Designed by experts in the management of behavioral health problems in Primary Care.
Our executives have led:
Primary Care Practices- Departments of Internal Medicine and Family Practice
- Integrated Care Programs
- Managed Care Departments of Behavioral Health
- Fortune 50 Behavioral Health operations nationally
Our research is funded by:
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation
- MacArthur Foundation
Our publications appear in:
- JAMA
- Annals of Internal Medicine
- Annals of Family Medicine
- Journal of Consulting and Clinical Pychology
- Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine textbooks
This gives us a deep understanding for the Behavioral Health needs of PCPs and their patients
Team
Kirstan Vandersluis
Kirstan Vandersluis, is the Founder and CEO of Connetix Health, the company supplying the technology solution for CollaborationCare. He is a longtime digital health solutions and interoperability expert, holds computer science degrees from the University of Michigan and University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, and earned a certificate in Health Informatics from Johns Hopkins University. Kirstan has been a principal supplier of solutions for healthcare and digital health to organizations including Kaiser Permanente, University of Michigan Health Services, HealthRx, The Center for Medical Interoperability, Emergency Medicine Risk Management, and others. Kirstan has patented technologies and has patents pending in data management, interoperability, and digital health, and brings an innovative approach to collaborative care, patient activation, and integrated behavioral healthcare.
David Brody
David is a General Internist who has been the Chief of General Internal Medicine and a Professor of Medicine at several medical schools. He has published numerous papers on the management of mental health problems in primary care and was an editor of Psychiatry for Primary Care Physicians (editions 1 and 2) published by the American Medical Association Press. His research has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation among others. David has been a member of numerous NIMH grant review committees and has received several prestigious awards including being named an American College of Physicians Teaching and Research Scholar and a Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation Scholar in General Internal Medicine.
Indira Paharia, Psy.D., MBA, MS
Indira is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 20 years’ experience in behavioral healthcare management and operations. She most recently led Behavioral Health for 16+ million members nationally for the Centene Corporation, a Fortune 50 company. Indira served on the board of ABHW, representing national payers on federal BH policy, and was a national advisor to SAMHSA. She is a published author on integrated behavioral healthcare and has held several faculty positions. She received her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Denver, and Masters degrees in Healthcare Administration and Finance from Temple University.
Kimberly Walter, PhD
Kimberly is a Co-Founder and the Chief Clinical Operations officer. She has 20 years experience in healthcare organizations with emphasis on behavioral health, integrated care, program development, and care delivery, most recently at Centura/St. Anthony’s in Denver, CO. Kim develops and manages our care delivery program.
Pamela DeBellis
As a recognized champion and driver of new ventures, Pam has designed, developed and launched numerous healthcare products exceeding $100m in collective sales revenue. She has worked in pivotal roles with several companies that have been acquired and holds five U.S. and international patents on medical devices. She has worked globally with Medtronic, Sunrise Medical, Boston Scientific, Philips HealthTech, Intuitive Surgical, Global Healthcare Exchange, Amazon Web Services, ActiViews, Encision Inc. and Radish Systems in many leadership and executive positions. She has been quoted in numerous publications about innovation, diversity, and customer experience. Pam holds a M. Eng. Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado - Boulder and a B.S. Ceramic Science and Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University.
Jeanette Waxmonsky
Jeanette is a nationally recognized expert on the development, implementation and evaluation of innovative integrated behavioral health services for a variety of patient populations. She is one of the developers of the widely adopted Integrated Care Practice Assessment Tool (IPAT). Jeanette has been an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, a Vice President of Integrated Care, Product Development at New Directions Behavioral Health and Director of Research Innovation at the Jefferson Center for Mental Health.
Catherine Le Roi
As a seasoned change practitioner, Catherine is focused on putting the customer first, leveraging best practices, and ensuring that continuous improvement activities are not done in a vacuum. Catherine has over 20 years of experience in Medical Devices, Software and Health services working in both small and large companies in America and Europe. Catherine holds a BA Hons from Exeter University, England and a MS in Marketing and Information Systems from the University of Colorado-Boulder. She is a certified black belt in Six Sigma and Lean Sigma. She originally came to the US as an International Rotary Scholar in the role of a Goodwill Ambassador.
Frank deGruy
Frank Dr. deGruy has chaired the family medicine department since 1999, and before this he chaired the University of Alabama Department of Family Medicine. He has served as president of the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association and the North American Primary Care Research Group. Dr. deGruy is a board member for the National Network of Depression Centers, the Family Physicians’ Inquiries Network, and of the Colorado Institute of Family Medicine. He chairs the National Integration Academy Council, and sits on the editorial board for The Annals of Family Medicine and Families, Systems and Health. He creates and writes "Precipice: Pushing the Edge of Family Medicine," an annual publication that addresses hard problems in primary care, and he is a member of the National Academy of Medicine.
Our Qualified Team is Always Ready to Help You.
Our behavioral health (nurse) coaches and licensed psychiatrists provide an innovative approach to short-term teletherapy, enabling patients to select the types of issues they want to work on. This patient-centered multi-modular approach can be more effective than a usual care control group of depressed Primary Care patients and those who received therapy which focused on just behavioral activation.