Community behavioral Health
EHR for CCBHC and CMHC workflows

Nine required services, PPS billing, quality measure reporting, SDOH care coordination, and multi-disciplinary team documentation connected in one system from walk-in to follow-up.

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Stay ahead of the workflows that protect IOP and PHP revenue

Configured around all six CCBHC program requirements

Supports staffing, access, care coordination, scope of services, quality reporting, and governance documentation.

Documentation built for nine required services

Dedicated workflows for peer support notes, crisis documentation, psychiatric rehabilitation, targeted case management, and primary care screening

PPS billing connected to the services that generate it

Link Medicaid PPS encounters to clinical documentation, eliminating manual reconciliation

Quality measure reporting built into clinical workflows

Capture FUH, FUA, FUM, IET, OUD pharmacotherapy, and PCR-AD data during care delivery for quality bonuses.

From CCBHC requirements to everyday workflows

Same-day access. Multi-disciplinary documentation. PPS billing. CCBHC quality measures. Crisis services. Prescribing. SDOH care coordination. Connected in one system.

Walk-in, scheduled, and crisis visits managed in one clinical workflow

Same-day access and walk-in scheduling

Walk-ins & scheduled appointments in the same clinical workflow — triaged, documented, and captured for PPS reporting.

Group scheduling with attendance tracking

Schedule group sessions with attendance capture, duration tracking, and billable encounters generated directly from records.

Appointment scheduling and reminders

Individual, group, and multi-provider appointments with SMS and email reminders. Telehealth and in-person visits scheduled from one calendar.

No-show management and waitlist

No-show tracking and waitlist management. Cancellation and reschedule workflows that keep the schedule filled.

Multi-disciplinary team documentation from psychiatry through peer support

Team-based clinical documentation

Psychiatry, therapy, case management, peer support, primary care screening, and crisis documentation in the same patient record.

Peer support and psychiatric rehabilitation

Dedicated workflows for peer support, psychiatric rehabilitation, skills training, community integration, and progress.

Group-to-individual documentation

Group notes linked to each participant’s treatment plan, with attendance, encounters, and co-facilitator notes connected.

Children, youth, and family documentation

Age-appropriate documentation. Guardian consent, family therapy notes, coordination tracking, CANS and Pediatric Symptom Checklist.

Nine required services, DCOs, and multi-site operations configured per program

Program and sub-program hierarchy

Program-level workflows, documentation, billing model, and compliance rules mapped to CCBHC service categories.

DCO coordination and encounter attribution

Track DCO services separately from CCBHC encounters for 51% threshold, cost reporting, and quality measures.

Level-of-care transitions

One continuous record across levels of care with no re-entry, duplication or data loss at the transition point.

Multi-site operations

Site-specific programs, templates, and billing roll up to organization-wide quality, cost, and analytics dashboards.

Screen, refer, track follow-through, and report SDOH

SDOH screening as ongoing workflow

SDOH assessments at intake, during treatment, and transitions. Results feed treatment planning and care coordination.

Community resource referral and tracking

Referrals to housing, food, transportation, employment, and community services with follow-through tracking for quality measures and grants.

Integrated primary care coordination

Shared care plans and referrals across behavioral and primary care, with screening, metabolic monitoring, and prevention.

Multilingual access and targeted case management

Patient portal in 36 languages with with secure messaging and CCBHC case management for needs, referrals, care plans, and follow-up.

PPS encounter billing connected to documentation and cost reporting

PPS encounter billing

PPS billing, cost reporting and rate rebasing. Medicaid, managed care, and commercial claims with payer-specific rules.

Eligibility and coverage tracking

Eligibility verification at intake, during treatment, and before submission to catch Medicaid lapses from OBBBA redeterminations.

Authorization and utilization management

Track authorization windows, concurrent reviews, and payer renewals with alerts; separate managed care from state Medicaid.

Denials, cost reporting, and uninsured encounters

Track denials by reason, payer, program, and service; manage appeals, uninsured/underinsured care, grants, and sliding fees.

24/7 crisis services and mobile crisis documented within the clinical flow

C-SSRS screening in workflow

C-SSRS screening triggers safety protocols, feeding treatment plans, risk flags, and follow-up scheduling.

Safety plans

Safety plans linked to treatment records with responsible parties, warning signs, coping strategies, and contacts.

Mobile crisis and co-response documentation

Document mobile crisis dispatch, assessment, disposition, and follow-up, with 42 CFR Part 2 protections.

