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Session #B2b Friday, October 17, 2014. Mapping New Territory: Implementing the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) Model in Homeless Shelter Clinics. Stacy Ogbeide, PsyD , MS David S Buck, MD, MPH Jeff Reiter, PhD, ABPP.
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Session #B2b Friday, October 17, 2014 Mapping New Territory: Implementing the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) Model in Homeless Shelter Clinics Stacy Ogbeide, PsyD, MS David S Buck, MD, MPH Jeff Reiter, PhD, ABPP Collaborative Family Healthcare Association 16th Annual Conference October 16-18, 2014 Washington, DC U.S.A.
Faculty Disclosure • I/We have not had any relevant financial relationships during the past 12 months.
Learning ObjectivesAt the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to: • 1): Gain knowledge regarding the unique needs of homeless clinics and strategies for tailoring the PCBH model to this population with co-morbid health conditions; • 2): Gain an understanding of the clinical and systems challenges to implementing the PCBH model in a homeless clinic; and • 3): Understand the basic descriptive data for a new PCBH service in a homeless clinic, including preliminary clinical outcomes, descriptive patient data, most common conditions treated, and others.
References • 1. Mauer, B. J., & Druss, B. G. (2010). Mind and body reunited: Improving care at the behavioral and primary healthcare interface. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 37(4), 529-542. • 2. Miller, B. F., Brown-Levey, S. M., Payne-Murphy, J. C., & Kwan, B. M. (2014). Outlining the scope of behavioral health practice in integrated primary care: Dispelling the myth of the one-trick mental health pony. Families, Systems, & Health. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fsh0000070 • 3. Robinson, P. J., & Strosahl, K. D. (2009). Behavioral health consultation and primary care: Lesson learned. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 16, 58-71. doi: 10.1007/s10880-009-9145-z • 4. Vogel, M. E., Malcore, S. A., Illes, R. C., & Kirkpatrick, H. A. (2014). Integrated primary care: Why you should care and how to get started. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 36(2), 130-144. • 5. Weinstein, L. C., LaNoue, M., Collins, E., Henwood, B., & Drake, R. E., (2013). Health care integration for formerly homeless people with serious mental illness. Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 9(1), 72-77. doi: 10.1080/15504263.2012.750089
Learning Assessment • A question and answer period will be conducted at the end of this presentation.
Introduction • The mission of Healthcare for the Homeless – Houston (HHH): • to promote health, hope, and dignity for Houston's homeless through accessible and comprehensive care. • Eligibility: homelessness • Services sliding scale • Services are offered 7 days a week
Introduction • Services offered: • Primary Care and Behavioral Healthcare • Case Management • Dental Services (full-service) • Jail Inreach Project • Project Access • The HOMES Clinic • Women’s Clinic • Volunteer-run podiatry services • Medical Street Outreach • Bi-annual Vision Fairs
Introduction • Most common diagnoses in 2013: • Severe Mental Illness • Hypertension • Addiction • Obesity • Diabetes • Asthma • Heart Disease • Hepatitis C
Introduction • In 2013: • 4,879 PC patients for medical services, 4,285 (88%) have behavioral health issues • 722 behavioral health patient visits out of 8,834 medical visits or 8% • Specialty behavioral health providers (psychiatry, LCSW, LPC)
Introduction • Individuals with severe mental illness (SMI)2, 5: • Higher rates of mortality • Higher prevalence of chronic disease compared to the general population • Weinstein, LaNoue, Collins, Henwood, and Drake (2014)5: • Individuals with experiences of homelessness and SMI also have serious medical/chronic illnesses • Integrated behavioral health care programs can improve access to care and offer regular health screenings
Introduction • Miller, Brown-Levey, Payne-Murphy, & Kwan (2014)2: Behavioral Health Consultants (BHCs) can address needs of persons with SMI by: • Behavioral interventions for physical health diagnoses • Monitoring medications and side effects • Lower no-show rates in PC compared to specialty mental health
Development and Infrastructure • Previous Primary Care and Behavioral Health Practice Structure • Historically a collocated model of care with behavioral health services on site (on the same floor as the medical clinic)3, 4. • Behavioral health team: 5 case managers (4 full, 1 half), 2 half-time master’s level mental health providers, and 1 half-time psychiatrist. • There are also 6 community health workers
Development and Infrastructure • Program Development • Initial leadership support • Continuous education of medical, mental health, case management, and administrative staff. • Outside PCBH consultant (Dr. Reiter) role • Weekly meeting took place with part of leadership team (e.g., medical director, PCBH consultant) to discuss implementation progress and well as barriers to implementation. • The medical director and BHC provided onsite clinical oversight and management of the BHC service.
Development and Infrastructure • Example interventions: • Sx/mood management • Patient Education • Building Awareness/Options for bx change (L.E.A.P.) • Problem Solving • Goal Setting • Behavioral Activation • Relapse Prevention Skills • Behavioral Medicine (e.g., self-mgmt for diabetes, sleep hygiene)
Development and Infrastructure • System Integration and Operation Issues • Clinical service delivery altered(e.g., cold consult, joint consult, warm-hand off). • EHR already in place - allowed for BHC to create a same-day encounter with a patient as well as create a note that can be viewed by the entire treatment team, as well as a note that can have additional signers (e.g., PCC and BHC, BHC and case manager). • Medical assistants: continued role as ancillary staff to the PCCs, but also provided additional assistance for the BHC such • BHC access to schedule
Development and Infrastructure • Financial Sustainability • Sustainability: BHC’s ability to increase clinical revenue through Medicaid and Medicare over time • Difficult to sustain • Grant funding: Medicaid 1115 Waiver: Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program • Increase # of PCP patients • Work in progress…
Level of PCBH Integration • Level 4 collaborative care model1: • Close collaboration in a partly integrated system. • BHC is embedded in the medical clinic. • PCC and BHC share the same scheduling system and EHR, thus allowing all providers real-time access to each other’s appointments, notes, and labs/tests. • BHC participates in medical staff, behavioral health, and case manager meetings. • The interdisciplinary team manages patients’ primary medical and behavioral health problems in a comprehensive, integrated fashion. • BHC is changing the culture of the medical clinic by educating staff and patients about behavioral health consultation services.
Implementation Challenges • 4 months thus far! • An ongoing challenge: addressing operational differences between behavioral health consultation vs. traditional mental health services.
Implementation Challenges: The Implementation Dip Michael Fullan, The Six Secrets of Change
Implementation Challenges • Clinic space and patient flow: • The Search Clinic • 4 exam rooms • Cathedral Clinic • 3 exam rooms • Small or no nurses station: • BHC is working out of an exam room (rather than being housed at the nurses station). • Patient flow: • Because there are only 1-2 medical providers at a clinic at any given time, each provider typically works out of one exam room (compared to 2-3 rooms at a time).
Implementation Challenges • Clinic space and patient flow: • The current volume does not allow for a high amount of BHC contacts at this time. • At the end of 2015, new building with 10 exam rooms • The new space may allow for an improved patient flow and an increase in the amount of patient contacts per day.
Future Directions • Overall, the medical clinic has been receptive to an integrated PCBH practice model. • Long term and ongoing goals include: • measuring patient function (at least once per year) • continuing with PCBH program outcome measurement (e.g., patient/provider satisfaction, fidelity to PCBH model) • develop the business case for sustainability. • Create a system in which patients recognize they have a “health team” that cares for behavioral medical care needs.
Session Evaluation Please complete and return theevaluation form to the classroom monitor before leaving this session. Thank you!