Make coordination of care a priority for patients

We listened to our providers’ suggestions and created an improved coordination of care form, which can be found at priorityhealth.com under the "Forms" section. For your convenience, we have made this form interactive, which will allow you to fill it out online and print it. If you prefer, you may create your own equivalent coordination of care form or letter.

Unless a patient refuses to consent to sharing behavioral health information, Priority Health encourages you to make coordination of care a priority and a routine of your treatment practice. As best practices show, this will benefit patients.

Patients who are fighting major depression or depression and chronic illness have better outcomes when behavioral specialists and PCPs work together. In addition, studies demonstrate that chronically ill patients without depression have better treatment outcomes than those with depression, which is why treating depression is crucial.

We all want what’s best for patients, therefore we’re asking that behavioral health specialists and PCPs work together to coordinate care for all patients diagnosed with major depression or with a medical diagnosis in addition to depression.

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