Crisis stabilization and follow-up

Track crisis stabilization, walk-ins, warm handoffs, and referrals within the CCBHC clinical workflow.

ePrescribing, MAT protocols, and controlled substance tracking in one system

ePrescribing with EPCS

Controlled & non-controlled prescribing with EPCS compliance, DEA audit trails, and psychiatric/SUD workflows.

PDMP integration

State PDMP checks integrated into the prescribing workflow for psychiatric and SUD medications.

MAT and OUD pharmacotherapy

Buprenorphine, naltrexone & methadone workflows with induction, dosing, adherence, and OUD pharmacotherapy quality tracking.

Medication reconciliation

Medication reconciliation at intake, transitions, and discharge, across disciplines and external prescribers.

Validated instruments connected to treatment decisions and care outcomes

Psychiatric and behavioral instruments

200+ validated instruments. PHQ-9, GAD-7, C-SSRS, CAGE, CIWA, COWS, MDQ, AUDIT, CANS & SDOH tied to scores, trends, and goals.

Measurement-based care

Score and trend validated outcomes across visits; adjust plans and report for quality measures and bonus eligibility.

Trauma and co-occurring screening

Trauma screening (ACE, PCL-5) and co-occurring disorder assessments built into ongoing clinical workflows.

No-code form builder

Drag-and-drop form builder for State or program-specific assessments, screening tools, and documentation, built and deployed without IT.

CCBHC quality measures, regulatory compliance, and reporting in one view

CCBHC quality measure dashboards

Real-time FUH, FUA, FUM, IET, OUD pharmacotherapy, PCR-AD, depression & experience tracking; QBP thresholds.

42 CFR Part 2 and regulatory compliance

Granular SUD consent, segmented access & audit trails; HEDIS, state SUD & Medicaid core set measures.

Accreditation and state reporting

CARF, Joint Commission & CCBHC survey-ready treatment plans, QI, care coordination & clinical outcomes.

Custom report builder

No-code report builder with custom filters, BI integration, state and grant reporting templates, and ad hoc operational reports without IT.

AI built to support behavioral health, not replace the people who deliver it

Surface insights, automate routine work, and bring the right information forward — while clinicians make the final call.

Who we serve?

A purpose-built Behavioral Health EHR designed to meet the unique needs of your organization—whether you're a solo practitioner, a large-scale enterprise, a CCBHC, or a virtual care provider. Our configuration-first approach ensures tailored workflows that align seamlessly with your care delivery setting. 

Residential programs

Every bed. Every claim. Accounted for.

QRTP PRTF

Turn bed-level activity into per-diem billing, real-time census visibility, and FFPSA compliance—without rebuilding the story at month-end.

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Scale programs without multiplying systems.

SUD Group homes IDD

Add residential programs with ASAM placement, 42 CFR Part 2 & program specific billing without creating separate patient records or systems.

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Outpatient programs

See the full behavioral health EHR

All care settings

Explore the full platform across residential, outpatient, PHP/IOP, SUD, CCBHC, and more.

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One EHR for every outpatient workflow.

Outpatient IOP PHP

From individual visits to intensive programs, connect group-to-individual notes, UB-04 claims, auth and payer rules in 1 system.

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Real-world outcomes

These behavioral health organizations chose blueBriX. Here’s what changed — in their words, their numbers, and their outcomes.

Laurel Life Company
Behavioral health Category

Higher revenue. Reduced admin work.

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15% Less operational costs
20% Increase in appointment utilization
20% Increase in reimbursements and revenue
20% Less administrative workload
With blueBriX as their EHR partner, Laurel Life improved appointment utilization, streamlined clinical and administrative workflows, strengthened revenue cycle performance, accelerated payments, and enhanced patient access and care delivery.
Laurel Life Company
Behavioral health Category

Higher revenue. Reduced admin work.

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15% Less operational costs
20% Increase in appointment utilization
20% Increase in reimbursements and revenue
20% Less administrative workload
With blueBriX as their EHR partner, Laurel Life improved appointment utilization, streamlined clinical and administrative workflows, strengthened revenue cycle performance, accelerated payments, and enhanced patient access and care delivery.
Blackbird Company
Behavioral health Category

Higher revenue. Reduced admin work.

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83% More claim payments
150% More appointments
60% More encounters
40% Faster patient intakes
With blueBriX as their care coordination and EHR partner, Blackbird Health improved provider efficiency, streamlined revenue cycle and scheduling workflows, strengthened care coordination, enhanced patient access, and used data-driven insights to improve treatment outcomes.

