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Primary Care Behavioral Health Model

Date of Publication:

8/8/2013

Definition:

A population health-based model of care focused on all patient populations, where the medical and behavioral health providers share information regarding patients and there is a shared medical record, treatment plan, and standard of care. The behavioral health provider is embedded with the primary care team and serves as a consultant and co-implementer with the primary care manager (PCM) in the assessment, intervention and health care management of the patient. Consistent with a consultation model, the internal behavioral health consultant (IBHC) operates within a scope of practice and a standard of care that is consistent with primary care and differs from the scope of practice and standard of care in a specialty outpatient mental health clinic.

Source of Definition:

Integration of Behavioral Health Personnel Services Into Patient-Centered Medical Home Primary Care and Other Primary Care Service Settings

Last Updated: August 12, 2022
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