St. Peter’s Health Partners Receives National Recognition For New Behavioral Health Treatment Model

St. Peter’s Health Partners (SPHP) is receiving state and national recognition for its new integrated behavioral health model in primary care, designed to greatly increase the number of consumers receiving treatment for mental health issues like depression and anxiety. The idea behind the program is to treat consumers for mental health issues within their primary care setting, removing barriers to getting care.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has given this new integrated behavioral health model Best Practice Recognition in its CMS Primary First Spotlight, a National CMS publication for Primary Care Practices enrolled in the program . . .