April Health reports that the Collaborative Care Model effectively addresses the mental health gap in rural America by ...

Modest spending on integrated mental health services in primary care, facilitated by use of new collaborative care billing codes, did not increase overall health care costs. Objectives: The ...

For many years, primary care providers had no direct or explicit mechanism to be reimbursed for services specifically provided to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries under the collaborative care model ...

The authors drafted a “Shared Values of Collaborative Care” document with fundamental principles to make better group decisions in implementing collaborative care. We established core principles of ...

There is still a clear need for high-quality, evidence-based behavioral health care in the United States and one way to get there is through innovative payment models, including value-based care ...

On February 5, 2015, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Roundtable on Population Health Improvement hosted a workshop to explore the relationship between public health and health care, including ...

ThedaCare, a four hospital community health system based in Appleton, Wisc., is a leading healthcare delivery system and is nationally recognized for its continual process improvement efforts. The ...

Several factors contribute to provider burnout: ever-increasing administrative tasks, electronic medical record documentation, too little time per patient, as well as the needs of patients between ...

In the midst of the perfect storm in senior care—complex patients, high expectations, tight budgets and limited infrastructure—the need for effective collaboration is more critical than ever. That ...

One of the most pressing challenges in today’s healthcare landscape is the growing demand for primary and specialized care amid persistent provider shortages. Independent nurse practitioners (NPs) ...

Nearly half of Americans live in an area without adequate mental health services. More than 85% of these so-called Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas are located in rural communities. This ...