NCT04106388

Virtual Behavioral Health Integration

An Evaluation of Virtual Behavioral Health Integration Into Primary Care

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 5,777 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The primary objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of the virtual behavioral health integration (VBHI) program compared to usual care, on reducing the total cost of care reimbursed from Medicare and value-based contracts within 90 days of a patient's primary care visit.

Detailed description

To enhance the care of patients seen in the primary care setting, Atrium Health has designed a virtual behavioral health integration program. A behavioral health care team comprised of licensed clinicians (Behavioral Health Professionals), health coaches, a consulting psychiatric pharmacist and psychiatric providers follow patients for up to 3 months or more depending on patient need after their primary care office visit. This virtual behavioral health integration (VBHI) program is currently available in 36 Atrium Health primary care practices providing support to over 200 providers and medical residents. The Behavioral health Service line is expanding the program to additional primary care practices. Atrium Health and the Carolinas Physician Alliance is interested in evaluating the effectiveness of the program on reducing the total cost of care.

Conditions

• Depression
• Substance Use Disorder
• Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Virtual Behavioral Health Integration	The virtual behavioral health integration program, implemented in primary care settings, is a structured mental illness treatment program that includes both behavioral treatment and counseling components aimed at reducing cost of care, developing and sustaining adaptive coping strategies, and improving short term acute care utilization.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-08-14
• Primary completion: 2021-02-08
• Completion: 2021-05-08
• First posted: 2019-09-27
• Last updated: 2022-04-25

Locations

20 sites across 1 country: United States