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Behavioral Health Integration

Mental health meets primary care.

Integrate behavioral health into primary care with the evidence-based Collaborative Care Model and general BHI — validated screening, a dedicated care manager, registry-based follow-up and psychiatric consultation, all inside the workflow your team already uses.

The Collaborative Care Model

Care for the whole patient — not just the chart.

Depression and anxiety rarely arrive alone. CoCM is a team-based, measurement-driven approach that brings behavioral health into the primary care visit, so the conditions that drive poor outcomes get treated alongside everything else.

Validated screening

PHQ-9 and GAD-7 administered on a cadence — turning a clinical hunch into a tracked, measurable score.

A behavioral health care manager

The connective tissue of the model — coordinating treatment, tracking progress and keeping every patient on plan.

Registry-based follow-up

A shared registry surfaces patients who aren't improving, so treatment is adjusted instead of drifting.

Psychiatric consultation

A consulting psychiatrist reviews caseloads and advises the care team — expertise without a separate referral wait.

CoCM care team Evidence-based
PC
Primary care providerOwns the treatment plan & prescribing
CM
Care managerScreening, outreach & registry follow-up
PS
Consulting psychiatristCaseload review & treatment guidance
Why it works

Treat the behavioral health, and the rest follows.

2×

higher depression & anxiety remission vs. usual care under CoCM

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improved chronic-disease control when comorbid behavioral health is treated

1 gap

closed — a major, under-addressed need across nearly every panel

$57/mo

typical recurring general BHI reimbursement, per enrolled patient

Billing & reimbursement

A recurring program that pays for the care you add.

Behavioral health integration is reimbursed through dedicated CPT codes — general BHI for a single monthly code, or the fuller Collaborative Care Model with its own scaling set. Typical general BHI runs about $57 per patient per month, recurring.

99484
General BHI — 20 min of care-manager time per month.
~$57 / patient / mo
99492
Collaborative Care — initial 70 minutes, first calendar month.
~$161 / initial
99493
Collaborative Care — subsequent 60 minutes per month.
~$129 / patient / mo
99494
CoCM add-on — each additional increment of care time.
~$66 / add-on
2025 CMS national averages — estimates, verify with your MAC.
Panel example · general BHI

What 250 enrolled patients can mean.

A mid-size primary care panel enrolling a fraction of its patients with comorbid depression or anxiety into general BHI builds a steady, recurring line — on top of the care it's already delivering. Model your own panel with the calculator.

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Enrolled patients (99484)250
Reimbursement / patient / mo~$57
Estimated monthly~$14,250
Estimated annual~$171,000
How CareSpace runs it

The model, made operational.

CareSpace turns the evidence base into a workflow your care manager can actually run every day.

Screen in the flow

PHQ-9 and GAD-7 are embedded directly in the visit workflow — scored, stored and trended without leaving the chart.

Manage the registry

The care manager works from a behavioral-health registry with a built-in follow-up cadence, so no enrolled patient slips.

Route the consult

Caseloads route to the consulting psychiatrist for review, and guidance flows back to the team — no separate referral.

Capture time & codes

BHI and CoCM minutes and the matching CPT codes are captured automatically — compliant, audit-ready billing by default.

Close the gap. Capture the revenue.

Bring behavioral health into your primary care.

Built for primary care, FQHCs and integrated care networks treating patients with comorbid depression and anxiety alongside chronic conditions. See how CareSpace runs BHI and CoCM end-to-end — pairs naturally with Chronic Care Management.

No commitment · HIPAA-ready · CMS-aligned