Traverse City, Michigan – October 23, 2025 – West Front Primary Care PLLC, one of Northern Michigan’s leading independent medical groups known for its long-standing commitment to high-quality, family-centered care, is pleased to announce its partnership with Janus Healthcare Partners (“Janus”) to launch Collaborative Care. This collaboration reflects West Front Primary Care’s dedication to supporting patients’ whole health – both physical and emotional – by expanding access to behavioral health services. Through this partnership, West Front providers can now connect patients with Janus’s Collaborative Care program, offering more consistent, evidence-based support for behavioral health needs within the comfort of primary care.
“West Front Primary Care emphasizes preventative care and health management by developing long-term relationships with our patients and their families. We are committed to team-based care that is easy to access and focused on achieving the best overall health outcomes,” said Dr. Tobin Fraser, a longtime practicing doctor at West Front Primary Care and the physician champion for the Collaborative Care program. “The resources that our partnership with Janus will bring to our patients will deliver unprecedented access to evidence-based behavioral health, aligned with our mission of providing efficient, cost-effective health care and improving outcomes.”
“Janus is pleased to expand our services across Michigan. Dr. Fraser and his colleagues at West Front Primary Care are the ideal partner, and we are committed to delivering team-based behavioral health resources to extend the reach of their practice,” said Nicholas Tcherepnin, CEO of Janus.
Janus has established a strategic partnership with Novello Physicians Organization, which is one of Michigan’s leading Physician Organizations delivering practice transformation and support services across hundreds of providers, including West Front Primary Care. Through this relationship, Novello, West Front Primary Care, and Janus will work together to ensure the Collaborative Care programs fulfill the goals of all stakeholders, including providers, payers and patients.
Key tenets of the turnkey Collaborative Care program that Janus delivers include:
- 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 at West Front Primary Care will work closely with a dedicated team of Janus’ behavioral health care managers and enrollment specialists to provide immediate access to care.
- 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 Collaborative Care 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.
The West Front Primary Care partnership with Janus is in line with the organization’s longstanding commitment to embracing quality initiatives, including patient centered medical home (PCMH), differentiated care management programs, and value-based contracting.
Janus has demonstrated deep commitment to delivering integrated behavioral health in Michigan, and is forging strong relationships with physician organizations, payers, and providers across the state.
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
About West Front Primary Care
West Front Primary Care is a trusted family medicine practice located in Traverse City, Michigan, dedicated to caring for patients of all ages – from newborns to seniors. The practice offers a full spectrum of services, including preventative care, chronic disease management, same-day appointments for urgent needs and convenient telehealth options. With 17 providers and a wide range of expertise, the practice works as a care team supporting patients’ health goals through patient centered approaches and a focus on preventative care. West Front Primary Care is open six days a week, including evening and Saturday availability.
Learn more at www.westfrontprimarycare.com
