Governor Hochul Announces Details of $1 Billion Plan to Overhaul New York State’s Continuum of Mental Health Care

• By: | New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)
• February 13th, 2023
• funding, insurance coverage, mental health, outpatient services, psychiatric treatment, supportive housing
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Transformative Plan to Increase Mental Health Care in New York State, Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment Capacity, Boost Insurance Coverage and Dramatically Expand Outpatient Services Investments will Create Transitional and Supportive Housing to Serve New Yorkers with Mental Illness; Create...

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...

Mental Health Parity and Its Impact on the Behavioral Health Workforce

• By: Rachel A. Fernbach, Esq. New York State Psychiatric Association
• July 1st, 2019
• access to care, behavioral health reimbursement, chronic mental illness, insurance coverage, mental health parity, provider advocacy, substance use treatment, utilization review
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In 2006, New York enacted a parity mandate in the form of Timothy’s Law, which requires group health plans to provide 30 inpatient days and 20 outpatient days for most mental health diagnoses and requires large plans to provide full coverage for certain biologically based illnesses. Several years...