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Placing Patient and Peer Voices at the Forefront: Engagement Projects Focus on Mental Health

(10/10, The PCORI Blog) comments “Mental health conditions impact individuals across age, income, racial, and ethnic groups. One in five people in the United States will experience a mental health condition within a given year, and more than 50 percent will receive a mental health diagnosis at some point in their lifetime. Using engagement tools to build patient and other stakeholders’ capacity for patient-centered outcomes research and comparative clinical effectiveness research (PCOR/CER), two PCORI-funded project teams have made significant advances regarding mental health amongst two distinct population groups: graduate students and older adults.” Full

Value-Based Payments in Medicaid Tied to More Behavioral Health Visits

(10/10, Victoria Bailey, RevcycleIntelligence) reports “Medicaid value-based payment reform was associated with an increase in behavioral health visits for patients with mental health conditions, a study published in JAMA Health Forum found...Researchers analyzed New York state Medicaid fee-for-service claims and encounter data to determine the association of value-based payment reform with outpatient utilization, mental health emergency department (ED) visits, and hospitalizations for Medicaid beneficiaries with major depression disorder, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia.” Full

Payer Strategies To Center SDoH Into Value-Based Care

(10/10, Michelle Guerra, RTI Health Advance) comments “...As SDoH programs and pilots are implemented, and results are collected, those results and approaches can establish a robust and accessible evidence base to support public and private decision making. Partners and constituents can utilize these resources to establish policies and programs to address social determinants. Through ongoing federal investments in research and innovation, experts and leaders can leverage shared experience and best practices to create their pilot projects and new standards.” Full