Centennial Selected to participate in the SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions’

Centennial was recently selected to participate in the SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions’ Integrated Health Provider Learning Collaborative. The award letter indicated Centennial’s application was rated very highly among an especially talented and large number of applicants.
Participation in this Collaborative will greatly assist Centennial to respond to the important question: How can community mental health and addiction provider organizations build collaborative relationships that support clinical integration?
The Integrated Health Provider Learning Collaborative is designed to provide community mental health and addiction provider organizations with the opportunity and means to achieve the following goals:
1. Provide basic information about the new integrated service delivery models being developed.
2. Provide an opportunity for each collaborative member to assess its readiness to participate in new integrated service delivery entities/methodologies.
3. Provide technical assistance/support to collaborative members to facilitate their addressing the typical service delivery challenges that have historically created barriers to providing value enhanced services.
4. Develop a Rapid Cycle Change Plan for each member of the collaborative that will address specific change goals and objectives and a specific timeline to accomplish the changes needed.
5. Support a continuous quality improvement based learning experience for each member.
6. Provide an opportunity for collaborative members to share their outcomes with other behavioral healthcare providers.
