The Whole Person Journey

The collaborative care model (CoCM) is an important part of the move to whole person care in the health and human service system. Defined as a model that “leverages the coordinated efforts of a primary care or specialty medical care provider (PCP or SCP), a behavioral health care manager, and a psychiatric consultant, using a structured, measurement-based framework,” a recent study—Trends In Adoption Of The Collaborative Care Model—found that the adoption of CoCM has significantly expanded across all major insurance coverage types since the introduction of dedicated billing codes (and associated payments) in 2018. This includes Medicare . . .