Colorado Reforms Seek to Expand, Strengthen the Behavioral Health Safety Net

• By: Cristen Bates, MPH Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing | Colorado Medicaid and CHP+ Behavioral Health Initiatives and Coverage
• October 22nd, 2024
• behavioral health access, behavioral health reform, community-based services, Fall 2024 Issue, funding, Medicaid, mental health care, providers, substance use disorder, value-based payments
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July of 2024 brought new laws impacting Colorado’s behavioral health system. While Colorado has continuously made some improvements and investments in behavioral health programs, the fundamental definitions of safety net services and providers were more than 60 years old. New Colorado reform laws...

Reducing Access Barriers through Collaborative Care

• By: Eunice Kim, LCSW Virna Little, PsyD, LCSW-r, MBA, CCM, SAP Micaela Mercado, MSW, PhD Concert Health
• October 1st, 2019
• behavioral health access, collaborative care model, insurance coverage, integrated care, mental health workforce, primary care integration, psychiatric consultation, telehealth services
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Poor access to behavioral health services remains a significant barrier to care for clients within our current healthcare landscape in the United States. According to Mental Health America, one out of every five American adults with a mental health condition, or about nine million adults, struggles...

New Mental Health Parity Laws in New York State

• By: Ann M. Sullivan, MD New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)
• July 1st, 2019
• behavioral health access, insurance coverage, insurance discrimination, mental health parity, mental health services, patient advocacy, public policy, substance use disorders
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About one in five New Yorkers require behavioral health services, but many do not receive treatment because of a lack of access to insurance coverage. More than 10 years ago, the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act required large group health plans that provide mental health...