CalHIVE Behavioral Health Integration

Launched July 2023, the CalHIVE Behavioral Health Integration Improvement Collaborative is a three-year program operated by PBGH’s California Quality Collaborative (CQC) that supports California-based primary care practices as they integrate behavioral health services. CalHIVE Behavioral Health Integration helps organizations launch or expand screening, treatment and referrals for patients with mild-to-moderate depression, substance use disorders and other conditions.

The program is improving integration of behavioral health services within primary care for Californians by:

• Defining and implementing an integration pathway for each participant aligned with their organizational objectives.
• Increasing access to behavioral health services within the primary care setting to support depression and substance use management.
• Improving behavioral health and chronic disease outcomes across key indicators (depression screening, response and remission, diabetes, etc.).

Participating Organizations

Eight provider organizations located across California that provide care in aggregate for 500,000 patients are participating in the CalHIVE Behavioral Health Integration program:

• Chinese Hospital — hospital system with locations in San Francisco and Daly City
• Community Memorial Healthcare — hospital system in Ventura County
• Perlman Clinic, multi-site primary  and specialty care clinic in San Diego
• Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center — medical center located in Pomona
• Riverside Family Physicians — primary care practice in Riverside
• San Francisco Health Network — multi-site Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and part of San Francisco’s public health system
• Scripps Health — San Diego-based health system (hospitals and ambulatory care)
• Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Centers — multi-specialty medical group located in San Diego

Program participants receive:

• Funding of up to $100,000 over the duration of the program.
• Direct support to implement our Behavioral Health Integration Curriculum designed for California-based organizations.
• Learning events and improvement advising to design and implement efficient, sustainable and effective behavioral health services.
• The opportunity to engage with peers from other provider organizations and systems in an improvement collaborative model to share learnings and ideas.

Technical Assistance Partner

CQC is partnering with the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) for the CalHIVE Behavioral Health Integration technical assistance program. CFHA is a multi-guild member association with the goal to make integrated care the standard of care across the United States and beyond.

Support

CQC’s Behavioral Health Integration Initiative is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Centene Corporation and is a part of CQC’s CalHIVE Improvement Collaboratives offered to provider organizations in California.