For Primary Care

Keep the patient. Lose the prescribing complexity.

For patients whose psychiatric or addiction medication needs have grown past what fits in a 15-minute primary-care slot. Specialty co-management without losing them to a system that does not call you back.

i.When to refer

When the visit gets too short.

Patient on multiple psychiatric medications and the regimen is no longer simple to monitor in primary care.
Diagnostic clarification needed: bipolar versus unipolar, ADHD versus anxiety, PTSD complicating presentation.
Substance use disorder co-occurring with a psychiatric condition. MAT may be appropriate.
Patient out of detox, IOP, or court evaluation, needing psychiatric continuity you cannot provide at depth.
Stimulant or controlled-substance prescribing the patient needs but you prefer to refer.

ii.How co-management works

You keep being the medical home.

Specialty prescribing

Psychiatric and addiction medication management is handled here. Family medicine context is part of the conversation; FNP-BC credential supports whole-body view.

Treatment summary returned

After intake, a brief clinical summary is sent to you with patient consent. Updates follow at meaningful changes, not arbitrary intervals.

Direct provider line

For clinical questions or coordination, the provider speaks directly with you. (219) 444-7946 reaches the office; ask for a callback.

No patient capture

Patients remain in your panel for primary care. Specialty work stays specialty. We do not absorb the medical home role.

Keep the patient. Lose the prescribing complexity.

When the visit gets too short.

You keep being the medical home.

A short call confirms fit and capacity.