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December 18, 2014
Happy Holidays from your Colleagues at CLMHD
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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:

SAMHSA:

 

Now Available: Leading Change Accomplishments Report


Department of Labor To Provide $100 Million in Grants 

 

An Indroduction to Co-Occurring Borderline Personality Disorders and Substance Use Disorders

 

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BRIEFING RECAP: Between Two Worlds:  Adolescents and our Health Care System here  

CHCS: Health Plan Approaches to Locating New Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees and Building Trusting Relationships

Tues Jan. 13th 2- 3:30-4 here 

 
Rural Healthcare Marketing in a Digital World

Thursday, Jan 15, 12-1:00 here

 
AATOD's Nat'l Conference, Addressing a Public Health Crisis: Opioid Dependence held in Atlanta from March 28-April 1, 2015.  Link here
 

 
JANUARY:

Officers & Chairs Call In

Wed. January 7th
8:00-9:00

Children & Families Committee Call In
Tues. January 13th 11:30-1

CLMHD Director's Meeting &
Executive Committee GTM 
Tuesday January 27th  
9:30-11:00 Director's
11:00-12:30 Executive Comm.  

 

Contact CLMHD for all call in information, 518.462.9422
 

HHS: New York state will receive a four-year, $100 million State Innovation Model Testing grant 

 

According to HHS, the state will adopt a tiered Advanced Primary Care model that includes behavioral and population health. New York will create a statewide program of regionally based "primary care practice transformation" to help doctors use the APC model.  

 

The grant will also fund expansion of the use of value-based payments, with the goal of 80% of New Yorkers  receiving value-based care by 2020. The grant will be used to boost primary care capacity through workforce training and fund health information technology projects, including clinical data exchange and an all-payer database.

 

The money also will be used to develop a common scorecard, shared quality metrics and enhanced analytics. The state previously applied for a model testing grant in September 2012 but was asked to refine and further develop its proposal.  Read more.   

   

Also:  N.Y. health exchange receives $64m from C.M.S. 

New York State is receiving nearly $64 million from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to help run the New York State of health, the insurance exchange created by the Affordable Care Act.

 

HHS is rolling out online partnerships with three online firms to further promote HealthCare.gov during the current open-enrollment period, which ends Feb. 15th.  Read more.   

 

And: How does the Affordable Care Act help people with mental health issues?   

State will require Medicaid to cover sex reassignment surgery 

 

New York State's Medicaid program will cover sex reassignment surgery for transgender patients, according to a  proposed rule posted to the state's register.

 

The shift in policy follows a state announcement last week that required all private insurers to cover the reassignment surgery when deemed medically necessary.  

 

The state's Medicaid program will cover hormone therapy and surgery for those 18 years of age and older, for people who have been living for at least a year in a gender role that is "congruent" with their gender identity,

SAMHSA: BHbusiness Plus

National Council's BHbusiness Plus, a SAMHSA funded initiative that provides no cost assistance to behavioral health nonprofits in the areas of Strategic Business Planning and Decision Making; Affiliations, Mergers and Acquisitions; Costing Your Services and Third-party Contract Negotiations.


BHbusiness Plus

offers one-on-one coaching, webinars, group learning, and access to an extensive library of online courses and resources. Subject matter experts and coaches work with your team over four months to help you assess your organization's operations, identify an area for improvement, and support you to create meaningful change.  

 

 

Ready to get started? Apply for the next learning networkby December 31.

 

 

Network options include:
* Strategic Business Decision Making
* Exploring Affiliations, Mergers and Acquisitions
* Costing Your Services
* Setting up a Third Party Billing System
* Improving Your Billing System to Increase Collections and Compliance
* Strategic Business Planning
* Third-party Contract Negotiations
* Eligibility and Enrollment

 

More information here

Study: Nearly half of U.S. kids exposed to traumatic social or family experiences

 

Nearly half of all children in the United States are exposed to at least one social or family experience that can lead to traumatic stress and impact their healthy development-be it having their parents divorce, having a parent die or living with someone who abuses alcohol or drugs-increasing the risk of negative long-term health consequences or of falling behind in school, suggests new research led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

 

The study reports on new data showing the magnitude of these adverse experiences in the child population in the United States, while also suggesting that training parents, providers and communities to help children with trauma cope and build even basic aspects of resilience may soften the blows and lead to later success, despite the obstacles.  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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