Concert Health worked with CommonSpirit to monitor and track patient progress and outcomes, including frequency of visits and improvement of scores on standardized screening tools. The results have been impressive, with 85% of surveyed patients reporting positive feedback, and over 1,700 patients enrolled in the program.
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an increased demand for behavioral health services. Almost 50 percent of people reported that coronavirus was having a negative effect on their mental health. The Chartis Group and Concert Health have identified five key requirements for providers to quickly and cost-effectively expand collaborative care models.
The popularity of telehealth for behavioral health visits has demonstrated the importance of digitally forward care for behavioral health needs.
In this paper, learn the practical considerations for sustainable and scalable implementation of digital behavioral health solutions.
Suicide is an urgent concern: in 2020, suicide was the twelfth leading cause of death for all ages in the United States. Collaborative Care, the evidence-based model used by Concert Health, supports patients at risk for suicide through the use of high-touch, evidence-based interventions.
As health care organizations adopt Collaborative Care, it has become critical to begin to standardize how both adoption and outcomes are reported. Concert Health, a leading behavioral health medical group, has been spearheading the development of rigor around Collaborative Care outcomes.
Primary care practices are in powerful positions to reduce the number of deaths by suicide through expanded identification of patients at risk for suicide and safety planning. Learn how Collaborative Care can be an effective intervention for primary care patients at risk for Suicide.
The US Preventive Services Task Force now recommends anxiety and depression screenings for children ages 8 to 18 during routine check-ups. This paper discusses the need for early intervention in behavioral health concerns and how integrating behavioral health services into primary care can improve access to evidence-based treatment for children.
Working with a national panel of subject matter experts and organizations at the forefront of the issue, NEHI examines the current state of behavioral health integration and provides a comprehensive look at the evolution of approaches and initiatives with a call for flexibility and greater collaboration between providers and payers to approach expansion more urgently.
This study investigates the effectiveness of collaborative care for reducing depression and anxiety symptoms across Medicare, Medicaid, and privately insured populations, and highlights the need for continued Medicaid fee adoption to support advocacy for collaborative care.
This journal highlights the studies conducted on Social determinants of health (SDOH) and how they have a direct impact on the reduction rates of depression in collaborative care, despite a higher clinical dosage, indicating the need for routine screening for SDOH in primary care.
This journal examines the impact of care integration for racially diverse Medicaid primary care patients with depression. Learn how accessing collaborative care treatment in primary care can lead to better health care utilization outcomes.
