Reimbusement models and financing play an important part in the success of integrating behavioral health into the patient-centered medical home. However, multiple barriers currently exist for the reimbursement of mental health services in primary care settings. In recent years, several studies and reports have been developed by both the public and private sectors in efforts to provide resources and solutions to this problem.
Aetna launched their Depression Management Initiative in 2005 based on the MacArthur Initiative on Depression and Primary Care's Three-Component Model (3CM) and added to it reimbursement for primary care physicians for administration of the PHQ-9.
