UM Guidelines

Community-Based Routine Supported Housing: Behavioral Health - For BlueCare Use Only

Line of Business Specific Guidelines - Behavioral Health (BH)

BCBST last reviewed June 13, 2024*

Applies to BlueCare Only.

Clinical Indications for Admission to Routine Supported Housing

Discharge Guidelines to Routine Supported Housing

References

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Culhane, Dennis & Metraux, Stephen & Hadley, Trevor. (2001). The Impact of Supportive Housing for Homeless People with Severe Mental Illness on the Utilization of the Public Health, Corrections, and Emergency Shelter Systems: The New York-New York Initiative. Housing Policy Debate. 13 (1).

Diamond, R.J. The psychiatrist’s role in Supported Housing. Hospital and Community 1993; Retrieved May 22, 2014 from http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleid=76782.

Goering, P., Tolomiczenko, G., Sheldon, T., Boydell, K. , Wasylenki, D. Characteristics of persons who are homeless for the first time. 2002; retrieved May 22, 2014 from http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/data/Journals/PSS/3591/1472.pdf.

Goldfinger, SM, Schutt, RK, Tolomiczenko, GS, Seidman, L, Penk, W, Turner,W, Caplan,B. Housing placement and subsequent days homeless among formerly homeless adults with mental illness. Psychiatric Services 1999;50: 674- 678.

Loubière S, Lemoine C, Boucekine M, Boyer L, Girard V, Tinland A, Auquier P; French Housing First Study Group. Housing First for homeless people with severe mental illness: extended 4-year follow-up and analysis of recovery and housing stability from the randomized Un Chez Soi d'Abord trial. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2022 Feb 7;31:e14. doi: 10.1017/S2045796022000026. PMID: 35125129; PMCID: PMC8851060.

McCarthy, J., Nelson, G. An evaluation of supportive housing for current and former psychiatric patients. Hospital and Community Psychiatry 1991; 42(12), 1254-56.

MEDICAID AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS: Emerging Practices From the Field, Martha Burt Carol Wilkins Gretchen Locke Abt Associates August 20, 2014 Prepared for Office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Contract # HHSP23320095624WC

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Policy and Global Affairs; Science and Technology for Sustainability Program; Committee on an Evaluation of Permanent Supportive Housing Programs for Homeless Individuals. Permanent Supportive Housing: Evaluating the Evidence for Improving Health Outcomes Among People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2018 Jul 11. 3, Evidence of Effect of Permanent Supportive Housing on Health. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519591/

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Stergiopoulos V, Mejia-Lancheros C, Nisenbaum R, Wang R, Lachaud J, O'Campo P, Hwang SW. Long-term effects of rent supplements and mental health support services on housing and health outcomes of homeless adults with mental illness: extension study of the At Home/Chez Soi randomised controlled trial. Lancet Psychiatry. 2019 Nov;6(11):915-925. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30371-2. Epub 2019 Oct 7. PMID: 31601530.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Permanent supportive housing: evaluating your program. HHS Pub. No. SMA-10-4509, Rockville, MD: Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2010. http://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content/SMA10-4510/SMA10-4510-05-EvaluatingYourProgram-PSH.pdf.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Permanent Supportive Housing: Building Your Program. HHS Pub. No. SMA-10-4509, Rockville, MD: Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2010.

Tinland A, Loubière S, Boucekine M, Boyer L, Fond G, Girard V, Auquier P. Effectiveness of a housing support team intervention with a recovery-oriented approach on hospital and emergency department use by homeless people with severe mental illness: a randomised controlled trial. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2020 Sep 30;29:e169. doi: 10.1017/S2045796020000785. PMID: 32996442; PMCID: PMC7576524.

Tsemberis, S., Eisenberg R. Pathways to housing: Supported Housing for street-dwelling homeless individuals with psychiatric disabilities; 2000. Retrieved May 22, 2014 from http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/data/Journals/PSS/3540/487.pdf.

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