Saturday, April 26, 2025
4/26/2025
Mental Health Partners Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Growth Initiative - Project Name and Summary: Mental Health Partners' (MHP) Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Growth Initiative will enhance the standard of behavioral health assessment, treatment, and recovery services available to Boulder and Broomfield County residents of all ages who have or are at risk for a behavioral health condition. MHP will increase access to care, add workforce capacity, and implement new Intensive Outpatient Programs. Population to Be Served: Individuals of all ages who have or are at risk of a mental illness or substance use disorder, including those with co-occurring disorders. Focus on three key underserved populations to reduce disparities in access to care and health outcomes: Hispanic/Latinx individuals and families, low income families, and military service members/veterans and their families. CCBHC Expansion will enable MHP to expand services to a total of 1,450 individuals annually via increased care coordination, primary care/behavioral health integration, and Intensive Outpatient Programs, for a total of 2,900 over the 2-year project. MHP serves an annual average of 14,500 throughout all clinical programs, all of whom will benefit from the quality improvements facilitated by CCBHC support. Strategies/Interventions: Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic required services will be delivered through MHP's Behavioral Health Home and specialized outpatient model of care to deliver a comprehensive spectrum of mental health, addictions, crisis, and wellness services in both clinical and community-based settings. This team-based model provides immediate access to behavioral health assessment and support, psychiatric intervention, and care coordination to best match each client's individual treatment needs and motivation. Clients are matched to the appropriate level of care and treatment modality to achieve maximum benefit. Project Goals and Objectives: Goal 1: Grow the direct service workforce to enhance service availability and interoperability, and to improve access to care specifically for target population and identified subpopulations. Goal 2: Implement new clinical services targeting the highest behavioral health needs for the target population and subpopulations of focus by adding new Intensive Outpatient Programs, adding integrated care models along the IPAT spectrum, and increasing standard and complex care coordination to address growth and complexity of co-occurring conditions. Goal 3: Strengthen health information technology (HIT) to facilitate client engagement, expert clinical decision-making, and demonstration of effectiveness of services to payers by achieving CMS Promoting Interoperability Programs 2020 objectives and measures, improving data management and analysis processes, and enhancing program evaluation capability. Goal 4: Improve cost analysis and reporting methodology by capitalizing on Colorado's already-strong cost reporting processes to review and shift MHP's and the State's ability to inform alternative payment systems and cost reporting requirements for CCBHC.
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