Benjamin F. Miller; Bridget Teevan; Robert L. Phillips, Jr.; Stephen M. Petterson; and Andrew W. Bazemore.
Primary care plays a critical role in treating mental health conditions, but caring for patients with comorbid mental health and medical conditions increases visit length. Lack of appropriate reimbursement mechanisms and competing priorities make it difficult to integrate mental health into primary care. Caring for patients with mental health comorbidities requires time not now affordable in the primary care setting and demands a new payment policy to promote team-based, integrated care for mental and physical illness in a patient-centered medical home.
Miller BF, Teevan B, Phillips RL Jr, Petterson SM, Bazemore AW. The importance of time in treating mental health in primary care. Fam Syst Health. 2011;29(2):144-5.
