Rochester, Mich. – October 14, 2024 – Healthcare management and physician organization MedNetOne Health Solutions (MedNetOne), serving nearly 1,000 private practice physicians and other independent care providers, has launched integrated behavioral health services for its practices and provider partners across Southeast Michigan in collaboration with Janus Healthcare Partners (Janus).  The announcement was made by MedNetOne CEO Ewa Matuszewski.

“The work we are doing in partnership with Janus is a top priority for us, as behavioral health has become more and more crucial to whole person care,” Matuszewski said. “Janus offers best-in-class integrated care, following the evidence-based Collaborative Care Model (CoCM), opening the door to much-needed behavioral healthcare in the primary care setting.  We are very enthusiastic about where this partnership can take us and how we can make a difference in the primary care world.”

MedNetOne and Janus are delivering evidence-based, integrated behavioral health care at scale in the following ways:

• Data driven approach for identifying patients in need of support for depression and anxiety: Janus leverages proactive population health data analytics to identify patients in need of care, a paradigm-shift in primary care where more than half of the people who struggle with depression and/or anxiety do not get adequate access.
• Primary care providers make warm handoffs to behavioral health providers: Providers in the MedNetOne network work closely with a dedicated team of Janus’ behavioral health care managers and enrollment specialists to provide immediate access to care, which reduces the reliance on referrals to external providers.
• Patients receive evidence-based clinical interventions: Behavioral health clinicians work with patients to deliver best-practice psychotherapy, medication management, and psychiatric oversight.  Working in tandem with primary care, Janus’ whole-person approach addresses behavioral health and health behaviors.
• Psychiatric consultations support the primary care provider: Janus provides consulting psychiatrists as part of the CoCM team who conduct systematic case review to ensure patients make progress with their care plans, and implement data-informed adjustments for patients who are not improving.
• The care team is aligned around measurement-based care: An essential element of Collaborative Care is the regular review of behavioral health symptoms, with frequent assessment of patients’ symptom severity using evidence-based tools such as PHQ-9 and GAD-7.
  
  

MedNetOne has a deep history pioneering advanced clinical models, as one of the leading physician organizations in Michigan.  Working with Janus represents an important next step in its longstanding commitment to clinical excellence, evidenced by various practice transformation activities including the Patient Centered Medical Home model and other quality initiatives.  In collaboration with MedNetOne, Janus has established seamless workflows to make available these much-needed behavioral health services through the CoCM model accessible across the network.

About MedNetOne Health Solutions

Based in Rochester, Michigan, MedNetOne Health Solutions is a physician organization supporting its independent practice members with the infrastructure, technology and clinical support necessary to provide fully integrated, population-based, patient-centric care. Committed to community-based care and coordinated care through multi-disciplinary teams, MedNetOne collaborates with payors, nonprofits and community groups to develop and implement primary care initiatives that address preventive care, chronic conditions and the social determinants of health and positively impact health outcomes. Learn more here:  https://mednetone.com/

About Janus Healthcare Partners

Janus Healthcare Partners is a leading Psychiatric Collaborative Care company that brings integrated behavioral health care to health systems, physician groups, accountable care organizations and other health care providers. Janus addresses unmet behavioral health needs of the patient population and improves outcomes, all in close collaboration with patients’ medical providers.   Founded on the best-practice Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model, Janus delivers turn-key clinical services including all of the clinical resources, care management and technology-enablement to provide seamless access to patients in need of behavioral health care.  Learn more here: www.janushcp.com