Integrated Care

Get Trained in Integrated Care

Learn about the benefits and opportunities included in the APA's integrated care training program.

• For Psychiatrists

  For Psychiatrists

  APA is offering free training in the Collaborative Care Model for psychiatrists as part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPI). By participating in this initiative and training in integrated care, psychiatrists will prepare for payment reform and practicing in a value-based world.

  APA Annual Meeting Integrated Care Training

  Attend a live Integrated Care training — Applying the Integrated Care Approach: Practical Skills for the Consulting Psychiatrist — at the 2017 Annual Meeting.

  The same session will be held Saturday, May 20 – Tuesday, May 23.

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  Free Online Learning Modules

  Applying the Integrated Care Approach: Core

  This course provides training in Collaborative Care Consultation Psychiatry, focusing on the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to help psychiatrists provide high quality care for larger populations.

  • 4 CME Credits

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  Applying the Integrated Care Approach: Advanced

  This course is offered to those that have completed the core training. For more information, please contact san@psych.org

  • 2 CME Credits

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  APA Learning Center – Webinars

  Treating Substance Abuse through Collaborative Care

  Collaborative care is an evidence-based model of integrated mental health in primary care settings that shows clear and significant effectiveness for the treatment of depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Widespread implementation of Collaborative Care is now occurring across the country to answer the need for increased access for mental health treatment. Concurrently, there is a growing need for the treatment of substance use disorders, which often present in the primary care setting where they have traditionally been inadequately addressed.

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  Collaborative Care for Primary Care Providers

  This presentation will educate primary care physicians in Collaborative Care Model as a solution to access issues. Primary Care physicians will also learn how to connect with a psychiatrist trained in the model.

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• For Primary Care Physicians

  For Primary Care Physicians

  APA is also offering free training in the Collaborative Care Model for primary care physicians (PCPs) as part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPI). PCPs have an opportunity to learn how to improve access to mental health and substance use services and connect with psychiatrists trained in the model.

  Free Online Learning Module

  Applying the Integrated Care Approach: Skills for the Primary Care Physician

  Integrated care programs, in which mental health care is delivered in primary care settings, exist as a promising solution to common, disabling and costly behavioral health problems, such as depression, anxiety and substance use disorders.

  • 2 CME Credits

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  FAQs for Primary Care Physicians

  View answers to frequently asked questions for primary care physicians to clarify elements of behavioral health integration.

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  Webinar: Collaborative Care for Primary Care Providers

  This presentation will educate primary care physicians in Collaborative Care Model as a solution to access issues. Primary Care physicians will also learn how to connect with a psychiatrist trained in the model.

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  What are the benefits of APA’s training program?

  APA is offering free training in the Collaborative Care Model for psychiatrists as part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPI).

  • FREE training in the Collaborative Care Model, the only integrated care model with a clear evidence base
  • CME credit offered for the training
  • Facilitated connection with a Practice Transformation Network in your region
  • Eligible to participate in a Learning Collaborative for continued education and MOC

  What is TCPI?

  Learn about TCPI, APA's role, how to connect with a Practice Transformation Network and more.

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  Understand the Collaborative Care Model

  The Collaborative Care Model is an integrated care model that integrates effective psychiatric care into primary care practices. It is the only model with a clear evidence base and has been tested in more than 80 randomized controlled trials.

  The Collaborative Care Model is attractive to psychiatrists because it:

  • Allows for greater professional flexibility for psychiatrists as they are able to practice part-time in the model
  • Increases access for patients by allowing psychiatrists more time to care for sicker patients
  • Improves patient outcomes, better patient and provider satisfaction, and reductions in health care costs

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