Overview This study evaluates the effectiveness of California’s Whole Person Care (WPC) initiative in coordinating health and social services for Medicaid beneficiaries with complex needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Projects underway in 26 counties engage Medicaid health plans, medical providers...

Overview This webinar reviews the redesign of the 911 emergency call system response for behavioral health crises in Phoenix, Arizona. The care fragmentation for behavioral health disorders is a striking example of overlapping financing mechanisms, conflicting policies and an institutionalization...

Overview Fragmentation and lack of coordination between health care delivery, public health, and community service systems represent a significant barrier to improving health, well-being, and equity. Drawing from health care, public health, social work, criminology, health economics, and biomedical...

Overview Approximately 568,000 people in the U.S. experienced homelessness on a single night in January 2019, according to the HUD Point-in-Time Count. Ending homelessness is a public health issue as it increases one’s risk of experiencing mortality, co-occurring disorders, violence, mental health...

Overview Arizona State University’s Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy (CABHP) is pleased to announce the 19th Annual Summer Institute was held July 17-20, 2018 . Conference planners provided education and networking opportunities to Arizona’s healthcare and behavioral health professionals...

Overview The research team presented a poster presentation at the 2018 Academy Health Annual Research Meeting in Seattle, WA. The full abstract for the poster entitled, “Ensuring System Integration Using Multisector Claims-Based Network Analysis: Differences in Network Structure for Persons with and...