DeepSummary
In this episode of the Becker's Healthcare podcast, Dr. Stanley Williams, Director of Integrative Health at the Harris Center for Mental Health in Houston, discusses the transition from fee-for-service to value-based care models in community behavioral health services. He explains the challenges of change management, access to data, and a holistic approach to care in traditional mental health centers.
Dr. Williams highlights the partnership between the Harris Center and Optum as a successful example of collaboration in revolutionizing behavioral health care. He emphasizes understanding the 'why' behind the partnership, addressing social determinants of health, and utilizing data and care pathways to improve overall wellness and patient outcomes.
Looking ahead, Dr. Williams stresses the importance of knowing the 'why' of an organization, having the capacity for change management, retraining care coordinators, incorporating a whole-care approach, and making clinical decisions based on data. He believes these steps are crucial for healthcare providers and organizations to fully embrace an integrated health approach to value-based care in the behavioral health sector.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- Transitioning from fee-for-service to value-based care models in community behavioral health services presents challenges, such as change management capacity, access to data, and a holistic approach to care.
- Successful partnerships, like the one between the Harris Center and Optum, can revolutionize behavioral health care by addressing social determinants of health, utilizing data, and incorporating a whole-care approach.
- Retraining care coordinators, making data-driven decisions, and understanding the 'why' behind the organization's mission are crucial steps for healthcare providers to embrace an integrated health approach.
- Addressing social determinants of health, such as transportation, food insecurity, and access to care, can significantly impact overall wellness and patient outcomes.
- Adopting a whole-care approach, rather than solely focusing on specialty care, is essential to address the significant health disparities and premature mortality faced by individuals with severe mental illness.
- Utilizing data and care pathways, in collaboration with partners like managed care companies, can provide actionable insights to improve patient outcomes and overall wellness.
- Change management capacity and the ability to transform traditional mental health centers into value-based care models are critical for successful transitions.
- Understanding the 'why' behind the organization's mission and the potential for improved patient experiences and outcomes through value-based care models is a driving force for change.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “When you think about transitioning from a fee for service to a value based model, there's some real serious challenges, I think, within traditional mental health centers, when you think about do you have change management capacity?“ by Dr. Stanley Williams
- “And then we dispatch our care navigators, which we had to train differently, to be able to have some actionable data and actually look at care pathways to actually improve that data.“ by Dr. Stanley Williams
- “When you think about these drivers of poor health, these are kind of everyday, kind of lived experiences that we have. Like, for instance, do we have transportation to go from point a to point b? Well, folks with poor access to care means that they don't meet with their provider either primary care or behavioral health.“ by Dr. Stanley Williams
- “I believe that you have to know your why. I think you have to take a step back as an organization and look at do we want to do just specialty care knowing that our population with severe mental illness died 25 years earlier than the general population because of untreated health conditions, or you want to do kind of this whole care approach, and so that's your why.“ by Dr. Stanley Williams
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Episode Information
Becker’s Healthcare Podcast
Becker's Healthcare
1/9/24