During the 2nd session of Edge of Amazing 2016, this session highlighted the work being accomplished under fully integrated managed care in WW Wa., progress in other regions and at a state level to integrate behavioral health, and the role of community in ensuring whole-person care. While highlighting work from the North Sound ACH. Vanessa Gaston, Clark County Human Services Isabel Jones - Washington State Health Care Authority Joe Valentine - North Sound Behavioral Health Organization

1. Integrating Care for the
Whole Person
Healthier Washington is the state’s vision for transforming the health
care system to achieve better health, better care and lower costs for the
people of Washington State.

2. Panelists
• Vanessa Gaston, Director, Clark County Human Services
• Isabel Jones, Medicaid Integration Manager, Health Care Authority
• Joe Valentine, Administrator, N. Sound Behavioral Health Organization

3. The Healthier Washington Initiative
The goals of Healthier Washington are simple:
• Healthier people and communities
• A transformed health care system that treats the whole person
• Affordable care

4. • Healthier Washington is employing three overarching strategies to
achieve its transformation goals:
• Supporting multi-sector engagement
• Integrating care and social supports
• Paying for value

5. • Accountable Communities of Health
• Analytics, interoperability, and measurement
• Integrated physical and behavioral health
• Paying for value
• Performance measures
• Practice transformation support hub
• Shared decision making
• Plan for improving population health
Many different strategies…with
many public and private partners

6. Ensuring care focuses on the
whole person
Today…
• Physical and behavioral health integration in
Southwest Washington
• Mental health and substance use disorder
integration in 9 regions of the state
Moving forward…
• Physical and behavioral health integration for
Medicaid throughout the state by 2020

7. Early
Adopter
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What’s Happening Statewide?
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