Benjamin F. Miller

TL;DR: This article reports on the outcome of a presidential initiative of 2012 American Psychological Association President Suzanne Bennett Johnson to delineate competencies for primary care psychology in six broad domains: science, systems, professionalism, relationships, application, and education.

TL;DR: There is a need for addressing the looming workforce shortage as behavioral health services in primary care become more widely implemented and new initiatives have emerged which attempt to provide training for the preexisting mental health workforce to enable their successful integration into primary care settings.

TL;DR: This article presents recommendations to build demonstration projects to test existing approaches of integration, develop interdisciplinary training programs to support members of the integrated care team, implement population-based strategies to improve behavioral health, eliminate behavioral health carve-outs and test innovative payment models.

TL;DR: This approach offers practical guidelines for care sites implementing integrated and collaborative care and defines a research framework to produce the evidence required for the aforementioned clinical, operational and financial worlds of this important movement.

TL;DR: Alternatives to the traditional fee for service (FFS) model are described, including modified FFS, pay for performance, bundled payments, and global payments (i.e., capitation) to enable and sustain integrated behavioral health clinicians in ways that align with the Triple Aim.