CLMHD Data Dashboard Dialogue Series The next Dialogue session is set for Monday, April 14th from 12:00 noon - 12:30 pm. Register here for the next Dashboard Dialogue which will cover Service Utilization. If you missed earlier sessions you can replay previous Dialogues by visiting the CLMHD website. The recorded sessions are listed under the featured documents section. You can access the Data Dashboard under the hot topics box on the homepage. |
Advancing Public Policies for People with Mental Illness, Chemical Dependency or Developmental Disabilities
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Data-Based Planning for Effective Prevention: State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroups here FASD: New Voice for Experts in the Field here
& International FASD Awareness Day and the 40th Anniversary of FAS here___________________ OMH Round 3 Geriatric Health Integration Grantshere Tool Helps Users Identify HIPAA Security Risks and Safeguards hereNYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) 2014-15 Work Plan here |
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April:
Children & Families Comm.
April 8th
11:30-1:00 GTM call in
Officers and Chairs
Conference Call
April 9th
8:00-9:00 Call inMental Hygiene PlanningApril 10th
11:30-2:00 41 State Street
OMH Housing Call
April 23rd
10:00-11:00 Call in
CLMHD Spring Full Membership Meeting
Monday & Tuesday
April 28th & 29th, 2014
Saratoga Springs Holiday Inn
Register here.
Contact CLMHD for all call in information, 518.462.9422
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HIE Helps Integrate Behavioral and Physical Health Care, but Hurdles Remain
Although health care providers have long recognized that many of their patients have both behavioral and physical health needs, behavioral and physical health care have long been provided -- and paid for -- separately. However, in light of growing awareness of the prevalence and cost of comorbid behavioral and physical health conditions and increased recognition of how addressing those conditions in a coordinated manner can improve outcomes and reduce costs, the health care system is increasingly embracing care delivery models that integrate behavioral and physical health care and connect providers of such care to one another. Read more.
Related: State plans for dual-eligibles face tough challenges Related: New Law to Give NY Nurse Practitioners More Freedom from Doctors: Nurse practitioners in New York will be able to operate more independently of doctors under a bill slated to become law as part of the state budget enacted this week |
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These Two Funders Want to See Your Genome in the Spotlight
 The Personal Genome Project (PGP), seeks to create a public collection of the medical, demographic, and genetic information of thousands of volunteers, free for any researcher to analyze at will. It's meant to cut against common assumptions about health information privacy. The compilation of thousands of humans' genomic data, along with personal and health data gathered over a long period, could be staggeringly powerful for researchers and health care providers. Read more.
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APRIL 3, 2014
CLMHD: Highlights of the 2014-15 Enacted Budget
On March 31st the Legislature passed an on-time state budget for the fourth consecutive year. The State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2014-15 Enacted Budget spends a total of $137.9 billion in State and federal funds (not including federal Hurricane Sandy relief aid and Affordable Care Act incentive payments). This represents an overall increase of $2.5 billion or 1.8 percent from 2013-14, and an increase of $687 million over the Executive Budget.
Reinvestment of $50 million (All Funds) of Medicaid savings into the community from closures of hospital psychiatric and substance abuse services. See the complete summary here.
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Proposal Would Provide New York Police With Kits to Combat Overdoses
 With deaths from heroin and opioid prescription pills soaring, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman is expected to announce a push to have law enforcement officers across the state carry a drug that is effectively an antidote to overdose.
The program, to be funded primarily from $5 million in criminal and civil seizures from drug dealers, would help provide a kit with the drug, naloxone, and the training to use it to every state and local officer in New York, the attorney general's office said. Read more.
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The first open enrollment period for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act has just ended, and consumers, insurers and federal officials now face many immediate chores and challenges that will help determine if the law works as intended. Read more.
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 Meet Dave Putney, Acting DCS-Monroe County
Dave was born in Colombia, South America. One of six children, his parents were missionaries who worked in education and developing churches. They didn't realize when they moved to Colombia that their sons could be conscripted into the Colombian army at age 14. Adios Columbia and ¡hola upstate New York! At least for a year.... Then it was off to Puerto Rico (where happily, there was no conscription concern) before finally returning to New York and attending Houghton College and then SUNY Brockport to get his Master's in Community Mental Health Counseling. Dave started with Monroe County in 1999, first with AOT and then managing the county's Forensic Mental Health and Priority Services.