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Yes. blueBriX supports PPS daily and monthly encounter billing for CCBHC Medicaid services alongside fee-for-service, managed care, and commercial claims for services outside the CCBHC scope. Programs operating under PPS and programs operating under FFS run from the same system with separate billing configurations. No separate billing infrastructure needed.

Quality measure data — FUH, FUA, FUM, IET, OUD pharmacotherapy, PCR-AD, depression screening and remission, and patient experience — is captured during clinical documentation and encounter processing. Measure denominators, numerators, and exclusion logic are calculated from the clinical and claims data already in the system. Reports are generated for state submission, quality bonus payment eligibility, and internal quality improvement without manual data extraction.

Each service — therapy, case management, peer support, medication management, primary care screening — is documented as a distinct encounter within the same clinical record. Under daily PPS, one visit per day generates the PPS rate regardless of how many services are provided. Under monthly PPS, all encounters in the month contribute to the monthly rate. The system tracks encounters per methodology without requiring front desk staff to manually reconcile service counts.

Peer specialists document using note templates designed for peer service delivery — recovery-oriented language, lived-experience framing, community connection activities, and recovery goal tracking. These templates are structurally different from licensed clinician progress notes and from psychiatric rehabilitation documentation. Each documentation type feeds the client's treatment record and encounter generation while maintaining the distinct character of each service.

Psychiatric rehabilitation documentation is configured separately from clinical therapy notes. Skills training sessions, community integration activities, rehabilitation plan goals, daily living skill progress, and employment support activities are documented in their own workflow — not forced into a clinical progress note format. Rehabilitation plans track separately from treatment plans, with their own goal structures and review intervals.

Yes. SDOH screening is configured as an ongoing workflow, not a one-time intake form. Screens can be administered at configurable intervals during treatment. Positive screens generate referrals to community resources with follow-through tracking — whether the client connected, whether the need was addressed, and whether re-screening indicates resolution. Intervention data is reportable for quality measures and grant reporting.

CCBHCs are required to serve all individuals regardless of ability to pay. Eligibility verification identifies which clients have active Medicaid coverage (generating PPS encounters), which have commercial or managed care coverage (generating FFS claims), and which are uninsured or underinsured (documented for cost reporting and grant-supported services). Verification runs at intake, at configurable intervals, and before encounter submission. Sliding fee schedule configurations are managed per organization policy.

Yes. 42 CFR Part 2 requires patient-specific consent before SUD records can be disclosed, with stricter rules than HIPAA. blueBriX supports granular consent management, segmented record access, and a full audit trail for SUD disclosures. Consent protections are maintained during crisis co-response situations and when coordinating with DCOs or external providers.

Walk-in clients enter the same clinical workflow as scheduled appointments. Triage, screening, clinical documentation, and encounter capture happen within the standard workflow — no separate intake process, no manual workaround, and no gap in the clinical record. Same-day access documentation is structured to meet CCBHC availability and accessibility criteria.

DCO-delivered encounters are documented and attributed separately from CCBHC-direct services. The system tracks service volume by source to support the 51% direct-service threshold required for CCBHC certification. DCO encounter data feeds quality measure calculations, cost reporting, and PPS encounter reconciliation. Referral tracking between the CCBHC and its DCOs is maintained in the clinical record.

Yes. Program configurations, documentation templates, quality measure tracking, and billing rules operate per site while rolling up into organization-wide dashboards and reporting. Each site maintains its own program setup and staffing configurations. Cost report data can be structured by site or consolidated at the organization level.

Yes. Documentation templates, consent workflows, assessment instruments, and treatment planning adjust by age and population. Child-specific instruments (CANS, Pediatric Symptom Checklist, child C-SSRS), guardian consent management, family therapy documentation, and school coordination tracking are configured alongside adult clinical workflows. Programs serving youth and programs serving adults operate from the same system with age-appropriate configurations.

Yes. Organizations can go live with standard community behavioral health workflows and add CCBHC-specific configurations — PPS billing, quality measure tracking, nine-service documentation, DCO coordination, and certification compliance workflows — when ready. The same system supports both pre-certification and post-certification operations.

blueBriX supports electronic exchange of clinical documentation attached to claims using adopted HIPAA standards. The May 2028 compliance deadline under CMS-0053-F requires providers to stop submitting paper-based attachments — including clinical notes, lab results, and imaging — to payers. The system is designed to generate and transmit attachments electronically as part of the claims workflow.