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Telephonic Care Management Program for Patients with Medicare
…completion for enrolled patients has increased 11.44%. CCM enrolled patients complete their AWV at a rate of 82%, compared to 73% for CCM eligible, and 42% for the total IFH…
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Back Issues
…in America” Summer 2020: “The Behavioral Health Community’s Response to COVID-19” Spring 2020: “Housing: An Essential Element of Recovery” Winter 2020: “Addressing the Nation’s Opioid Epidemic” Fall 2019: “Examining Models…
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When and Where They Need It: Providing Community-Based Services to Families and Youth for Foundational Wellbeing
…and direct skill learning opportunities. Similar to CPST, there are multiple components to PSR that are generally focused upon Personal and Community Competence and include: 1) Social and Interpersonal Skills;…
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Integration: Some Progress and a Need for More
…provider collaborations with State Opioid Response funding. Through other initiatives, OASAS supported peers from community providers to meet with people in emergency departments and in other community settings. These forces…
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The Behavioral Health Community Today: Change, Challenge and Opportunity
…an uneven. Total integration with a full-service team that is holistic, interdisciplinary and person-centered is exemplified by the federally Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) program. CCBHC’s provide a comprehensive…
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Deaths of Despair: Social Research Suggests Troubling Trends for the Next Generation of Older Adults
Recent social research suggests that the next generation of older adults may be more troubled than the current and previous generations. This, of course, is counterintuitive. 70 is the new…
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A Good Place to Live Is Critical for Older Adults with Psychiatric Disabilities: Needed Public Policy Changes
…live. Safe, stable, and appropriate housing is critical to their quality of life. Providing decent housing is, however, an extremely complex matter because older adults with severe, long-term psychiatric disabilities…
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Mental Illness and Homeless Baby-Boomers: What Can Be Done?
…of mental health condition (“The state of mental health in aging America”). Research suggests that coordinated discharge planning can be a building block for developing a comprehensive community homelessness prevention…
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Taking a Holistic Approach to Treating Opioid Addiction
…the “equivalent to America enduring another 9/11 attack every two-and-a-half weeks,” says New Jersey governor Chris Christie, newly appointed chairman of the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the…
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The Opioid Epidemic: Expanding Access to Medicated Assisted Treatment
…A key driver of the overdose epidemic is underlying substance-use disorder. Consequently, expanding access to addiction-treatment services is an essential component of a comprehensive response. Like other chronic diseases such…
