Mental Health and Medical Partnership - Silver Lake Psychology

Mental health care is healthcare. We believe that the partnerships between medical doctors and mental health providers leads to better health outcomes and lower cost of care. 1 in 5 Adults experience a mental illness. Only 14 percent of people with insurance are receiving treatment for mental health or substance use disorders, but they account for more than 30 percent of total health care spending. The total spending for those with behavioral health issues is estimated to be $525 billion annually; total healthcare spending is estimated to be $1.7 trillion annually. Silver Lake Psychology has successfully partnered with multiple hospital systems in collaborative care partnerships. We can create a unique arrangement to meet the unique needs of our partners.

Collaborative Care Partnerships

Improve patient outcomes
Reduce the cost of care
Reduce stigma

How Silver Lake Psychology Providers Offer:

Evidence- based care
Progress reports
Case Consultation
Goal-tracking measures to ensure the patient is on the right track
Flexibility in the implementation of collaborative care that may include simple referrals and progress summaries to utilizing the hospitals internal EHR for a fully-integrated behavioral care model.

Silver Lake Psychology offers structural options to meet our Partner’s needs:

Joint Ventures with Hospitals and Health Systems
Integrated Behavioral Health
Affiliation Agreements with Hospitals and Health Systems
Physician Alliances

Benefits to our Partners include:

Reduce ER visits due to mental health conditions
Reduce dependence on habit-forming medications
Improve prognosis
Dedicated Intake Specialists trained on our partners systems and referral process
Easy access to appointments with day, evening and weekends available
Diverse provider network. Our providers speak multiple languages and offer a wide variety of mental health specialities.
We accept most insurance plans

Mental Health Treatment May Benefit :

Chronic health conditions where behavioral change makes a significant impact ( i.e. diabetes and heart conditions)
Gastrointestinal Disorders. IBS
Cancer Patients and Families
Maternal mental health
Auto-Immune Diseases

APA’s Economic Report:

Because of fragmented care, general medical costs for treating people with chronic medical problems, as well as mental conditions, are two-to-three times higher than those for treating people with physical health conditions only. The additional healthcare costs incurred by people with behavioral comorbidities were estimated to be $293 billion in 2012. Effective integration of medical and behavioral care could save $26-$48 billion annually in general healthcare costs. Integrated medical and behavioral health models, in which psychiatric physicians and other mental health specialists work closely with patients’ primary care providers, expand access to quality care and leverage limited resources. When patients’ mental illnesses are effectively addressed, they are better able to fully participate in programs to manage their chronic medical illnesses, decreasing their risk for continual and new medical problems. Most of the projected reduced spending is associated with facility and emergency room expenditures in hospital facilities. In comparing the healthcare costs of people with behavioral health conditions to those without, people with behavioral health conditions spend a greater proportion of total medical dollars on facility-based services rather than professional services, like doctor’s appointments. Resources: American Psychiatry Association https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/professional-interests/integrated-care/learn