With the M3 Checklist, primary care healthcare providers who use LabCorp for clinical laboratory testing will now be able to offer their patients an efficient, convenient and powerful tool to help assess mental health confidentially and guide discussions about monitoring and treatment options. Medicare and commercial health insurance plans, and many state Medicaid programs through preventive services, provide reimbursement to healthcare professionals for mental health screenings as part of routine care. In January 2016, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended that all adults be screened for depression and those who are positive be assessed for additional conditions that might be mistaken for or coexist with depression.

Mental health screening through the primary care setting is increasingly seen as a critical means to address this need. has a mental health disorder, and half do not receive treatment. An optional assessment for risk of alcohol abuse, the AUDIT-C, is also available separately or in combination with the M3 Checklist. The M3 Checklist is a 27-question online assessment of mood and anxiety symptoms that can be indicative of four common mental health conditions: anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This Smart News Release features multimedia.

The M3 Checklist is available to healthcare professionals for patient care exclusively through LabCorp. The M3 Checklist was developed by M3 Information with a goal to reengineer the detection of mental health conditions and integrate screening into primary care. 28, 2017- LabCorp ® (NYSE:LH) and M-3 Information, LLC today announced the nationwide availability through LabCorp of the peer-reviewed, clinically validated M3 Checklist assessment for mental illness. The M3 Checklist Helps to Identify and Monitor Common Mental Health Conditions in the Primary Care SettingīURLINGTON, N.C.

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