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The Economics of Recovery: When Worlds Collide
…many issues IBM is seriously addressing include the environment, safe water and food, sustainable/empowered cities, smarter work force, education, energy and healthcare. (www.ibm.com/corporateresponsibilityreport2009) Other CSR leaders’ initiatives include Pepsi-Cola and…
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New York Health Equity Reform: A Transformative Shift in New York’s Medicaid Landscape
…subset of the Medicaid population, children, and people with complex and/or chronic health conditions and/or social complications. In 2027, the roughly $1.4 billion per year set aside to pay for…
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The Promise and Peril of Value Based Behavioral Health Care
…which provide such huge value, and that are so desperately needed, are precisely those skills that high-quality community behavioral health providers have developed since the passage of the community mental…
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Mental Health Parity and Its Impact on the Behavioral Health Workforce
…in-network mental health fees are so low that they fail to represent reasonable compensation for the provider’s time and expertise, many providers will not want to accept the plan’s fee…
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More Than Just a Change in Title: New Statewide Effort Supports the Move from Case Management to Care Management
…Council for Community Behavioral Health, and Tech Leaders. Over the course of 15 months, the training provides web-based learning for all staff with additional components specifically for the supervisors that…
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An Effective Work Force Embraces and Drives Integrated Care
…example, 98% of client say they feel more in control of their lives and more connected to family and community. Once again, SAMHSA recognized our work in 2017 when they…
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Behavioral Health News Spotlight on Excellence – An Interview with Carol Cassell and Nadeem Ramjan from Advanced Health Network & Recovery Health Solutions
…social determinants of health issues. AHN|RHS is a network comprised of almost 50 New York State OMH & OASAS licensed agencies providing comprehensive community-based services to individuals and their families…
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From the Publisher: A Personal Journey From a Survivor of Suicide: “From the Depths of Despair to a Mission of Advocacy”
…for granted in my life anyway. I was running out of time and knew my in-patient insurance benefits would be exhausted after this latest hospitalization. I was homeless, destitute and…
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Are Psychiatric Disorders Over-diagnosed in Children? Are Medicines Over-prescribed? 13 Myths & Facts
Headlines scream that too many kids are taking Ritalin or Adderall or whatever the latest ADHD medicine du jour is. TV’s talking heads complain that we’re drugging our kids with…
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Kids Do Get Better: Values Driven Inpatient Care
…(either poor quality or not enough) community-based care. The cost of inpatient care has also been seen as a limiting factor in the development of community-based alternatives. The truth is…
