Is Integration of Behavioral Health In Primary Care Good Policy?

September 9, 2010

You can’t pick up a health care publication these days without reading about service integration in primary care. And, the health care reform bill has a heavy orientation toward using primary care professionals as the lead in health care for all consumers – including consumers with multiple disabilities. Generally, the articles that I’ve read (and presentations I’ve attended) on the topic have been based on the general acceptance of the premise that primary care integration is good policy.

That said, I read a provocative . . .