The NYSPA Report: Taking Stock and Taking Leave

• By: Barry B. Perlman, MD NY State Psychiatric Association (NYSPA)
• April 1st, 2017
• access to care, behavioral health policy, healthcare reform, Medicaid and Medicare, mental health advocacy, mental health parity, serious mental illness, substance use disorders
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Advocacy must be unending, ongoing work because there is always more to accomplish and always the danger that hard-won gains may be undone. For the past 14 years I have either written or edited the work of guest columnists for the quarterly NYSPA Report in Behavioral Health News (BHN) or in Mental...

Behavioral Health, the LGBTQ Community, and Managed Care

• By: Heidi Arthur, LMSW Josh Rubin, MPP Health Management Associates Christian Huygen, PhD Rainbow Heights Club
• October 1st, 2016
• behavioral health, cultural competence, healthcare access, LGBTQ, mental health, peer support, serious mental illness, stigma
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A wise man once said that at times of sweeping transformation, “all that is solid melts into air.” As the delivery system responds to changes driven by the transition to Medicaid managed care and, ultimately, value-based payment, many are concerned about meeting the needs of historically...

Changing Physician Roles and Relationships in Integrated Care

• By: Jeanie Tse, MD Jason Cheng, MD Institute for Community Living (ICL)
• October 1st, 2015
• behavioral health, cardiometabolic health, collaborative care, integrated care, primary care, psychiatrists, scope of practice, serious mental illness
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Unacceptably high mortality and morbidity among people with serious mental illness have prompted a call to action for behavioral health providers from all disciplines. Included among these providers are physicians and other prescribers, who have an important part to play in the integration...