H79SM090009

Implementation and dissemination of the Collaborative Care Model to improve care of individuals diagnosed with mental illness and substance use disorders in Pennsylvania.

The Collaborative Care Model (COCM) is a team-based, comprehensive model of patient treatment, designed to improve results, cut costs, and empower patients and their families.

It emphasizes collaboration between medical providers and behavioral health (BH) providers to address common behavioral health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and substance misuse in medical settings like primary care (PC).

The proposed project will establish a COCM to serve residents of 12 Pennsylvania (PA) counties: Allegheny, Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Schuylkill, Susquehanna, Wayne, and Wyoming.

These communities are medically underserved with ten of them being rural counties that include approximately 16% of the PA population, of which 6.5% are estimated to have both a mental health and substance use disorder.

The PA Department of Human Services (PA DHS) will leverage its existing and productive relationship with UPMC, a large integrated delivery and finance system (IDFS) headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, that delivers healthcare services and benefits across PA.

Partner UPMC subsidiaries will include Community Care Behavioral Health Organization (Community Care), the largest behavioral health managed care organization (BHMCO) in PA; UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, a nationally recognized leader in BH clinical care; providers and experts from UPMC's network; and the UPMC Center for High-Value Health Care (CHVHC), a non-profit research and evaluation organization housed within UPMC Insurance Services Division (ISD).

Pennsylvania Department Of Human Services

SAMHSA WAS GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS PRIORITY SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, PREVENTION AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE THROUGH ASSISTANCE (GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS) TO STATES, POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF STATES, INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER PUBLIC OR NONPROFIT PRIVATE ENTITIES. UNDER THESE SECTIONS, CSAT, CMHS AND CSAP SEEK TO EXPAND THE AVAILABILITY OF EFFECTIVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES AVAILABLE TO AMERICANS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THOSE AFFECTED BY ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDITIONS, AND TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE ON INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETIES AND TO ADDRESS PRIORITY MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE AND ASSIST CHILDREN IN DEALING WITH VIOLENCE AND TRAUMATIC EVENTS THROUGH BY FUNDING GRANT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROJECTS. GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS MAY BE FOR (1) KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION PROJECTS FOR TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION AND THE CONDUCT OR SUPPORT OF EVALUATIONS OF SUCH PROJECTS, (2) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, (3) TARGETED CAPACITY RESPONSE PROGRAMS (4) SYSTEMS CHANGE GRANTS INCLUDING STATEWIDE FAMILY NETWORK GRANTS AND CLIENT-ORIENTED AND CONSUMER RUN SELF-HELP ACTIVITIES AND (5) PROGRAMS TO FOSTER HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, (6) COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF PRIMARY CARE SERVICES INTO PUBLICLY-FUNDED COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SETTINGS

93.243 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance

Division of Grants Management [HHS - SAMHSA]

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 152192773 United States

Single Zip Code

Promoting the Integration of Primary and Behavioral Health Care: Collaborative Care Model (SM-24-011)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 300% from $809,177 to $3,237,158.