The announcement of the Opioid Crisis as a National Emergency was an attempt by the White House to bring awareness and knowledge to this very urgent matter. On November 1, the appointed Commission on Combating Drug Addiction released their Final Report. Usually, recommendations given … Read More
Issue Briefs
Grant Seeking: Finding A Fit
Posted on by SAE
Grants are opportunities to expand program offerings as well as specialize and build expertise. A grant award is a recognition of the applicant’s commitment to serve. However, a grant submission is an initial commitment of vision and resources for the applicant. Each submission narrative … Read More
Unraveling Parity Compliance – Beyond a Template
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It is clear that a Parity compliance survey could be a useful starting point and tool to structure general Parity requirements by program type and Parity analysis process. A survey, if defined as a conceptual structure, could provide consistency, guidelines, and identify reproducible patterns … Read More
Financial Issues To Highlight When Launching A Care Coordination Program
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A children’s provider must consider an array of financial issues in order to optimize financial results when launching a care coordination program. Care coordination programs can yield a profit or, if not planned properly, produce losses. Below are some of the critical items that drive financial … Read More
Integrated Care for Children: Prevention and Screening at the Earliest Stage
Application of the System of Care Approach to Children’s Mental Health Homes
Posted on by Susan Liebold
The passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA; 2010) has had tremendous influence on behavioral health in the United States. Its provisions hold the potential to profoundly affect the delivery of behavioral health care, particularly by promoting changes in financing, organizing, and promoting … Read More
Expansion of Medicaid Services for Children and Families
Posted on by Susan Liebold
One of the themes developed by the Children’s Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) Subcommittee included the desire to improve the children’s service system, including the expansion of children’s benefits under Medicaid. The vision of the design is a children’s system where we: intervene early in the … Read More
The Challenges of Measuring Compliance with MHPAEA
Posted on by Susan Liebold
Providers and consumers of behavioral health services hailed the passage of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) in 2008 and its full application to private insurance through the Affordable Care Act. While parity requirements are now in place, there is much debate about … Read More
Motivational Interviewing: Assessing Readiness for Change in a Primary Care Setting
Posted on by Susan Liebold
Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the United States. In this role it places a profound burden on both the medical care system (estimated costs are over 193 billion annually) and U.S. economy. It is because … Read More
Implementing Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) Across Agency Settings: A TIC checklist
Posted on by Susan Liebold
Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) is a proactive approach to reduce potentially traumatic interactions across all stages of the individual’s treatment in various practice settings. Whether at a behavioral health agency, a primary care clinic, an integrated care practice center, or a residential facility, TIC must … Read More