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Comprehensive behavioral health support for your patients and members

Why partner with Optum

Optum collaborates with providers, health systems and health plans to help streamline care delivery and remove barriers to evidence-based treatment. Patients and members get personalized, evidence-based support to meet their unique needs across their behavioral health journey.

In-person and virtual options make it easier for patients and members to access behavioral health support – often as soon as same-day – while helping providers and plans deliver timely, coordinated care.

With a national footprint of providers, therapists and prescribers, patients and members receive behavioral healthcare that is clinically informed, evidence-based and measurable.

Our patient navigation team helps ensure individuals are connected to the right care at the right time. Patients receive personalized support that helps improve engagement, adherence and satisfaction.

For medical groups and health systems

Deliver quality behavioral healthcare while elevating the provider and patient experience

From priority referrals to fully integrated care, we offer a wide range of partnership options that improve patient access and outcomes, while simplifying workflows and processes for your team.
As part of our partnership, we provide clear, data-driven updates on patient progress so you can make informed treatment decisions and improve care outcomes.
With fully integrated care and streamlined referral pathways, we make it easy for your patients to get the support they need—while keeping your organization’s quality goals on track.

For health plans

Deliver the evidence-based, measurable care members need

Our approach guides members to the right behavioral health support at the right time. Through personalized, guided navigation, we help improve access, enhance treatment outcomes and lower total cost of care.
With nearly 2,000 providers nationwide—including therapists, prescribers and specialists—we deliver fast, flexible behavioral healthcare. In-person and virtual care options allow members to receive care the way they prefer.
Transparent reporting and measurable outcomes provide actionable insights to optimize planning, support evidence-based care and monitor program performance.

Highlight: Collaborative Care

Easily integrate behavioral health support to improve access, strengthen engagement and enable real-time collaboration for whole-person care

Our Collaborative Care model integrates behavioral health into your practice, enabling coordinated, whole-person care.

With support from our experienced implementation team, deployment is seamless and can be completed in as little as three months.

A behavioral health care manager—on-site or virtual—serves as the central point for behavioral health care in your clinics and helps your team advance the quadruple aim:

As a long-term partner, we provide ongoing clinical, quality and operational oversight to help ensure sustained value year over year.