News Report | January 26, 2020
Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare’s Integrated Model Cut Potentially Preventable Emergency Department & Inpatient Utilization By 18%
The year after Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare (Cascadia) implemented a certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) integrated care model, the number of emergency department (ED) visits was reduced by 18% and inpatient admissions by 23% among individuals who’d previously utilized the ED or inpatient facilities. Before implementing the CCBHC integrated care model in 2017, Cascadia reported 3.74 ED visits/inpatient admissions per consumer for April 2016 through April 2017. After becoming a CCBHC, Cascadia reported 3.07 ED visits/inpatient admissions per consumer for 2018. Cascadia reported the outcomes on December 17, 2019.
Cascadia anticipates that the reduction will . . .