Integrated Care Institute has been providing integrated care for medical practices and patients in Denver and surrounding areas since 2015. ICI is proud to have six licensed mental health providers serving patients around the Denver area.
Integrated Care Institute was founded and is directed by Ari Hoffman MA LPC. Ari has been a practicing mental health provider since 2007 and has worked in a variety of integrated settings including schools, jail, hospitals, and medical practices. Ari’s passion for multi-disciplinary integration stems from a mixture of lived and professional experience that has proven time and again that the total is greater than the sum of its parts.
Ari Hoffman MA LPC
As you consider bringing a mental health provider in to your medical practice consider these important pieces of information:
Medical providers don’t have the time or training to deal with mental health issues but they are very likely the first professionals to see them.
“Behavioral health issues account for 20% to 40% of all concerns raised in a primary care visit.” Additionally, Approximately 20% of the population has a MH diagnosis and and a large portion of those mental health issues first presents in primary care.
Integrated Care is an important element of providing a comprehensive healthcare experience for your patients. In a Patient Centered Medical Home where it is expected that a patient’s comprehensive health needs are met, the disregard of mental health issues results in a gap in care. For more info about PCMH and mental healthcare see this article
Integrated Care can help save money.
“...The results demonstrated that integrating behavioral health services into the practice was associated with $860.16 per member per year savings... Integrating behavioral health services into primary care may lead to reductions in health care costs.”