He began his role as Acting DCS for the county this past December. Dave explains, I had thought of being a physician, but when I took an introductory Psychology course at the end of my first year of college, I became interested in the human mind and behavior. Influential mentors at the undergraduate level solidified my interest in pursuing a career in human services. I cooked in restaurants throughout college early graduate school. In fact, I briefly considered becoming a pastry chef!" His first job in human services was with children and then he worked for about 12 years in outpatient mental health and management at Unity Health System in Rochester.
"The best parts of my job are the people we serve, those who support them and my staff. I have some great leaders to advise me and help me learn the many new parts of my job! I really don't have a least favorite part of the day. Each moment brings a new challenge and opportunity to facilitate growth and change".
Dave is involved with the Monroe County Juvenile Justice Committee and the Monroe County Family Court Improvement Project team and was the recipient of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Rochester, NY Chapter 2013 Community Services Award.
So what does he do on his "down time"? "I taught myself how to cook several Puerto Rican dishes. I enjoy fixing most anything I can at home (washer & dryer, TV, plumbing). I enjoy jogging and mowing the lawn. I ran my first half marathon in April 2013 and I am teaching a few courses in the graduate Mental Health Counseling program at Medaille College, Rochester Campus."
This past December Dave and his wife Audrey celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary. They met at Houghton College where they were introduced by friends. They have two daughters. Shannon is married and lives nearby and younger daughter, Robyn just moved back to the Rochester area to work as a care manager with newly arrived immigrants.
"I am so blessed to have been granted the opportunity to lead the Monroe County Office of Mental Health and to join with my local and statewide colleagues to move forward with the things that matter most to consumers and communities at large. With the great scope and significance of change these days, it's wonderful to be a part of the bigger picture and then translate that into change on a local level with the help of the CLMHD. " Welcome to the Conference Dave!
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HANYS' Survey Shows Persisting Physician Shortage
New York State's physician shortage continues, with a significant need for primary care physicians, according to a new report by HANYS, Doctor Shortage: Outpatient and Primary Care Need Growing.
HANYS' 2013 physician advocacy survey of hospitals and health systems found a need for 1,026 physicians statewide, excluding New York City, 26% of which are primary care physicians. As the Affordable Care Act assigns hospitals and health systems to create healthier communities with an emphasis on preventive care, 63% of respondents said their primary care capacity did not meet patient need. Read more.
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| President Obama Signs the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014
ICD-10 delay puts pressure on CMS for answers
Note: The NYS Enacted Budget authorizes adjustments to Medicaid rates of payment for general hospital services to ensure that the implementation of the ICD-10 coding system does not result in aggregate increases or decreases in Medicaid expenditures.
On April 1, 2014, President Obama signed into law the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014. This new law prevents a scheduled payment reduction for physicians and other practitioners who treat Medicare patients from taking effect on April 1, 2014. This new law maintains the 0.5 percent update for such services that applied from January 1, 2014 through March 31, 2014 for the period April 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014. It also provides a zero percent update to the 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) through March 31, 2015. Read more.
Related: Doctors' Medicare payment data finally set for release
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Opportunity to Learn More About Joining NYS Success - New York Stateʼs System of Care Network: Wednesday, April 16,
10:00am-1:00pm
Genesee Grande Hotel, Syracuse
 The NYS Success Implementation Team welcomes county leaders to attend a Regional Meeting on April 16th. Learn more about joining the NYS Success Network and how your county can take advantage of the resources available to all upstate counties through the NYS System of Care Expansion Grant.
Meet with current NYS Success Network counties and members of the NYS Success Implementation Team. Learn about:
* How cross system teams identified community needs then developed
and implemented a plan for coordinated, community-based care
* Innovative approaches that are being implemented locally with examples of successes and lessons learned
* How counties are using existing assets and strengths to make an
impact on outcomes by working smarter
April 16th Meeting in Syracuse (10am-1pm at the Genesee Grande Hotel)
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