Advancing Public Policies for People with Mental Illness, Chemical Dependency or Developmental Disabilities
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OMH is hosting an informal meeting for all Directors of Community Services to highlight activities and initiatives that the Children's Division of Integrated Community services has undertaken for the past two years to prepare Family Peer Support Providers for the transition to Medicaid Managed Care.
Join the online meeting here
AATOD's Nat'l Conference, Addressing a Public Health Crisis: Opioid Dependence held in Atlanta from March 28-April 1, 2015. Link here
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
March:
Officers & Chairs
Wed. 3/11 8:00-9:00
Call in Only
Mental Hygiene Planning
Tu 3/12 11:00-2:00
Go to Meeting
CLMHD/OASAS Upstate Field Offices Meeting
Wed 3/25 10:20-2:30
607 E. Molloy Rd. Syracuse
CLMHD Director's Meeting
In Person
Executive Committee
In Person
12:30-2:00
Both: 41 State Street Albany
April:
Children & Families
Mon 4/6 11:00-12:00
Go To Meeting
Officers & Chairs - Call In
Wed 4/8 8:00-9:00
Mental Hygiene Planning
Th 4/9 11:30-2:00
41 State St., Albany
OMH Agency Meeting
Tues 2/28 10:00-Noon
44 Holland Ave., Albany
OASAS Agency Meeting
Tues 4/28 1:00-3:00
1450 Western Ave., Albany
SAVE THE DATE: CLMHD SPRING FULL MEMBERSHIP MEETING May 18-19, 2015 Saratoga Springs, NY
Contact CLMHD for all Call In and Go To Meeting information, 518.462.9422
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The state comptroller's Open Book New York website will now allow users to trace state spending back to the source program or account, via its "state spending" module.
The upgrade allows for searches for spending based on "fund type," "account," "major fund," and "budgetary program." These options are an expansion of previously included data, offering more information about where and when funds were allocated for different purposes. Read more.
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These guidelines continue to reflect the collaborative efforts of OASAS, OMH, OPWDD, and the Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors (CLMHD). They provide a framework for integrated person-centered planning that helps to ensure that the needs of individuals, particularly those with multiple disabilities who may need services from multiple systems, are addressed in the most effective and comprehensive manner.
CPS 2016 has been activated and can now be accessed through the same Web link here. As in previous years, a read-only version of CPS 2015 has been archived and is available on the County Data Page under the "CPS Archives" link.
In addition to required county planning forms, this year OASAS-certified and funded providers are again asked to complete a small number of brief planning surveys that provide OASAS with important information needed to support state planning initiatives and performance monitoring activities. Additional information will be sent out explaining the new planning surveys.
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With the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) recently announcing Round Two of the State Innovation Models (SIM) Initiative, the participating awardees will engage a wide set of partners to support their ambitious goals for statewide multi-payer delivery system and payment reform.
Spotlight on SIM Round 1 State-Alliance Partnerships:
AF4Q alliances have been actively involved in SIM efforts to date including the following:
Stakeholder Engagement and Practice Transformation: The P2 Collaborative of Western New York, which is supporting provider engagement, helped develop the practice transformation components of the state's Advanced Primary Care model under SIM. More recently, the New York State Department of Health named the P2 Collaborative as a Population Health Improvement Program entity. In this role, the P2 Collaborative will continue to promote the Triple Aim by convening key stakeholders to measure health and well-being. The collaborative also provides a neutral forum for sharing best practices in the northwestern region of the state. Read more.
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Marking the beginning of an experiment funded in last year's budget that trains police and mental health officials to handle the growing number of emotionally disturbed people in New York's jails and prisons.
The $400,000 budget allocation last year funded programs in Auburn, Binghamton, Clarkstown, Hempstead, Newburgh, St. Lawrence County, Syracuse and Utica. But that money will eventually run out. Read more.
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Governor Andrew Cuomo has launched a statewide campaign to stop prosecuting 16- and 17-year olds as adults.
The governor, who in January announced he would raise the age of criminal responsibility over a two-year period, launched a website for his Raise the Age campaign. View the website here.
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 This piece in the current American Journal of Psychiatry provides some important arguments for why the mental health clinic needs to be sufficiently funded so that psychiatrists have the time they need to get prescribing right
Early treatment for individuals experiencing schizophrenia has received increasing attention because of its potential to alter the course of illness and improve outcomes. A critical component of optimal early treatment includes appropriate use of medications. Because of differential responses to medications in first-episode and multiepisode schizophrenia, prominent guidelines suggest different treatment practices for these patient groups.
Read more.
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 For more than two years, members of the Cuomo administration have regularly met with officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The negotiations aren't exactly secret, but few people who aren't directly involved in the talks have any idea what's being discussed or what's at stake. The negotiations are over what is known as the Upper Payment Limit, or U.P.L. That's a rule that says Medicaid, the insurance program geared toward the poor and paid for with state and federal money, cannot pay a higher amount for any service than Medicare, the insurance program for the elderly, would pay for that same service. Read more. |
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Suicide Rates of Girls and Women Continue to Rise
 The suicide rate for girls and young women in the U.S. continues to rise, at a pace far faster than for young males, health officials said Thursday. The rate for boys and young men increased since 2007, too. And it remains three times higher than the female rate for ages 10 to 24 Read more here.
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