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Jill Rinehart, MD
Breena Holmes, MD
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Describe the growing need for co-located support in
primary care practices
Outline several Vermont models of behavioral health
support in primary care
Describe one practices’ innovation, including use of
Blueprint and care coordination
Vermont Department of Health
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20-24% of all children will be treated for
behavioral health symptoms by the time they
reach age 18.
Up to 70% of primary care medical
appointments are for issues related to
psychosocial concerns
Vermont Department of Health
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For those under 18 years of age, the five
medical conditions that ranked highest in
terms of the number of individuals with
expenses for care in 2008 included acute
bronchitis, asthma, trauma-related disorders,
otitis media, and mental disorders.
Vermont Department of Health
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Family Integrated Health Care Model
◦ VCHIP, VDH, DMH
◦ Co-located mental health workers in primary care
◦ Child Psychiatry consultation for child health providers
through email and phone consultation
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Vermont Family Wellness Model
◦ 3 tiers
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Blueprint for Health
◦ Community Health Teams (centralized)
◦ Community Health Teams (co-located)
Vermont Department of Health
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Every medical home that serves children has a
care coordinator
Care coordinator can connect families to
needed resources in a timely manner
CSHN can reach each practice via Care
Coordinator
Network of care coordination that supports
behavioral health needs of families—from
parenting support, to coordinated behavioral
assessment and psychiatric treatment
Vermont Department of Health
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Needs assessment for care
coordination and
continuing care
coordination engagement
Care planning and
communication
Facilitating care transitions
Connecting with community
resources and schools
Transitioning to adult care
The Concept
Antonelli et al (2009); Rinehart (2014)
The Person
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1.Reduce fragmentation of care for an
identified population
2.Guide a family-centered, multi-disciplinary
team process in the joint development and
use of a plan of care
3.Enable the child/family and their “care
neighborhood” to communicate, collaborate,
and operate from the “same page”
4.Deliver oversight/accountability
◦ Jeanne McAllister, et. al, supported by Lucille Packard Foundation for Children with
Special Health Care Needs
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Vermont Department of Health
Care Study 1: Matt
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13 year old boy with autism, non-verbal, self injury,
polydipsia
Parents struggling with bolting, overall safety
Middle school unable to educate or keep safe
Medical issues of skin infections, enuresis, sleep dysfunction
Family has gone above and beyond capacity of most families
to deal with this at home
Care Planning 1:
Patient/Family/Team Goals
CICP Negotiated Actions
Process and Outcome Measures
Less Self Injury
Psychiatry Assessment, comanagement from psychiatry,
medical home and subspecialists
Keeping family together
Less need for police, mental
health crisis support
In-home behaviorists
Improve school attendance
Improve education supports
Repetitive behaviors
Same behavior plan across
settings
Clear communication between
home/school/providers
Explore alternative school
placement
Alternative program found
Improved psych pharm
Improved wrap around services
Improved behavior plans
Innovation: across silos of
mental health, developmental
disabilities, children with special
health care needs, and school
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Care Study 2: Mary
4 year old with tuberous sclerosis
 self-injurious behaviors
 Tantrums
 sleep dysfunction
 heading toward inpatient psychiatry hospitalization
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Despite having a VT developmental services waiver, respite
care and a team of multidisciplinary medical experts at
Massachusetts General Hospital
Care Study 2: Mary (Cont)
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Intractable seizures seemed the least of her concerns in
comparison to behaviors
Strengths:
 Strong parent involvement and expertise
 Loving respite family
 Mary engaging
 Verbal with cognitive strength (can anticipate seizures)
Care Planning 2:
Patient/Family/Team Goals
CICP Negotiated Actions
Process and Outcome Measures
Less need for “crisis”
intervention
Co-management from psychiatry,
medical home and subspecialists
Less need for police, mental
health crisis support
In-home behaviorists
Improve Sleep
Same behavior plan across
settings
Less communication errors
about medications
Improved work attendance
Increase Home Safety-of Mary
and family
Mary to attend school
Improve social relationships
Improved psych pharm
CSHN SW: Waiver allowed for
enhanced access to in-home
behaviorists
Innovation: region contracted
with vendor outside of network
Communication opened between
school, behavioral plans, family,
medical home
Making academic gains
Attendance improved
Cannot pick her out from peers
Less Crisis Need
Pediatric Collaborations in Chittenden County
CC: Care Coordinator
SW: Social Worker
RD: Registered Dietician
HC: Health Coach
RN: Registered Nurse
VT-LEND
SW intern
Medical Home Training
CSHN
CC
CC
Essex Pediatrics
SW
SW
University Pediatrics
SW
HC
RD
CC
Hagan, Rinehart & Connolly
Pediatricians
CC
SW
SW
RN
Community Health Team
Blueprint for Health
VCCYF
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SW
SW
Timberlane Pediatrics
1 HRC Pediatricians
2 University Pediatrics
3 Green Mountain Pediatrics
(Bennington)
4 Rutland (RRMC)
5 St. Johnsbury
6 Mount Ascutney /Ottaqueechee
(Windsor/Woodstock)
7 Rainbow Pediatrics(Middlebury)
8 MPAM(Middlebury/Porter)
9 South Royalton
10 Barre- Associates in Pediatrics
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CHC
Timberlane
Essex Pediatrics
Maine
Vermont Department of Health
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Integrated care is the seamless provision of
health care services, from the perspective of the
patient and family, across the entire care
continuum. It results from coordinating the
efforts of all providers, irrespective of
institutional, departmental, or community-based
organizational boundaries.
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Practices with co-located behavioral health services
◦ struggled with integration elements that
addressed the use of behavioral health skills by
the entire primary care team and the delivery of
evidence-based interventions
Co-located practices were the most integrated with
clinic-system processes and in elements of
relationship and communication
Pediatric and non-co-located practices struggled
most with clinic-system processes and community
integration
Financial
Supports
Insurance
Respite
Childcare
Subsidy
Economic
services
Social Security
Food Subsidy
Employment
School
Teachers
Case
Manager
Speech
PT/OT
Counsellors
Other
Services
Medical
Specialists
Specialty
Providers
Clinics
Genogram of
Household Members
Parents
Siblings
Child
Extended Family
Others
Childcar
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Teacher
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Community and State
Services
CSCHN
Economic Services
Developmental
Services
Mental Health
Early Intervention
Home Health Services
Children’s Palliative
Care
WIC
Child Protection
Private Therapists
Personal Care
Informal Supports
Extended Family
Friends
Groups
Religious
Organizations
Cultural Supports
Clubs
Recreation
Camps
© Cristin Lind
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Behavioral Health encompasses
◦ Mental health
◦ Substance abuse and dependence
◦ Life style choices which promote risk factors
Integration is Essential for Success– evidence base exists
Care Coordination is Necessary but not Sufficient to Achieve
Integration
CC is the set of activities which occurs in “the space between”
◦ Visits, Providers, Hospital stays
Only way to succeed is to engage all stakeholders– including
patients and families– as participants and partners