Cambridge Health Alliance is a national leader in integrating primary care and behavioral health. This work began in 1991 and has grown, expanded, and been refined in the intervening years. In 2011, we adopted a “population-based” approach which includes universal screening for depression, anxiety and substance use disorders, along with registries, co-located/integrated therapists, behavioral care managers and consulting psychiatrists in a team-based system consistent with health home innovations. In December 2016, all twelve of CHA’s primary care practices received Massachusetts Health Policy Commission’s PRIME certification for behavioral health integration, among the first in the state to receive this recognition. In November 2017 and December 2019, CHA led Harvard Medical School CME-accredited courses entitled “Working Together: Integrating Mental Health and Medical Care.” As a premier site for medical education, CHA is training residents and trainees across several disciplines in a model for integration known to be effective in comprehensive patient care.
Contact: Kate Zona
1493 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Primary Location
Types of Services Offered: Primary Care (adult), Primary Care (pediatrics), Hospital-based (in- and outpatient care), Specialty Medicine (eg. endocrine clinic)
Type of integrated care or co-located services offered by your organization:
- PCBH (embedded clinician, real-time access): Offered at All Our Sites
- Collaborative Care (care management & consulting psychiatry): Offered at All Our Sites
- SBIRT (substance abuse brief treatment): Offered at All Our Sites
- Medication Assisted Treatment (opioid): Offered at All Our Sites
- Specialty Psychotherapy (referral-based therapy): Offered at Some of Our Sites
- Medical Family Therapy (family-based, medically focused therapy): Offered at Some of Our Sites
- Specialty addiction counseling (referral-based SA counseling): Offered at Some of Our Sites
- Bidirectional Integrated Care (eg. wellness services in a CMHC): Offered at Some of Our Sites
- Specialty Psychiatry (referral based psychiatry care): Offered at Some of Our Sites
- Consulting Psychiatry (psychiatry supporting primary care): Offered at All Our Sites
- Telemental health: Offered at Some of Our Sites
Do some or all patients have access to integrated care services?
All patients have access to all integrated care services
All patients have access to all integrated care services
Is this organization accepting new patients? Yes