Advancing Public Policies for People with Mental Illness, Chemical Dependency or Developmental Disabilities
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October 12, 2 - 3:15 pm, Stepping Up
October 16, 1 - 2:30 pm, CHCS
October 19, 1 - 2 pm, EHR Intelligence
October 19, 2 - 3:15 pm, Stepping Up
Behavioral Health Advisor: The Guide to Navigating Compliance
October 24, 12 - 1 pm, National Council for Behavioral Health
October 24, 2 - 3 pm, National Council for Behavioral Health
October 24, 3:30 - 5 pm, National Academy for State Health Policy
October 25, 9:15 - 10:45 am, National Academy for State Health Policy
October 30, 12:30 - 2 pm, CHCS
November 7, 12 - 1 pm, PsychU
November 9, 2 - 3:15 pm, Stepping Up
November 16, 2 - 3:15 pm, Stepping Up
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Children & Families Committee Meeting
October 17: 11:30 am - 1 pm,
GTM
Mental Hygiene Planning Committee Meeting
October 17: 1 - 3 pm,
GTM
October 24: 9 am - 12 pm
44 Holland Ave., Albany
OASAS Agency Meeting
October 24: 1 - 4 pm
1450 Western Ave., Albany
NOVEMBER 2017
Officers, Chairs & Regional Reps Call
November 1: 8 am
Office Closed - Veterans' Day
November 10
Directors & Executive Committee Combined Meeting
November 15: 9:30 - 12:30 pm
GTM
Children & Families Committee Meeting
November 21: 11:30 am - 1 pm,
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Office Closed - Thanksgiving
November 23 & 24
Mental Hygiene Planning Committee Meeting
November 28: 1 - 3 pm,
GTM
Contact CLMHD for all Call In and Go To Meeting information, 518.462.9422
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New NYS Coalition Launches "Bring It Home" Campaign
A coalition of mental health advocates and supportive housing providers on Monday
launched
the "Bring It Home: Better Funding for Better Care" campaign to call on the state to
adequately fund community-based mental health housing programs in an effort to pull the
housing system away from its impending financial breaking point.
Despite New York's nation-leading 40,000 community-based mental health housing units, the system has been left financially stretched untenably thin by decades of inconsistent and unreliable state funding. New York has a moral obligation to protect this critical system by providing for people with serious psychiatric disabilities - who often have significant medical conditions and substance abuse issues as well.
"A stable home is the foundation of care and recovery for New Yorkers with psychiatric
disabilities," said Toni Lasicki, Executive Director of the Association for Community Living (ACL). "It's our responsibility as New Yorkers to help care for our neighbors, and ensuring continuity of care is key to supporting those with serious and persistent psychiatric disabilities. Without reliable, adequate and continuous funding, providers will cease operations, leading to shortages
of critical community-based housing units and punishing those who need help the most." Read the full press release
here.
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Delivery System Reform Hampers ACO Progress on Risk-Based Contracts
Accountable-care organizations are participating more and more in risk-based contracts, but that progress has been stalled by sluggish care-delivery changes, a new survey suggests.
Roughly 50% of ACOs are involved in at least one downside risk contract, such as shared savings and capitation contracts, according to a
Leavitt Partners and National Association of ACOs report recently published in Health Affairs. About 47% of ACOs plan to participate in shared-savings risk-based contracts in the next year or so.
However, ACOs are focusing mostly on "low-hanging fruit" strategies to save money and improve quality of care, which mitigates how well the organizations are able to perform in riskier contracts, the report said.
"Even though ACO providers say they are preparing for and assuming risk, the care delivery system is not advancing as quickly as the payment system reforms," said Kate de Lisle, an author of the study and a senior analyst at Leavitt Partners. "In order for these payment models to be successful, providers need to change the way they deliver care."
Read more
here.
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Governor Cuomo Announces Second Round of Awards for Development of Supportive Housing Units Across NYS
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday announced 169 conditional awards to agencies in 47 counties across New York that will provide support services and operating funding for at least 1,200 units of supportive housing for homeless persons with special needs, conditions or other challenges. The awards, totaling up to $30 million, are part of the Governor's $2.6 Billion, 5-Year plan to develop 6,000 units of Supportive Housing.
Applicants were instructed to demonstrate how their proposals would help specific populations targeted for support, including veterans, victims of domestic violence, frail or disabled senior citizens, young adults with histories of incarceration, homelessness or foster care, chronically homeless individuals and families, as well as individuals with health, mental health and/or substance use disorders.
The conditional awards are for service and operating funding needed to operate permanent supportive housing units. The awards will allow applicants to secure separate capital funding to finance the development and construction of their housing project. Read more
here.
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City Signs Exclusive Deal With Pharmaceutical Firm for Anti-Overdose Drug
The city and state announced Monday that they entered into an exclusive one-year deal with the makers of an anti-overdose drug to quicken the time it takes to get the medication into the hands of first responders.
The city has allocated about $7.836 million through various agencies to buy the drug
naloxone this year, while the state Department of Health will kick in $7 million.
The one-year agreement with
Adapt Pharma, producer of
Narcan, does away with the piecemeal process of dealing with different distributors to get naloxone and creates a central ordering system that can get the drug to them in as little as a day.
"The Health Department has distributed over 45,000 naloxone kits so far in calendar year 2017," city officials said in a statement to DNAinfo, adding the price has usually been between $60 to $75 per kit.
Under the new agreement with NYC Health + Hospitals and the city and state's Department of Health, organizations can now visit the same spot to order the medication and receive it directly from Adapt. Law enforcement agencies, first responders and opioid-prevention programs will all have access to the system, officials said. Read more here.
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Newly Released AHRQ Report on Implementing Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Primary Care
The two-volume reportexamines factors that may limit access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) in rural primary care settings. Three innovative models of care, including the Vermont Hub and Spoke model, Project ECHO (Extension for Community Health Care Outcomes) from New Mexico, and the Office-Based Opioid Treatment with Buprenorphine (OBOT-B) Collaborative Care Model from Massachusetts, may help overcome a number of the challenges faced when implementing MAT services in rural primary care. Peer-reviewed articles and grey literature on implementing MAT for OUD were examined. The second volume of the report includes links and descriptions to nearly 250 tools and resources to support the delivery of MAT in rural primary care settings.
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ACOs Focus on Health IT, Population Health Management Plans
Trimming costs by implementing coordinated, high-touch population health management initiatives is the primary focus for the majority of accountable care organizations (ACOs) responding to
a new poll conducted by National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) and Leavitt Partners.
The survey, which collected responses from 240 ACOs participating in a variety of value-based care and risk-sharing arrangements, showed that most organizations are aggressively pursuing chronic disease management programs, care integration strategies, and patient engagement techniques that will help to reduce costs and improve the quality of care.
"Understanding where ACOs are focusing their resources shows how ACOs are preparing for their intended future risk-bearing."
That future is likely to include more financial responsibility for outcomes bound up in a greater number of contracts with Medicare, Medicaid, and private payers, the survey found. Read more here.
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