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...

Community-Based Mental Health Agencies Must Be a Part of the Social Determinant Solution

• By: Seth Diamond Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS)
• January 1st, 2021
• community, Medicare, mental health agencies, social determinants of health, value-based payments, winter 2021 issue, Z codes
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The behavioral health community can take enormous pride in the societal evolution of attitudes toward mental health challenges (to avoid the repeat of the word “treatment”). Psychological treatment is no longer discussed only in hushed tones but is now more accepted and supported than ever. But...