Service · BHI
Behavioral Health Integration
Mental health support woven into everyday primary care.
Overview
What BHI looks like in practice
Behavioral Health Integration brings structured mental health support into your existing primary care workflow, without requiring a referral to an outside specialist for every patient.
A dedicated behavioral health care manager checks in monthly, tracks validated symptom scores, and works with a consulting psychiatric provider to adjust the care plan when needed — all under your practice's oversight.
For patients, that means mental health support delivered by a familiar care team. For your practice, it means better-managed comorbidities and improved outcomes across chronic conditions that are often worsened by untreated depression or anxiety.
How it works
Screen & identify
Patients are screened using validated tools like PHQ-9 or GAD-7.
Assign a care manager
A dedicated behavioral health care manager is assigned to the patient.
Monthly monitoring
Symptom scores and treatment response are tracked monthly.
Psychiatric consultation
A consulting psychiatric provider reviews complex or non-responsive cases.
Document & bill
Monthly time and outcomes are documented against BHI CPT codes.
Who it's for
- Patients screening positive for depression, anxiety, or other behavioral health conditions
- Primary care practices without an in-house behavioral health specialist
- Patients whose chronic disease control is affected by untreated mental health needs
Key benefits
- Monthly behavioral health check-ins tracked with validated screening tools
- Access to a consulting psychiatric provider for care plan review
- Closer coordination between physical and mental health management
- Billing support aligned to BHI's monthly time-based codes
Billing & compliance
Documentation follows the monthly time and caseload review structure required for CMS's Behavioral Health Integration codes.