Stephanie Gold, MD

Publications

• Gold SB, Costello A, Gissen M, Odman S, Green LA, Stange KC, Swann R, Etz RS. How Are You Doing… Really? A Review of Whole Person Health Assessments. Milbank Q. 2025 Jan 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39791185
• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CY 2025 Advanced Primary Care Hybrid Payment Request for Information. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27985.
• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Response to the Pay PCPs Act of 2024 Request for Information. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27929.
• Gold S, Costello A, Gissen M, Odman S. Recentering health care on people’s priorities: a literature synthesis. Report prepared for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. September 25, 2023.
• Gold S. President’s Letter: What do the future of family medicine and primary care hold? Spring 2023. Colorado Family Physician Magazine. Colorado Academy of Family Physicians.
• Hughes LS, Gilchrist EG, Kirchner S, Anderson K, Gold S, Green LA. Supporting behavioral health integration in rural health clinics: lessons from a planning year. Poster presented at North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Conference, San Francisco, California. October 2023
• Kenny J, Gilchrist E, Rakeen B, Gold S & Wong S. (2023). Beyond the clinical work: Policy and advocacy levers to promote behavioral health equity for youth and families. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 48(1): 21.
• Haj Amor S, Daniels-Williamson T, Fraser-Barclay K, Dowrick C, Gilchrist EC, Gold S, Green LA, Hemeida S, Howe A, Jortberg B, Lam C, Owuor H, Page H, Randenikumara S. Advocacy training for young family doctors in primary mental health care: a report and global call to action. British Journal of General Practice Open. 2022; DOI:10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0163.
• Gold SB, Gilchrist EC, Kirchner SR, Rakeen B, Green LA, Dickinson WP. The building blocks of behavioral health integration. The Eugene S. Farley, Jr Health Policy Center and the Practice Innovation Program at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. June 2022.
• Gold S. President’s Letter: Raising the Bar. Fall 2022. Colorado Family Physician Magazine. Colorado Academy of Family Physicians.
• Gold S. President’s Letter: Visioning for the Year Ahead. Summer 2022. Colorado Family Physician Magazine. Colorado Academy of Family Physicians.
• Gilchrist E, Rakeen B, Wong S, Gold S, & Kenny J. Policies for primary care to advance behavioral health equity. Poster presented at North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) 50th Annual Conference, Phoenix, Arizona. November 2022.
• Polaha J, Sunderji N, Wong SL, Gold SB. What to do with that policy paper (and why). Fam Syst Health. 2021 Sep;39(3):409-412. PubMed PMID: 34807642
• Gold SB, Wong SL, Green LA, Dickinson WP. Something Republicans and Democrats can agree on: Support for integrated behavioral health. Fam Syst Health. 2021 Dec;39(4):665-669. PubMed PMID: 34914464
• Gold SB, Green LA, Westfall JM. Heeding the Call for Urgent Primary Care Payment Reform: What Do We Know about How to Get Started?. J Am Board Fam Med. 2021 Mar-Apr;34(2):424-429. PubMed PMID: 33833013
• Scott VC, Gold SB, Kenworthy T, Snapper L, Gilchrist EC, Kirchner S, Wong SL. Assessing cross-sector stakeholder readiness to advance and sustain statewide behavioral integration beyond a State Innovation Model (SIM) initiative. Transl Behav Med. 2021 Jul 29;11(7):1420-1429. PubMed PMID: 33823044
• Farley Health Policy Center. Evaluating the Impact of Telemedicine Policy Changes on Health Care Utilization and Costs: Final Report. Prepared for the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing. June 2021.
