Integration Gets Boost Under Health Law

The Wall Street Journal -- The integration of mental health and general health will get a boost under the new health reform law through the funding of medical homes that coordinate care. Programs that integrate care have been shown to reduce emergency room visits and psychiatric-hospital admissions, and to increase employees' productivity at work. A growing number of primary care providers are coordinating care of depressed patients with behavioral-health specialists. Read more at http://online.wsj.com/article/the_informed_patient.html