Learning from HIV Prevention and Care: Implications for the Development of Health Homes

With the passage of the Affordable Care Act and mental health parity laws, more individuals are now eligible for primary and behavioral health care.

However, costs for those with the most complex needs were expected to rise exponentially without policy- and provider-level interventions. New York State Medicaid health homes can improve care for patients struggling with complex physical and behavioral health challenges while simultaneously reducing health care costs. Previous attempts at care coordination in other fields—particularly from the design efforts of HIV case management systems—can provide insight for the successful implementation of health homes. NYHealth awarded New York University McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research (McSilver) a grant to produce a report summarizing lessons learned from HIV case management models and offering recommendations for the development of health homes with a specific focus on patients with serious mental illness.