Grand Rapids Business Journal
Priority Health now offers incentives to health care providers who complete staff education related to the Behavioral Health Collaborative Care model and implement plans for integrating the model into their practices.
The Behavioral Health Collaborative Care model is an evidence-based care approach to integrating behavioral health into primary care based on a program developed by the University of Washington AIMS Center. This model supports the interaction of behavioral health care managers, primary care physicians and psychiatric consultants.
Mike Jasperson
Courtesy Priority Health
Under this model, all patients are evaluated for mild-to-moderate depression or anxiety through the use of an approved screening tool. The insurer noted that the incentive was designed to better engage providers in evaluating their readiness to develop and implement a behavioral health collaborative care program and, ultimately, provide members with an improved behavior