BHO MH Engagement in Care: 2010-2014

The Behavioral Health Organization (BHO) initiative oversees the transition to managed care for Medicaid recipients who receive mental health (MH) and substance use disorder (SUD) services in New York State. The metrics emphasize improving rates of timely follow-up treatment post discharge, timely filling of appropriate medication prescriptions post discharge, and reducing rates of readmission.The BHO MH Engagement in Care dataset is designed to assess the degree to which individuals discharged from mental health inpatient treatment engage in outpatient treatment post discharge where "engagement" is defined as receiving two or more outpatient mental health visits within thirty days of discharge and the degree to which individuals discharged from mental health inpatient treatment engage in outpatient treatment post discharge where "engagement" is defined as receiving four or more outpatient mental health visits within 60 days of discharge.
The year 2015 saw the conclusion of the first phase of the Behavioral Health Organization initiative
(BHO). A new Behavioral Health Managed Care Transition phase II is underway. The data contained in
the BHO metrics span 2010 to 2014, using the 2010 calendar year for a baseline. Earlier in the program
(2011‐2012) the metrics were calculated quarterly and on a year‐to‐date basis, later in (2013‐2014),
New York State Office of Mental Health opted for semi‐annual and year‐to‐date aggregations.

行为健康组织（BHO）倡议负责监督纽约州接受精神健康（MH）及物质使用障碍（SUD）服务的中保医疗受益人向管理型护理的过渡。该指标体系强调提升出院后及时跟进治疗率、及时填充适宜药物处方，以及降低再入院率。BHO精神健康护理参与度数据集旨在评估出院后接受精神健康住院治疗的患者参与门诊治疗的程度，其中“参与”定义为在出院后三十日内接受两次或以上门诊精神健康访问，以及出院后接受精神健康住院治疗的患者参与门诊治疗的程度，其中“参与”定义为在出院后六十日内接受四次或以上门诊精神健康访问。2015年，行为健康组织（BHO）倡议的第一阶段工作圆满结束。新的行为健康管理型护理过渡第二阶段项目已正式启动。BHO指标体系中的数据涵盖2010年至2014年，以2010年日历年为基线。在项目早期（2011-2012年），指标体系按季度和当年累计计算，而在后期（2013-2014年），纽约州精神健康办公室选择了半年度和当年累计的汇总方式。