Abstract
Novel Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes specific to the collaborative care model (CoCM) offer advantages over traditional billing options, but their uptake may require considerable billing and clinical workflow adjustments. This column presents a case study addressing the challenges of using these codes within the University of Washington Neighborhood Clinics (UWNC), an academically affiliated primary care clinic system in western Washington State. The UWNC experience thus far demonstrates that CoCM CPT codes can successfully be used in a large academic primary care system to help move this evidence-based service model toward financial sustainability.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 972-974 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Psychiatric Services |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2020 |
Funding
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle (Carlo, Ratzliff, Chang, Unützer); Department of Population Health Management, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle (Drake). Benjamin G. Druss, M.D., M.P.H., and Gail Daumit, M.D., M.H.S., are editors of this column. Send correspondence to Dr. Carlo ([email protected]). Dr. Carlo was supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health (6T32MH073553-15). The authors thank the University of Washington Neighborhood Clinics and the Department of Population Health Management.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health