Why Join the NJPPC?
The NJPPC provides pediatric care providers with timely access to psychiatric consultation and facilitates patient referrals for continued mental health care.
Benefits of NJPPC Membership
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists are available to aid in early detection and identification of mental health concerns and offer free one-time psychiatric evaluations for your patients
- Ongoing collaboration with mental health professionals through care coordination and mental health resources
- Continued education opportunities in screening, management, and treatment for child and adolescent mental health symptoms with CME credit
Why Should Pediatric Care Providers Participate in a Regional Hub?
The NJPPC Regional Hubs provide pediatric care providers with timely access to psychiatric consultation, referral to community resources, and care coordination.
NJPPC Hub benefits include:
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Timely Access to Psychiatry Consultation – for appropriate cases, the NJPPC Hub CAP may see a child/adolescent for a one-time psychiatric evaluation at no charge to the patient.
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Consultative Support to assist you with diagnostic clarification, medication management, and care coordination by a team of mental health professionals, including a child/adolescent psychiatrist.
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Care Coordination to support patient/family engagement with appropriate community mental health treatment services.
NJPPC Telepsychiatry Expansion

Already a NJPPC Member?
To inquire about and enroll in NJPPC Telepsychiatry:
Lauren Schoch
Telehealth Project Manager
lauren.schoch@hmhn.org
Since the onset of the telehealth enhancement awarded by Health Resources Services Administration [HRSA] in 2018, the Department of Health [DOH] has partnered with Hackensack Meridian Health to bring the telehealth expansion to all 9 HUBS across the state of New Jersey. The expansion made it possible to provide tele equipment to provider offices, patients and families are able to have a telepsychiatry consult with the Hub child psychiatrist by going to their PCP’s office. NJPPC membership is required for telepsychiatry enhancement. Non-member providers must enroll in the NJPPC before they can access telepsychiatry services.
Telepsychiatry Advantages:
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Virtual psychiatric consultations expand access to quality mental health care.
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Guidance from Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists (CAP) for caring for your patient’s mental health care needs in real-time via timely telehealth consultations.
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Patient/family-centered approach for improved patient/physician engagement, treatment planning & clinical outcomes.
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Choices for your patients: accessible in pediatric care provider offices or in the comfort of a patient’s own home.