Health and Wellness Services encompasses the Health Coaching program as well as a number of grant-funded initiatives and research projects focused on innovative disease management and risk reduction interventions.The goal of the department is to support the patient-provider relationship and plan of care, utilizing evidence-based practice guidelines and patient empowerment (self-management) strategies, such that members are encouraged and supported to actively participate in improving their health status. 

Health Coaching is available to any Denver Health Medical Plan member including Denver Medical Care (CSA and DHA), Point-of-Service, Medicare Select, Medicare Choice and CHP+.  It is also available for those members with Medicaid Choice.  Health coaching works best for members who want to make behavior changes for health conditions and/or for general health and wellness improvement.

The Telephonic Depression Intervention is a grant-sponsored program that offers telephonic counseling for depression to qualified patients to assist primary care providers improve the management of depression treated in the primary care setting.