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Cost Considerations
The costs of implementing IBH will vary widely depending on your implementation model, practice readiness, and available resources.
Startup Costs
Identify the essential one-time investments—from health information technology (IT) infrastructure to physical space modifications—required to launch a high-functioning IBH model.
Operational Costs
Plan for the recurring expenses needed to sustain services, including staff salaries, fringe benefits, and the continuous training and credentialing required for team-based care.
Strategies for Identifying and Managing Costs
Access tools and resources for identifying your primary cost drivers and selecting implementation options that align with your practice or system’s specific budget.
Revenue and Savings Considerations
Integrating behavioral health creates financial benefits for primary care settings through two main mechanisms: increased revenue generated from new billable encounters (in a fee-for-service payment model) and shared savings and incentive payments (in value-based payment models).
Revenue and Cost Savings
Understand key revenue-generating components of IBH and how to capture clinical savings directly at the practice level.
Strategies for Maximizing Revenue and Savings
Access tools and resources for optimizing clinical workflows and payer contracts to help ensure your IBH model is financially high-performing and sustainable.
Financial Calculations
Use evidence-based data and tools to project your financial future and build a robust pro forma.
Cost Data
Use data from peer-reviewed studies to help set realistic budgets for start-up and implementation.
Revenue Data
Use data from peer-reviewed studies to help project income from various payment models.
Savings Data
Use data from peer-reviewed studies to help estimate cost offsets, net savings, and return on investment.
Pro Formas and Calculators
Access our Pro Forma Calculator to project long-term sustainability using a braided funding strategy that integrates fee-for-service revenue, grants, and value-based payments.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Prompts
Use ready-made AI prompts to quickly generate tailored cost estimates for common implementation drivers like staffing, workflow redesign, and long-term sustainability calculations like return on investment.
Strategies for Calculating Costs and Savings
Access tools and resources for using micro-costing, gross-costing, and shadow billing to better capture non-billable care coordination, quantify medical cost offsets, and demonstrate a more accurate return on investment.