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April 24, 2014

Advancing Public Policies for People with Mental Illness, Chemical Dependency or Developmental Disabilities   

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Betsy Gorman, Editor
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Webinars & Resources: 

Helping Clinicians Address Suicidal Behavior

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Helping Administrators Implement Suicide Prevention
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Anger Management for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Clients is an online course designed for use by qualified substance abuse and mental health clinicians who work with clients with concurrent anger problems.
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CMS: Quality Data on Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Now Available to Seniors on Hospital Compare here  

 

APRIL Medicaid Update here 

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Watch Live: Teh Effects of Crime and Mass Incarderation May 1st 1:00  Register

OMH Waiver Webinar May 2nd 1pm Register here

Health Home CMART Support Call Webinar 
May 7th  11-12  Register here

Final Webinar in the GAINS Center Five-Part Series of
Evidence-Based Practice Webinars: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
May 12th 1-2:30 Register here

(OMIG) Webinar focusing on audit protocols for Office of Mental Health rehabilitation services
May 14th  1-2:00  
Click on the OMIG website for info 
April:
CLMHD Spring Full Membership Meeting

Monday & Tuesday  

April 28th & 29th, 2014

Saratoga Springs Holiday Inn 

Register here.  

 

May:

Mental Hygiene Planning

May 8th

11:00-2:00 41 State Street

 

Children & Families Comm.

May 13th

11:00-2:00  41 State Street 

 

Officers and Chairs 
Conference Call

May 14th

8:00-9:00 Call in  

 

CLMHD/OMH/DOH 
Health Home Call

May 15th

10:00-11:00

 

Developmental Disabilities Meeting
May 19th
11:00 12:00 GTM Call in 

 

Director's Meeting

May 20th

10:30-Noon GTM Call in

 

Executive Committee 

May 20th

12:30-2:00 GTM Call in

 

Fiscal Officers Workgroup

May 27th

9:00-10:00 GTM Call in 

 

Contact CLMHD for all call in information, 518.462.9422 
State Hearings: Heroin abuse tough to address
About 250 people attended the New York State Senate Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction's forum, the fourth of 14 public hearings planned statewide to solicit ideas for ways to address rampant use of heroin.  The task force is charged with reporting to the Senate by June 1 with proposed bills that could pass this legislative session.  
While heroin use is on the rise, destroying the lives of young people and their families, treatment is inconsistent and difficult to access - and there's neither a strategy nor adequate funding to address the burgeoning problem.

 

Those were among realities to emerge from a forum on heroin use Wednesday at Hudson Valley Community College. State Sen. Kathy Marchione, R-Halfmoon, facilitated the discussion among state lawmakers, local treatment providers, educators and law enforcement officials.  Read more.

Quality Measures for Psychiatric Inpatient Facilities Now Available

The federal government has added data on quality measures for inpatient psychiatric facilities to its Hospital Compare website for consumers.

 

The site now includes data from 1,753 facilities covering four measures: Hours of physical restraint use, hours of seclusion use, post-discharge continuing care plan created, and post-discharge continuing care plan transmitted to the next level of care provider upon discharge.  Read more.

Governor Cuomo Announces $95 Million to Build Affordable Housing Across the State

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Funding Will Create and Preserve Over 2,000 Units of Affordable Housing Statewide.


Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced over $95 million in awards for shovel-ready projects to build affordable housing across the state. The low-interest loans and tax credits will build and preserve nearly 2,100 units of affordable housing and are expected to leverage more than $435 million in grants, loans and private resources. Read more.  


CLMHD Dashboard Dialogue:  


Inpatient Admissions Data Webinar   

Friday, May 16, 2014 
12:00 PM - 12:30  

 

Register here  

OMIG's Game Plan for Fighting Fraud   
The state has been moving many more Medicaid recipients into managed care. OMIG disclosed that its work in managed care "will expand this year and for the foreseeable future." The agency will focus its reviews and personnel on managed care program integrity, expanding into certified home health agencies and personal care services, as well as supported employment services, according to the work plan." Read more.  

 

The Congressional Budget Office has reduced by one-third its estimate of how much more states will spend on Medicaid in the coming decade because of the Affordable Care Act.  Read more.  

FDA proposes first regulations for e-cigarettes

 

The federal government wants to ban sales of electronic cigarettes to minors and require approval for new products and health warning labels under regulations being proposed by the Food and Drug Administration.  Read more. 

Related: 

 

Jean Malouin, a family doctor in Michigan, woke up one morning earlier this month to an e-mail from a Washington Post  reporter, who informed her that a vast release of Medicare payment data from 2012 had identified her as the highest female biller in the country, and the seventeenth-highest over all, with more than seven million dollars in payments.  Read more.  
The Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors advances public policies and awareness for people with mental illness, chemical dependency and developmental disabilities.  We are a statewide membership organization that consists of the Commissioner/ Director of each of the state's 57 county mental hygiene departments and the mental hygiene department of the City of New York.

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