ATLANTA, April 3, 2024 – Proem Behavioral Health, developer of evidence-based mental health assessment and measurement...
Mental illness affects millions of people every year, making it challenging for them to enjoy everyday life and maintain recovery. The good news is that most common mental health disorders are treatable.
The benefits of offering integrated behavioral health in primary care are equal parts clinical, operational, and financial. Practices are poised to reduce overall utilization,increase revenue and improve patient satisfaction rates when behavioral health services are available...
Much of the conversation about the Behavioral Health Integration services introduced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in 2018 focuses on collaborative care management. While this represents an important part of the CMS push to reimburse for providing...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has reimbursed primary care practices for providing behavioral health services to Medicare beneficiaries since 2018. That’s when the American Medical Association (AMA) and CMS first introduced Current Procedural Terminology (CPT
Evidence is mounting that providing behavioral health services in primary care settings increases access to care, leads to faster time to diagnosis, and provides more effective treatment. Many of the benefits of integrated behavioral health carecome from patients receiving...
In 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began reimbursing practitioners supplying Behavioral Health Integration (BHI) servicesin a primary care setting to Medicare patients with mental, behavioral health or psychiatric conditions. The following year, CMS and...
While many healthcare business lines have adopted and benefited from valuebased payment models, primary care and behavioral health are notable exceptions. For many providers, especially those operating independently, the financial and operational disruption of a new payment...
The links between poor physical and behavioral health are well documented. A report in World Psychiatrynotes that patients with severe behavioral health disorders have a life expectancy up to 25 years shorter than the general population.
