Blended Payment Models and Care Transitions: Analysis of a Statewide Payment Reform’s Impact on Transitions in Care and Care Termination From Outpatient Substance Use Treatment

These results provide evidence that incentivizing co-occurring care through blended payment models may increase the availability of co-occurring mental health and substance use disorder treatment within community mental health centers. This increase in availability may also enable transfers of care from the rest of the substance use disorder treatment system while reducing premature termination from care.