title: Public-academic partnerships: using Medicaid claims data to identify service gaps for high-need clients: the NYC Mental Health Care Monitoring Initiative.
abstract: Public mental health authorities have access to large administrative databases. Advances in information technology now make it possible to use secondary analyses of these data to inform policy and clinical interventions. New York City and State mental health authorities developed an initiative using Medicaid claims and other administrative data to identify individuals with serious mental illness living in New York City (NYC) who are at risk of lapses in care. The NYC Mental Health Care Monitoring Initiative represents one of the first efforts to create "evidence-based policy." The authors describe the initiative's background, development, and key collaborations.
authors.affiliation: New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Dr., New York, NY 10032, USA. tes2001@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Thomas E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Appel
authors.forename: Sheila A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Donahue
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Essock
authors.forename: Carlos T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karpati
authors.forename: Trish
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Marsik
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Lily
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tom
authors.forename: Lloyd I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Sederer
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007345:Insurance Claim Review; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008484:Medicaid / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009519:New York City; D016730:Program Development; D014481:United States