, 2018 by chris

4 Things Your Supervisee Wants to Hear from You

For the tiny town of Cottonwood, Idaho – population 900 people and 1800 cattle – sports were something to rally around.  My senior year in high school, we made it to the football state championships.  When we took to the field for the championship game, it was breathtaking to see half the town in the […]

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January 30, 2018 by chris

The Warm Handoff: Turn up the research heat

As I replay my experiences from the recent CFHA Conference in Houston, two primary themes emerged as key take-home messages.  The first, voiced by Executive Director Neftali Serrano in his eloquent plenary address, highlighted the central role of relationships and connections to the organization as exemplified by the mantra (paraphrasing) ‘don’t be afraid to gently […]

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January 26, 2018 by chris

Health care records on your iPhone?

Yup, Apple is making the foray into health care. One of the biggest companies on the planet wants to give you access to your medical records using the popular iPhone. This feature will be available once the iOS 11.3 update rolls out later this year.  Check out the article link above for details on how […]

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Katie Snow
January 23, 2018 by Katie Snow

The Unspoken Role of the Behavioral Health Consultant: 6 Tips for Navigating Colleague Mental Health Needs

This post was inspired by a recent CFHA listserv discussion. If you are reading this and not a CFHA member, the listerv is one of the many amazing benefits of CFHA membership! It usually looks something like this: A face I know well pops into my office door—another staff member in the clinic where I […]

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January 11, 2018 by chris

Addressing Fidelity in Primary Care Behavioral Health with the PPAQ: Measurement Matters

(Brief History) My colleagues and I at the VA Center for Integrated Healthcare (CIH) first developed the Primary Care Behavioral Health Provider Adherence Questionnaire (PPAQ) to address a fundamental question: What do PCBH providers do every day?  We all know that variation in clinical practice is common.  In short, clinicians don’t perfectly follow conceptual models […]

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Dr. Joan Fleishman
January 8, 2018 by Dr. Joan Fleishman

Assume Trauma Until Proven Otherwise

I decided to write a piece in response to the CFHA listserv discussion on detecting and addressing trauma in primary care. As I watched the messages from my colleagues trickle in about how to address medical providers’ unease discussing trauma with their patients I paused and knew my contribution would be forthcoming.  I have done […]

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January 4, 2018 by chris

Current State of Integrated Care: Collaborative Care in Kentucky

Kentucky has a long history of healthcare innovation. In May of 1993, it submitted its first 1115 waiver (under section 1115 of the Social Security Act, the federal government may grant the state flexibility to experiment with projects that are likely to promote the same objectives as the federal program – for more information, see […]

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December 4, 2017 by chris

Current state of integrated care: An opportunity in England

A recent article in Context, the house magazine of the Association of Family Therapy (AFT), raises questions about the future of family therapy as an accredited profession in the UK. A variety of threats to the profession are described, which include a lack of clarity about what the family therapists do and with which client groups. […]

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November 24, 2017 by chris

New Editors at Families, Systems, & Health

Congratulations to the new incoming editors at Families, Systems, and Health: Drs. Jodi Polaha and Nadiya Sunderji. We are looking forward to some great work! This signals an end to the productive and expansive era of the former editors, Colleen T. Fogarty and Larry Mauksch. CFHA would like to thank Colleen and Larry for their visionary leadership. […]

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November 15, 2017 by chris

Current state of integrated care: Interview with a family physician in South Korea

In 2007, my education in marriage and family therapy (MFT) in the US began. After a year of course work, my clinical experience as a MFT intern started at the University of California San Diego Family Medicine Residency, which had well-established integrated care. For me, it was a novel and exciting experience working as a […]

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October 31, 2017 by chris

Collaborative Medication Management: Tips for Working with Pharmacists

A day-in-the-life The day: Wednesday. The time: 8:50 am. I (KV) just received a handoff from a provider, the 9 am patient has arrived, and I am in the middle of a coordination of care phone call with a school nurse who is attempting to help facilitate proper dosing of a stimulant for a 15 […]

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October 24, 2017 by chris

Friday Plenary Session

If you missed the Friday morning plenary session at the 2017 CFHA Annual Conference in Houston, you missed a fantastic presentation by Len Nichols, PhD, Professor of Health Policy at George Mason University. Dr. Nichols described how we got to the current state of affairs in healthcare and what reform may look like in the […]

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October 21, 2017 by chris

Opening Plenary Session

Welcome to the opening plenary session for the 2017 CFHA Annual Conference in beautiful Houston, Texas. Our fearless leader, Tina Runyan, began with a “state of the association” speech describing the strong financial footing of CFHA. She expressed appreciation for the vibrant, member-driven community. “I don’t know of an organization where you can post a […]

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October 20, 2017 by chris

Texas Policy Summit on Integrated Health Care

On October 19th, 2017, stakeholders from across Texas and beyond gathered for the annual policy summit that take place in conjunction with the CFHA Annual Conference. This year the policy summit focused on value-based payments and was supported by several organizations including The Meadows Foundation, Mental Health America of Greater Houston, Health Management Associates, and […]

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October 3, 2017 by chris

Houston, Here We Come

The 2017 Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) Annual Conference will soon take place in Houston, a city in recovery from Hurricane Harvey’s record-smashing rainfall and floods. CFHA members are proud to be in Houston this year and continue to support all the recovery efforts for everyone affected by recent natural disasters.   The Annual Conference […]

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September 11, 2017 by chris

What is Population Health?

This is the second of a two-part series on Population Health. This post is a reprint of a piece from the MHA@GW Blog. Click here for the original post. Reprinted with permission. MHA@GW is the online master of health administration from the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University.  “Population health.” It is a […]

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