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Dr Paul Ciechanowski Expresses Importance of Integrating Behavioral and Physical Health
Only about one-fourth of all patients with behavioral health issues are diagnosed by a primary care provider and receive the appropriate treatment, said Paul Ciechanowski, MD, MPH.
Only about one-fourth of all patients with behavioral health issues are diagnosed by a primary care provider and receive the appropriate treatment, said Paul Ciechanowski, MD, MPH.
“The fact is that we are faced with working with people with behavioral health issues in primary care and that’s not going to change soon,” he said. “But the good news is that these new models of care allow us to do this in a different way.”
Dr Ciechanowski explained that while primary care physicians are tasked with treating behavioral issues more and more each day, new care models that seek psychiatrist recommendations allow physicians to better combine mental and physical health into primary care.
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Unlocking Access: Exploring Mental Health Care Among Medicaid Managed Care Enrollees
January 23rd 2025On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with the author of a study published in the January 2025 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® to examine the association between quantitative network adequacy standards and mental health care access among adult Medicaid enrollees.
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