Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery in Substance Use and Mental Illness

• By: Arlene González-Sánchez NY State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS)
• January 1st, 2014
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With the changes brought about by the growth of managed care, evidence-based practice and the advent of the Affordable Care Act, we increasingly recognize that substance use disorder and mental illness are behavioral health issues often found together in the same patient. The field of behavioral...

The Future of Behavioral Healthcare in New York State

• By: Arlene González-Sánchez NY State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS)
• October 1st, 2013
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The future of behavioral healthcare in NYS is promising and full of great opportunity. While we understand that the future of all Medicaid care being managed creates some anxiety for providers, Governor Cuomo’s Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) recommendations ensured that the NYS behavioral health...