Dr. Richard Kovacs, Chief Medical Officer of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), joins guest host Dr. Sea Chen to discuss what the ACC hopes to gain by joining the AMA’s Behavioral Health Integration Collaborative, a group dedicated to catalyzing effective and sustainable integration of behavioral and mental health care into physician practices. He shares recent wins, challenges, and insights on the group’s journey toward behavioral health integration in the subspecialty of cardiology.  

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