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Integrated Care Vs. Co-Location: Or, “Integrated Care: No day at the beach!”
Perhaps one of the best measures that the integrated primary behavioral health care model is gaining wider acceptance is through a simple Google search. Typing in “integrated care” yields… more →
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Integrated Care Vs. Co-Location: Or, "Integrated Care: No day at the beach!"
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wrote 6 days ago: Perhaps one of the best measures that the integrated primary behavioral health care model is gaining … more →
Saying "Yes," the BHC's the Best Tool: Or "Yes, I am not asking you to lunch ever again."
wrote 2 weeks ago: At the core of a fully functioning integrated care team is a well-trained behavioral specialist. Som … more →
Is The Behaviorist Enough, or Just a Good Start? Or "An architect, a researcher and a mayor walk into a bar..."
wrote 1 month ago: I’m sure I’ve referenced Daniel Burnham at least once, if not several times in this blog … more →
Same-Day Billing, an Avalanche of Claims: Or "This, and other popular urban legends."
wrote 2 months ago: A few things have come up since our last blog, an entry that talked about some billing and coding is … more →
Healthcare Reform, not Payer Reform: Or "Has everyone lost they perfactuated mind?"
wrote 2 months ago: Back when I used to be a case manager I worked with a client whose mother was one of the most deligh … more →
The Mythical Integrated Care Manual: Or "a forehead spot on the conference room table."
wrote 3 months ago: A few years ago I was involved in a project to redesign our company’s website. Let me preface … more →
Behaviorist-Patient-Relationships: Or "The myth of Wally Pipp and concussions today."
wrote 5 months ago: Sometimes the old sportswriter in me can’t be contained. While enjoying a terrific Thanksgivin … more →
Firm Foundations: Or "Maybe someday someone will name a street after you."
wrote 6 months ago: In the partnership between a community health center (CHC) and a community mental health center (CMH … more →
Tearing Down Walls: Or "Trick or treat, copies are six cents a sheet..."
wrote 7 months ago: With Halloween but a couple of weeks away, my kids have been talking about building a spook house in … more →
Lessons in the White Spaces: Or "Scrapping for wisdom along the trail of carnage."
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wrote 8 months ago: We’ve all had the privilege of working for – or working with – some excellent ment … more →
* Leadership In The Safety Net: Or "Promotion to the level of incompetence"
wrote 9 months ago: Let’s start with the assumption that our safety net provider system is generally filled with d … more →
It's Just The Right Thing To Do: Or "Take the %#@! wheel and let me look at the map!"
wrote 10 months ago: “They can’t understand why they won’t let them come in and just do this for them. … more →
Obesity and Soda Intake: Or "The great Cinnabon battle and post-war mall study of 2012"
wrote 11 months ago: My 14-year-old recently had some exposure to statistical measurement and analysis in his eighth grad … more →
The Fallacy of the Warm Hand Off: Or "skimming flotsam with the S.S. Behaviorist on the Unspecific Ocean."
wrote 1 year ago: Keeping in line with my recent trend of home repair metaphors, I found another example of why langua … more →
Integration is the Path, Not the Goal: Or "Making that drummy thing spin to meet the ultimate goal of happy wife."
wrote 1 year ago: Something occurred to me while I had my head stuck in the dryer. I guess that bears some explaining. … more →
Politics, Policy and Practice. Or "Tubing down the rapids of change while keeping your trunks tied"
wrote 1 year ago: It being a presidential election year, and with healthcare being a key issue of the election I thoug … more →
Cultural Differences Between Provider and Patient: Or "Bless your heart for reading this blog."
wrote 1 year ago: We’ve spent a fair amount of space in the Blogosphere yakking about the cultural differences b … more →
Moneyball & Healthcare: Or can I get Brad Pitt to play me in the movie role too?
wrote 1 year ago: Last month SpongeBob, Clint Eastwood and I rambled on about the benefits of data. Since then it seem … more →
Data Is Our Friend: Or "Do You Feel Lucky, Punk? Well, Do Ya?"
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wrote 1 year ago: I’d make a way better bluegill than politician. If you’re an advocate for safety net pro … more →
