Helping several community health centers in Texas strengthen their alcohol and drug screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) programs.

Designing, implementing and continually improving 3 behavioral health initiatives:1. Rigorous, company-wide training on motivational interviewing, including online training modules, workshops, and feedback on audiotapes of interactions with standardized and actual patients2. Implementing behavioral screening and intervention (BSI), including systematic screening for behavioral risks and disorders, smoking cessation, alcohol and drug SBIRT, and collaborative care for mental health disorders3. Incorporating behavioral health professionals into clinical and care management programsContinue consulting with nurse care managers and field team (home visit team) staff on complex and vulnerable, dual-eligible patients

Conducting population health management, supporting care coordination, and improving quality of care and health outcomes for Concerto's dual-eligible members in Southwest Michigan

Wellsys helps emergency departments, trauma centers, other hospital inpatient units, federally qualified health centers and other primary care settings provide systematic screening and intervention for tobacco use, excessive drinking, drug use, and depression. Such behavioral risks lead to much death, chronic illness and disability and generate over $400 billion annually in costs related to healthcare and productivity.

Expanding delivery of alcohol and drug screening, brief intervention, referral, and treatment services in healthcare settings around Wisconsin, and providing, and supporting others in providing, comprehensive, evidence-based, cost-saving prevention services for the behavioral conditions that are responsible for 40% of deaths in the US and most chronic disease and disability.

Patient care, research, teaching and project administration