This brief covers insights from a session on Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) that took place during the September 2022 Delta Center convening. It begins with takeaways for states considering CCBHCs, followed by a primer on the specialized clinics.
To help clarify the way forward for small health centers un California and nationally, this paper presents a Model for Advancing High Performance (MAHP). Based on research and expert opinion, it describes the actions and infrastructure CHCs will need to thrive in this new environment and contribute to a sustainable primary care safety net that achieves the quintuple aim — better care, better health, lower costs, happier staff, and reduced health disparities.
