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Behavioral Health Home

What is a Health Home?

  • A Health Home helps your manage behavioral, recovery, and medical care to improve your overall wellness.
  • A Health Home will connect you to providers and resources to achieve your overall wellness goals.
  • Health Homes can help you with health concerns like diabetes, heart disease, or quitting tobacco.
  • Health Homes can use a whole-person approach to care.
  • Health Homes are an additional Medicaid entitlement available at no cost to eligible individuals.

Health Home Services

Comprehensive Care

  • Your team will create your Health Home Care Plan.
  • You will set goals and address challenges in your recovery, behavioral health, and physical health needs.

Care Coordination

  • You will have one location to help you coordinate most of your services and support.
  • Your Health Home will help you make appointments and connect you to appropriate specialty care providers.

Health Promotion

  • You will work with your provider to gain knowledge about your overall wellness.
  • You will have access to support and resources specific to your needs and health challenges.

Comprehensive Transitional Care

  • Your Health Home will help you if you transition between providers or care locations.

Individual & Family Support

  • You will have support to manage your health.
  • Your Health Home will help you to live to your full potential in your community.

Community & Social Support

  • You will have connections to a wide range of community programs.

What to expect?

  • Health Home services may add more people to your team to help you achieve your health goals.
  • You can still work with your case manager/supports coordinator, the rapist, doctors, nurses, counselors, peers, and other professionals you are used to working with.
  • Being in a Health Home does not change your eligibility for other services, and there is no cost to be in a Health Home.
  • Health Homes can help you:
    • Schedule appointments.
    • Transition between care settings.
    • Get referrals to specialist.
    • Empower you to quit smoking, make informed nutrition choices, and embrace a healthier lifestyle.
    • Increase your understanding of your health condition.
  • Health Homes are an additional Medicaid entitlement available at no cost to eligible individuals.

A health home isn't a place, it's your team!

You can participate in a health home if:

  • You have Medicaid, MiChild, or Healthy Michigan Plan.
  • You have a qualifying mental health condition and/or physical health condition.
  • You do not have to be a current client of Shiawassee Health & Wellness to participate in the Behavioral Health Home program.

To learn more, ask your primary service provider or contact

Shiawassee Health & Wellness
989.723.6791
TTY: 989.723.0850