(New York, NY – September 3, 2019) NYC Health + Hospitals’ Office of Behavioral Health, in partnership with OneCity Health, today announced the launch of Pathway Home, an innovative care transition program created by Coordinated Behavioral Care (CBC), to help individuals with mental health needs transition from short-term health services to ongoing community-based care. The Pathway Home program will provide multidisciplinary care transition services to patients 18 and older transitioning from psychiatric inpatient units who have had four or more mental health inpatient visits in the past 12 months. Pathway Home teams will actively participate in aftercare planning and perform a transition needs assessment, accompany patients home and arranging for any immediate needs, such as food and filling prescriptions, accompanying them to primary care visits, and meeting with them regularly for six to nine months post-discharge. In addition to reducing avoidable readmissions, Pathway Home aims to strengthen community-based care and improve connections to outpatient services post-discharge, shortening length of stay and increasing participation in treatment.