For medical professionals

Program requirements

• Patient must be able and willing to participate in and tolerate 8 hours of group programming and daily physical therapy 5 days per week.
• Caregiver commitment to regular family contact, weekly family sessions and twice weekly parent groups.
• Must have diagnosed medical condition causing significant functional impairment due to pain and decline in physical or emotional health and/or quality of life that is being exacerbated by psychological factors.
• Patients have received comprehensive medical work up prior to admission to the program.
• There has been substantial deterioration in at least 2 key areas of functioning (school, social, family, community, self-care, work)
• Often, patients have failed or are incapable of benefiting from treatment at a less intensive level of care. The severity of illness indicates that treatment in a less intensive level of care has or would result in an increase of symptoms or deterioration of functioning.
• All patients will receive a mental health evaluation. To be included in the program, they must meet criteria for a DSM-V diagnosis. 

Referral resources

Learn how to make a referral. On this page, you will find:

• A guide for who you should refer
• Information about the Integrated Healing Program and our evidence based treatments
• A case study
• Ways to refer a patient
• Explanation of the referral process 

Providers outside of Children’s Wisconsin, submit a referral (link to current referral form) utilizing our referrals page. 

How to refer

Providers with Epic access to Children’s Wisconsin

Submit Epic referral to Pain & Headache Center and select IHP evaluation.

All other providers

Submit referral form online  

Call the Integrated Healing Referral Line: (414) 266-3955, or email IntegratedHealingProgram@childrenswi.org.

If you would like to discuss a case prior to referral, call (414) 266-2775 and Steve Weisman, MD or Kim Anderson Khan, PsyD can answer any questions you may have.