• Gold S, Vagnini KM, Gilchrist E, Wong S, Jetty A, Jabbarpour Y, Petterson S, Westfall JM. Primary care doctors are well-trained to treat common mental health conditions. The Medical Care Blog, August 6, 2020. https://www.themedicalcareblog.com/primary-care-and-mental-health/
• Gilchrist E, Gold S, Hemeida S, Jortberg B, Dowrick C, Lam C, Howe A, Green L. Advancing integration: a pilot program to teach policy and practice transformation skills to family doctors around the world. North American Primary Care Research Group, Virtual Conference. November 2020.
• Gold SB, Green LA. Colorado's continuing journey to integrated care: Progress!. Fam Syst Health. 2020 Sep;38(3):323-326. PubMed PMID: 32955287
• Shmerling AC, Gold SB, Gilchrist EC, Miller BF. Integrating behavioral health and primary care: a qualitative analysis of financial barriers and solutions. Transl Behav Med. 2020 Aug 7;10(3):648-656. PubMed PMID: 32766872
• Gold SB, Green LA, Westfall JM. How payment reform could enable primary care to respond to COVID-19. Milbank Memorial Fund Issue Brief. May 2020.
• Carolina Readiness Team (in affiliation with the Wandersman Center) and the Farley Health Policy Center. Readiness of Cross-Sector Partners to Advance and Sustain Integrated Behavioral Health in Colorado. Prepared for the State Innovation Model Office, Colorado Governor’s Office, May 2019.
• Gold S, Wearner R, Fernald D. Lessons Learned from Practices and Practice Facilitators in the Colorado State Innovation Model Cohort 1: A qualitative analysis of final field notes and practice close-out surveys. Prepared for the State Innovation Model Office. University of Colorado Practice Innovation Program, March 2019.
• Park B, Gold SB, Bazemore A, Liaw W. How evolving United States payment models influence primary care and its impact on the quadruple aim. J Am Board Fam Med. 2018 Jul-Aug;31(4):588-604.
• Gold SB, Green LA, editors. Integrated behavioral health in primary care: your patients are waiting. Switzerland: Springer Nature. c2019. 249 p.
• Gold SB, Green LA. Integrated behavioral health in primary care: your patients are waiting. Switzerland: Springer Nature. c2019. Chapter 1, Why you Should Read this Book. p. 1-9.
• Green LA, Gold SB. Integrated behavioral health in primary care: your patients are waiting. Switzerland: Springer Nature. c2019. Chapter 9, Closing: It’s a Journey, Not a Destination. p. 203-213.
• Kirchner SR, Gold SB, Miller BF. Integrated behavioral health in primary care: your patients are waiting. Switzerland: Springer Nature. c2019. Chapter 8, Where Practice Meets Policy. p. 177-202.
• Jabbarpour Y, Coffman M, Jackson H, Gold S, Levin Z, Chung Y, Liaw W, Bazemore A. The impact of advanced primary care delivery on Accountable Care Organizations. Poster session presented at: North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting; 2018 Nov 9-13; Chicago, Illinois.
• Gold S, Brou L, Yebuah C, Gilchrist E, Wong S. Addressing the opioid epidemic: The role of integrated behavioral health to make health whole. Poster session presented at: North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting; 2018 Nov 9-13; Chicago, Illinois.
• Gold S, Brou L, Yebuah C, Gilchrist E, Wong S. Addressing the opioid epidemic: The role of integrated behavioral health to make health whole. Poster session presented at: Coming Together for Action, Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice; 2018 Oct 4-6; Denver, Colorado.
• Green LA, Gold SB, Hemeida S, Dickinson WP. Integrating Mental Health into Routine Family Practice: Essential to Future Professional Excellence. Oral presentation presented at: 22nd WONCA World Conference; 2018 Oct 17-21; Seoul, South Korea.
• Dickinson WP, Gold SB, Green LA. Setting a Vision for Strengthening the Role of Primary Care and Family Medicine in the Health Care System. Oral presentation presented at: 22nd WONCA World Conference; 2018 Oct 17-21; Seoul, South Korea.
• Gilchrist EC, Scheyer KE, Gold SB, Wong SL. Evidence Review: Best Practices in Behavioral Health Service Delivery. Prepared for the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center, 2018 Nov.
