The NYSPA Report – Outpatient Mental Health Clinic Reimbursement Reform

• By: Seth P. Stein, Esq. New York State Psychiatric Association
• October 1st, 2009
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The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) has embarked upon a far-ranging project to reform outpatient mental health clinic programs and the Medicaid reimbursement methodology which supports them. A particular target of this reform process is the elimination of the COPs add-on. COPs (short...

The NYSPA Report: New Federal Parity Law May Expand Coverage for Mental Illness in New York

• By: Rachel A. Fernbach, Esq. Seth P. Stein, Esq. Barry B. Perlman, MD Richard Gallo
• July 1st, 2009
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This edition of the NYSPA Report discusses the impact that new federal parity legislation may have on the coverage of mental health and substance abuse services in New York State. The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, signed into law on October 3, 2008,...

The NYSPA Report – NYS Governor’s Executive Budget Proposal: Issues for the Mental Health System

• By: Barry B. Perlman, MD Seth P. Stein, Esq.
• April 1st, 2009
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This edition of the NYSPA Report focuses on the Governor Paterson Executive Budget Proposal for the 2009-2010 fiscal year. Customarily, the Governor’s annual budget proposal is released in January of each year. However, because, in the words of Governor Paterson, the state is facing the most...