By now, you may have read our recent White Paper: The Impact of COVID-19 and a Proposal for Service Innovation. As a follow-up, SAE continues to focus on specific elements of the document during this current series of podcasts. We recently released our SAE CAREs … Read More
News & Notes
CMS Update on Telehealth Services in Medicaid and Medicare
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded the list of telehealth services that Medicare Fee-For-Service will pay for during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). CMS is also providing additional support to state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) agencies in … Read More
SAE Consultant Spotlight: Dr. Rhonda Bohs
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Rhonda Bohs, PhD, is an experienced applied experimental psychologist with more than 30 years in the application of evidence-based practice to community-based behavioral health and integrated care programs, community systems transformation, and system/program evaluation and clinical trial research. Dr. Bohs has implemented numerous innovative and … Read More
CMS on Required Coverage for Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Services
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State Medicaid programs are now required to provide coverage of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) services and drugs under a new mandatory benefit. The purpose of the new mandatory MAT benefit found at section 1905(a)(29) of the Act is to increase access to evidenced-based treatment … Read More
SAE CAREs Podcast: Systems of Care in Response to COVID-19
SAE Consultant Spotlight: FERN ZAGOR, LCSW, ACSW
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Fern Zagor, LCSW, ACSW, has a distinguished career of more than four decades serving in senior management capacities in behavioral health and human services. In August of 2012, Ms. Zagor became the President/CEO of the Staten Island Mental Health Society (SIMHS). On January 1, 2019, under her … Read More
SAE White Paper – The Impact of COVID-19 and a Proposal for Service Innovation
World Suicide Prevention Day
An Issue That Is Relevant To Everyone
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August 26 marked four years since San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick first sat for the national anthem of an NFL preseason game. Kaepernick received constant criticism and negative attention for sitting and kneeling during the national anthem. Still, he proceeded to protest with … Read More
HHS Addresses Recent Fraudulent HIPAA Communications
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently sent an alert to its listservs regarding fraudulent communications that are being sent to health care organizations around the country. OCR states that it became “aware of postcards being sent to … Read More