Planning Tools for Changing Times
Health care Reform, Managed Care Immplementation, Regional Planning Consortia, Centers of Excellence, Transformation of OASAS, OMH and OPWDD...We are clearly entering new territory for local planners.
DCSs do not have the time to search for the data that is needed to steer a service system. So where can a local planner turn to quickly access clear and usable data to inform systems management decisions?
Feedback from a wide range of DCSs and local planners has lead CLMHD, in conjunction with state and local partners, to develop the CLMHD Data Dashboard.
The CLMHD Data Dashboard: If you don't look at any other planning data, look at this!
Each "Dial" of the Dashboard is designed to quickly provide you with key data. While a wealth of additional planning data will remain available on CPS (along with a link to the Dashboard) each Dial has been designed to provide the essential information to support your local planning efforts in this new world. The Dials will provide easy access to multiple county data to support regional planning efforts.
The Dials have been developed, based on your feedback, according to 3 key standards:
1. Function: The Dial must be easy to use
2. Clarity: The data present must be clearly labeled and understandable
3. Utility: Most importantly, the data must include the essential elements: the data that can be readily applied to your planning questions and challenges, including County, regional and state wide data views.
Current active Dials include the following:
- Prevalence (Local Prevalence, Medicaid FFS, Managed care)
- Service Utilization (Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities)
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Inpatient Admissions (By Diagnostic Groups,By Payor Source, For Chronic Conditions)
Additional Dials will be made available in coming months:
Physical Health Integration, Housing, Criminal Justice, Health Homes
Inpatient/Outpatient Transitions, Employment, Health Equity, New/Emerging Populations
Getting Familiar Dashboard: Dialogues
Beginning in February, CLMHD will sponsor a series of monthly 30 minute lunchtime Dashboard Dialogues. Following a quick tour/tutorial, each Dialogue will focus on a specific Dial on the Dashboard, and will include examples of applications of the data from Planners who have used it to address their local needs and concerns.
Webinars:
All webinars will air from Noon -12:30 PM and will be recorded and posted on the CLMHD website.
Feb 14th Overview of the Dashboard
Noon-12:30 PM click here for webinar link
Toll-free: 1 866 952 8437
March 21st Prevalence Data
April 14th Service Utilization Data
May 16th Inpatient Admissions Data
NEW: CLMHD Data Dashboard
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New York's health care spending overall and per capita are among the highest in the nation. The State's health care spending has accelerated over time and is projected to further increase in coming years, outpacing both inflation and overall economic growth.
New York state's expanded prescription drug-abuse monitoring program has seen "dramatic" results in less than six months, officials said in touting the early success of the initiative. 
