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Germane & Wise is a group of high-level mental health professionals that provides value for patients, providers, the healthcare system and community it services.
 

Our collaborative care model uses less time and
money to offer better behavioral health care.

 
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Our collaborative care model helps keep clinicians on schedule, helps your clinic achieve a 5-star quality rating, offers your clinic a competitive advantage, and is at least budget neutral.

At Germane & Wise, we realize that treating patients with behavioral health concerns presents multiple issues to a medical practice:

First, a patient needing behavioral health treatment can take as much as three times as long as an acute medical visit to work up, potentially derailing a physician’s schedule - causing them to miss lunch or stay late. Too many days like that lead to provider burnout and turnover.

Meanwhile, a primary care physician may feel less confident about the appropriate course of treatment or what a suitable referral might be. Their referral then runs into the larger problem of a nationwide shortage of psychiatrists and other mental health providers, meaning that it may go unanswered for weeks or even months. To further compound the problem, only half of patients will even place the call to the referred provider. The patient still needs care, however, and as their problem goes untreated, they may call the office with suicidal thoughts or other challenges that primary care clinic staff may not know how to handle.

At Germane & Wise, we have developed a care model that will save providers time, gives patients better behavioral health treatment using nationally recognized best practices, keeps revenue from behavioral health visits at your clinic, and boosts patient and provider satisfaction.

When you work with Germane & Wise, you have someone specially trained and immediately available to help with triaging mental health patients. Our integrated behavioral health model also counts towards CMS 5-star criteria and gives your practice a competitive advantage in the marketplace, because patients love it.

The service itself is budget neutral, while the practice reaps the financial advantages of the efficiencies created. Plus, you can get it set up quickly and painlessly.

If you’re interested in learning more about how our collaborative care model can work for your clinic, contact us today.