Randomized controlled trials have demonstrated that the collaborative care model for depression in primary care is more effective than usual care, but little is known about the effectiveness of this ...

The psychiatric collaborative care model (CoCM), better known as "collaborative care," is much more than just a synonym for well-rounded care or holistic treatment. Simply co-locating a licensed ...

For many years, primary care providers had no direct or explicit mechanism to be reimbursed for services specifically provided to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries under the collaborative care model ...

Modest spending on integrated mental health services in primary care, facilitated by use of new collaborative care billing codes, did not increase overall health care costs. Objectives: The ...

Patients with chronic cardiac conditions benefited from a health care program that strengthened collaboration between general practitioners and cardiology specialists in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

Emerging collaborative care models that include evidence-based CAM therapies will more adequately address complex challenges of mental illness In a previous post I commented on the limitations of both ...