Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model Use Increased 26-Fold Among Commercially Insured Individuals

The use of the psychiatric collaborative care model (CoCM) in primary care to treat commercially insured individuals with a mental health or substance use (MHSU) diagnosis increased 26-fold between 2018 and 2024. The rate per 100,000 commercially insured members diagnosed with MHSU rose from 12 in 2018 to 317 in 2024. Over the same period, the number of commercially insured individuals treated through CoCM increased 40-fold, from 3,814 in 2018 to 153,356 in 2024.

Across states, the CoCM use rate per 100,000 commercially insured members diagnosed with MHSU was highest in Arizona (1,304 . . .