2024
Medicare Accountable Care Organization Treatment of Serious Mental Illness: Associations Between Behavioral Health Integration Activities and Outcomes.
Newton H, Colla C, Busch S, Tomaino M, Hardy B, Brunette M, Agravat D, Meara E. Medicare Accountable Care Organization Treatment of Serious Mental Illness: Associations Between Behavioral Health Integration Activities and Outcomes. Medical Care 2024 PMID: 39616411, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000002102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedicare accountable care organizationsAccountable care organizationsFee-for-service Medicare claimsPatient-level qualityPrimary care needsMental health careMental health hospitalMental health needsTop tertileCross-sectional associationsFee-for-serviceCare needsUtilization outcomesFollow-upHealth needsCare organizationsMental illnessHealth careMedicare claimsHealth HospitalCardiovascular disease monitoringBottom tertileBeneficiary characteristicsStudy sampleCarePatients’ Reasons for Using Out-of-Network Mental and General Medical Health Providers
Busch S, Kyanko K. Patients’ Reasons for Using Out-of-Network Mental and General Medical Health Providers. Psychiatric Services 2024, 75: 812-816. PMID: 38444357, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230212.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOut-of-network careMedical health providersOut-of-networkHealth providersOut-of-network providersPatients' reasonsMental health careHealth care providersIn-network providersCare providersHealth careProvider directoriesMental healthNational Internet surveyPlan enrolleesCultural competenceProvidersCarePatientsHigh qualityEnrolleesHealthParticipantsMost-cited reasonReasons
2019
Propensity-matched study of enhanced primary care on contact with the criminal justice system among individuals recently released from prison to New Haven
Wang EA, Lin HJ, Aminawung JA, Busch SH, Gallagher C, Maurer K, Puglisi L, Shavit S, Frisman L. Propensity-matched study of enhanced primary care on contact with the criminal justice system among individuals recently released from prison to New Haven. BMJ Open 2019, 9: e028097. PMID: 31048315, PMCID: PMC6502013, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028097.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary careControl groupClinic participantsPropensity scoreHealth systemPropensity-matched studyPrimary care systemCommunity health systemIncarceration exposureTransition clinicIndex dateService utilisationMAIN OUTCOMELower oddsQuasi-experimental studyClinic programAddiction servicesState-wide dataMental healthCare systemPopulation healthIncarceration daysCareIncarceration historyConnecticut Department
2017
Transitions Clinic Network: Challenges And Lessons In Primary Care For People Released From Prison
Shavit S, Aminawung JA, Birnbaum N, Greenberg S, Berthold T, Fishman A, Busch SH, Wang EA. Transitions Clinic Network: Challenges And Lessons In Primary Care For People Released From Prison. Health Affairs 2017, 36: 1006-1015. PMID: 28583958, DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0089.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransitions Clinic NetworkAcute care visitsPrimary careCare visitsMore acute care visitsCommunity health care systemHealth care systemAcute careChronic conditionsCommunity-based partnersClinic networkHealth disparitiesHealth equityCare systemHealth of peopleCareVulnerable populationsEarly engagementPatientsReferralVisitsMonthsPercentCorrectional systemRelease
2016
Patients' success in negotiating out-of-network bills.
Kyanko KA, Busch SH. Patients' success in negotiating out-of-network bills. The American Journal Of Managed Care 2016, 22: 647-652. PMID: 28557516.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEstimating demand for primary care‐based treatment for substance and alcohol use disorders
Barry CL, Epstein AJ, Fiellin DA, Fraenkel L, Busch SH. Estimating demand for primary care‐based treatment for substance and alcohol use disorders. Addiction 2016, 111: 1376-1384. PMID: 26899802, PMCID: PMC4940268, DOI: 10.1111/add.13364.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol use disorderSubstance use disordersPrimary care settingPrimary careUsual careUse disordersCollaborative careCare settingsAlcohol treatmentPrimary care-based treatmentTreatment ratesSpecialty care settingsPrior treatment historyDrug treatment centersHigh societal costsDrug treatmentSUD treatmentCommon reasonDiagnostic criteriaTreatment historyTreatment centersDisorder treatmentSocietal costsCareDisorders
2015
Consumers’ Valuation of Primary Care–Based Treatment Options for Mental and Substance Use Disorders
Epstein AJ, Barry CL, Fiellin DA, Busch SH. Consumers’ Valuation of Primary Care–Based Treatment Options for Mental and Substance Use Disorders. Psychiatric Services 2015, 66: 772-774. PMID: 25930049, PMCID: PMC4523443, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201500077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUsual careSubstance use disordersUse disordersTreatment optionsSpecialty treatmentMental disordersPrimary care-based treatmentPrimary care settingAlcohol use disorderCare visitsTreatment visitsPrimary careCollaborative careCare settingsTreatment settingsTreatment ratesTreatment typeCareDisordersTreatmentVisitsMost individualsOptionsSettingIndividuals