Practice Spotlight
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Practice Spotlight: The Ark of DC Integrates Services for Residents with Opioid Use Disorders
Challenge: The Ark of DC is a freestanding mental health clinic that provides behavioral health services to approximately 1,200 patients each year. To reduce patient time spent going to multiple providers for mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment,...
Practice Spotlight: The Ark of DC Integrates Services for Residents with Opioid Use Disorders
Challenge: The Ark of DC is a freestanding mental health clinic that provides behavioral health services to approximately 1,200 patients each year. To reduce patient time spent going to multiple providers for mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, The Ark of DC decided to enroll in practice coaching with Integrated Care DC to help achieve its goal of certification as an opioid treatment provider (OTP). This step would allow its team to deliver more integrated and holistic...
RAP Inc. Defines Care Model to Promote Quality and Demonstrate Value
The Regional Addiction Prevention (RAP Inc.) is a not-for-profit healthcare provider specializing in evidence-based interventions for treating substance use disorders (SUDs) and co-occurring mental illnesses. The organization recently teamed up with Integrated Care DC...
Community Wellness Ventures Integrates Data To Support Care
Community Wellness Ventures (CWV) believes mental health and wellness services are essential to the overall success of the larger society. It is why they have partnered with the District to address the needs of the "whole person," including system approaches to mental...
Unity Health Care Embeds Behavioral Health Providers Onto Care Teams
Unity Health Care (Unity) is the District's largest network of community health centers and has committed to integrating primary care and behavioral health services since 2020. Through Integrated Care DC, Unity leadership has engaged their primary care and behavioral...
La Clínica del Pueblo’s New Training Program Improved Patient Care & Services
Since 1983, La Clínica del Pueblo (LCDP) has worked to address the distinct health needs of the Latino community in the District and nearby Prince George's County, Maryland, through comprehensive primary medical care, mental health, and substance use treatment,...
Gerald Family Care & MindFlower Form Partnership To Integrate Behavioral Health Services Into Primary Care
Gerald Family Care is a primary care organization specializing in family practice and related medical services. They are deeply committed to integrating behavioral health services into primary care delivery through enhanced partnerships with behavioral health...
Hope 4 You’s Self Assessment Led to Better Services for Patients
Hope 4 You, LLC (H4Y) specializes in behavioral health services to Medicaid patients seeking to overcome depression, anxiety, trauma, and stress by providing convenient access to recovery-oriented treatment, services, and personal and professional development for...