• Kirchner SR, Gilchrist EC, Gold SB, Wong SL. Virginia Behavioral Health Redesign Stakeholder Report. Prepared for the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center, 2018 Dec.
• Petterson S, Wong SL, Brou LB, Muther J, Gold SB, Scheyer KE, Gilchrist EC. Evidence Review: Best Practices in Behavioral Health Service Delivery. Prepared for the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center, 2018 Dec.
• Jabbarpour Y, Coffman M, Habib A, Chung Y, Liaw W, Gold S, Jackson H, Bazemore A, Marder WD. Advanced Primary Care: A key contributor to successful ACOs. Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative and the Robert Graham Center. 2018.
• Gold S, Wong SL. Preventing Opioid Addiction: The Role of Integrated Behavioral Health. Farley Health Policy Center Issue Brief 2: March 2018.
• Gold S, Wong SL. Treating Opioid Addiction: The Role of Integrated Behavioral Health. Farley Health Policy Center Issue Brief 3: March 2018.
• Gold S, Wong SL. Supporting Prevention and Treatment of Opioid Addiction: System-level Changes to Enable Integrated Behavioral Health. Farley Health Policy Center Issue Brief 4: March 2018.
• Gold S, Wingrove P, Jabbarpour Y, Petterson S. A comparison of primary care and preventive service use between Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare. Poster presented at: North American Primary Care Research Group Conference; 2016 Nov; Colorado Springs, CO.
• Mader K, Strauss A, Gold S. Chronic pain in refugees: Yoga-based group therapy as a culturally appropriate treatment for Bhutanese women. Poster presented at: North American Refugee Health Conference; 2016 Jun; Niagara Falls, NY.
• Gold S, Miller B. Supporting Practice Transformation to Support Whole Person Care. Oral presentation given at Advancing Integrated Care: The Road to 2020; 2016 Nov 3; Seattle, WA.
• Gold S. The Continuum of Behavioral Health Integration: Doing a lot with a little. Oral presentation (panel speaker) given at: State Innovation Model Collaborative Learning Session; 2016 May 6; Aurora, CO.
• Gold S. The Paradox of Primary Care. Oral presentation moderator at: Starfield Summit; 2016 Apr 24; Washington, DC.
• Gold S. Payment Models and Primary Care. Oral presentation given at: Colorado Primary Care Collaborative Meeting; 2016 Nov 16; Aurora, CO.
• Gold SB, Park BJ. Effective Payment for Primary Care: An Annotated Bibliography. Denver (CO): Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center, 2016 Apr.
• Gold S, Mader K, Hughes M, Lombardo D, Staff T. (2015, October). Chronic Pain in Refugees: Yoga-based group therapy as a culturally appropriate treatment for Bhutanese women. Oral presentation. AAFP Global Health Workshop, Denver, Colorado.
• Mader K, Gold S, Hughes M, Lombardo D, Staff T. (2015, April). Focus Groups at a Community Health Center: Engaging Patients and Learners. Oral presentation. STFM Annual Spring Conference, Orlando, Florida.
• Mader K, Gold S, Hughes M, Lombardo D, Staff T. (2015, June). The patient experience of refugees: Results from focus groups at a Federally Qualified Health Center. Poster presentation. North American Refugee Health Conference, Toronto, Canada.
• Gold SB, Green LA, Peek CJ. From our practices to yours: Key messages for the journey to integrated behavioral health. J Am Board Fam Med. Forthcoming 2017.
• Gold SB, Green LA, Westfall JM. Heeding the call for urgent primary care payment reform: what do we know about how to get started? Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

Practice Locations

Denver Health
777 Bannock St
Denver, CO 80204
303-436-6000

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

Hospital Affiliation

• Denver Health Medical Center
• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Family Medicine, Board Certification (2015)

Conditions & Treatments

• Primary Care