Tag: Collaborative Care
Healthy Minds launches Oklahoma Integrated Care Resource Center to expand mental health services in primary care
April 15, 2026 – The Meadows Institute was featured in The Lawton Constitution, an Oklahoma-based news outlet, in a story that announced the Healthy Minds Policy Initiative’s new Oklahoma Integrated Care Resource Center. The Meadows…
Advocating for Life-Saving Mental Health Care in Primary Care Settings
September 29, 2025 – “As clinicians, we have a vital role to play in helping common-sense, bipartisan solutions like the COMPLETE Care Act become a reality,” write Meadows Institute leaders Roshni Koli and Clare McNutt…
How Philanthropy Is Moving the Needle on an Innovative Approach to Mental Healthcare
An article in Inside Philanthropy spotlights the promise of the Collaborative Care Model to address the nation’s mental health care needs, with a strong focus on Path Forward—a national initiative co-founded by the Meadows Institute. It highlights…
89th Texas Legislature Regular Session Wrap-Up
SUMMARY – The 89th Texas Legislature marked a decade of bipartisan commitment to mental health at the Texas Capitol, leveraging both budget and legislative initiatives to expand mental health access, address workforce challenges, and...
Growth of Collaborative Care Model Driven by ‘Pockets of Champions’
Meadows Institute President & CEO Andy Keller is quoted in a June 13 story in Behavioral Health Business detailing the “explosive early growth” of the Collaborative Care Model. “[The model] is the gold standard for…
Three Michigan cities stand out nationally for care models
This article was originally published in the Bay City Times on May 25, 2025. “The collaborative care model is the gold standard for delivering mental health in primary care settings because mental health is, at its…
UTSW’s $4 Million Cancer Scholar and Medical City’s Magnet Designation
This article was published by D Magazine on November 26, 2024. The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, in collaboration with West Health and Northwestern Medicine, launched the Northwestern Medicine West Health Accelerator to integrate mental…
The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute Partners with West Health and Northwestern Medicine to Expand the Integration of Mental Health Care into Primary Care
The Meadows Institute received $1.9 million from West Health to help implement the Collaborative Care Model across the Northwestern Medicine system DALLAS – November 20, 2024 – The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, along with…
Breaking Down Barriers to Mental Health
Meadows Institute leaders discuss the power of collaboration and innovation at the 79th United Nations General Assembly By Geoffrey Melada | September 25, 2024 Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute President and CEO Andy Keller addresses…
‘An Unprecedented Opportunity’
Meadows Institute Chief Policy Officer reveals the promise of mental health policy at the NeuroFlow Summit 2024 By Geoffrey Melada | September 24, 2024 John Snook, chief policy officer at the Meadows Institute, and Matt…
Senate Health and Human Services Committee
SUMMARY—On September 18, 2024, Andy Keller, the president and CEO of the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, provided invited testimony before the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.
Texas House Select Committee on Youth Health & Safety
SUMMARY - On July 31, Andy Keller, the president and CEO of the Meadows Mental Health Public Policy Institute, provided invited testimony before the House Select Committee on Youth Health & Safety, highlighting the...
The Need for a Pediatric Treatment Resistant Depression Center of Excellence
SUMMARY - Treatment resistant depression is a growing problem for children in Texas and the United States. Twenty percent of children experience an episode of major depression before adulthood and rates of reported depression...
‘This is the future’
Meadows Institute leaders address APA’s Collaborative Care Model Residency Training Education Conference By Geoffrey Melada | June 20, 2024 Meadows Institute Chief Medical Officer Dr. Roshni Koli addresses the APA’s Collaborative Care Model Residency Training…
With too few mental health providers, more patients turn to primary care
This article was originally published in The Texas Tribune on June 17, 2024. In Austin, Dr. Roshni Koli, is one voice primary care physicians turn to when they need help with a mental health diagnosis…
A Texas Solution to a National Challenge: How Telehealth Can Bolster Youth Mental Health in the Near-Term
SUMMARY - The nation’s young people are facing a growing mental health challenge, one that has been amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic and mental health workforce shortages. This extends to Texas children and youth...
The Meadows Institute Spotlights Integrated Behavioral Health Care on “Health Uncensored With Dr. Drew.”
Dr. Drew brought national attention to integrated behavioral health care on an episode of his Fox Business program that aired on May 5, 2024. Andy Keller, the president and CEO of the Meadows Institute, and Roshni…
Extending the Clinical Impact of Behavioral Health Prescribing Clinicians Using the Collaborative Care Model
For years, the prevalence of behavioral health conditions has been increasing in the United States, with the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbating this troubling trend. The demand for behavioral health treatment currently far outpaces the supply due…
“Access, access, access”: pediatric collaborative care takes center stage at Advancing Behavioral Health and Policy Summit
By Geoffrey Melada | December, 2023 Jason Richie, director of public health, Milken Institute (l), and Meadows Institute’s Vice President of Care Innovation Clare McNutt field questions from the audience at the Advancing Behavioral Health…
Meadows Institute leads Pediatric Collaborative Care discussion at the American Psychiatric Association’s 2023 Mental Health Services Conference
By Geoffrey Melada | October 16, 2023 The Collaborative Care Model is the integrated behavioral health model with the strongest evidence base to effectively address the needs of our beleaguered mental health care system, including…
