Ķvlog Note: Potentially lost in the focus on how the House’s tax reform package would end the ACA’s individual mandate […]
eNews Bulletin Updates
CMS Will Slow but Not Move Away from Value Based Purchasing: Helgerson
Ķvlog Note: While a recent article in the NY Times (below) suggested that the federal government might be moving away […]
NYPR: NYS Facing Very Challenging Budget Season
Ķvlog Note: Recognizing that the coming NYS budget wrangle will be a particularly challenging one, Ķvlog has been working with […]
CMS Will Slow but Not Move Away from Value Based Purchasing: Helgerson
Ķvlog Note: While a recent article in the NY Times (below) suggested that the federal government might be moving away […]
NYPR: NYS Facing Very Challenging Budget Season
Ķvlog Note: Recognizing that the coming NYS budget wrangle will be a particularly challenging one, Ķvlog has been working with […]
Goldberg: Cuomo Administration Looking To Revamp Health Home Program
Ķvlog Note: Politico NY health reporter Dan Goldberg provides an analysis of Ķvlog’s Health Home program this morning that […]
RC: Trump to Nominate New HHS Secretary Alex Azar
Trump to Nominate New HHS Secretary Alex Azar Former pharmaceutical president vocal Obamacare opponentSandhya Raman Roll Call November 13, 2017 President […]
STILL TIME TO REGISTER – Ķvlog/OMH REHAB ACADEMY LESS THAN 1 WEEK AWAY!
Implementing truly recovery oriented services is a task that we have all committed to and takes constant attention and training. […]
Helgerson Assails “Reprehensible” CMS Medicaid Work Requirements Plan, Rosenbaum Finds Plan will Hurt Poorest, Most Vulnerable Americans
Ķvlog Note: NYS Medicaid Director Jason Helgerson blasted CMS Administrator Seema Verma’s support for work requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries, adding […]
Optum: Peer Support Services Improve Clinical Outcome
For individuals with substance use disorder (SUD), mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and SUD conditions, peer support services […]
Imagining a System of Care Performance Dashboard: Nov 15 Webinar
REMINDER-NOVEMBER Center Webinar – REGISTER TODAY! NOVEMBER Center Webinar CCSI’s Center for Collaboration in Community Health is hosting a webinar […]
ONE WEEK UNTIL Ķvlog RECOVERY & REHABILITATION ACADEMY – REGISTER NOW!
Ķvlog is pleased to present our keynote speaker Eric Arauz, internationally recognized theorist, speaker, and trainer at this year’s Recovery […]
Deadline Extended until 11/17 for Miami Behavioral Health & Criminal Justice Conference
2nd Annual Conference: Better Outcomes at the Intersection of Mental Health and Criminal Justice When: Sunday, December 3, 2017 at […]
Youth Power! Dec. 9th Kingston Stomp Out Stigma Event
Hello! YOUTH POWER!’s Hudson River Regional Team is hosting a FREE event called STOMP OUT STIGMA! The event will take […]
25 Peer Run, RCO, Family, Youth Organizations Can receive Intensive TA in 2018 from BRSS TACS!
Wednesday, November 8, 2017 Ķvlog Note: If you are a peer-run organization (PRO), recovery community organization (RCO), family-run organization, or […]
MH: CMS Overhaul Of Medicaid May Face Legal Challenges
Wednesday, November 8, 2017 CMS Overhaul Of Medicaid May Face Legal ChallengesBy Virgil Dickson Modern Healthcare November 7, 2017 The […]
Sign Up for STAR Center Virtual Learning Collaborative: Working with Managed Care Companies Towards Outcomes In Behavioral Health!
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Value-Based Care: One Provider’s Journey – New Video Available!
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Call for Applications for BRSS TACS Policy Academy 2018
Ķvlog Note: The following comes from SAMHSA: “The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announces the 2018 Bringing […]
Apply for GAINS Center Trauma Training by Nov 20
Tuesday, November 7, 2017 Olivia Meunier, MAProject AssociatePolicy Research Associates, Inc.Delmar, NY 12054(518) 439-7415 x5241http:/www.prainc.com
CMS’ Verma: States Will Be Allowed to Impose Medicaid Work Requirements
Ķvlog Note: In her remarks to state Medicaid directors this morning, CMS Administrator Seema Verma said that CMS will approve […]
Urgent! Call Congress Today to Save Affordable Housing
Tuesday, November 7, 2017 Urgent! Call Congress Today to Save Affordable Housing The House Ways and Means Committee released its […]
MHW: Learning Collaborative Created to Inform Trauma Practices in Primary Care
Monday, November 6, 2017 Learning Collaborative Created to Inform Trauma Practices in Primary CareMental Health Weekly October 30, 2017 In […]
Medicaid Work Requirements Controversy to Intensify This Week: Ķvlog
Monday, November 6, 2017 Ķvlog: Controversy over Medicaid Work Requirements to Intensify This WeekĶvlog E-News November 6, 2017 Ķvlog Note: […]
PT: CMS Seeks To Streamline Medicaid Waivers For States
Monday, November 6, 2017 Ķvlog Note: An update from this morning’s posting on federal Medicaid policy. Good news is that […]
Next Week! Foundations of Recovery Series Available at the Recovery and Rehabilitation Academy; Register Today!
Monday, November 6, 2017 Making the shift from providing services onsite into the community can be an adjustment. Want to […]
2017 Ķvlog Recovery & Rehab Services Academy – Opening Plenary
Friday, November 3, 2017 Collaborations provide a strategic opportunity to deliver integrated behavioral health care to individuals through an array […]
Nov 8 OMH Statewide Town Hall Features Commissioner Sullivan
Thursday, November 2, 2017 Registration Open for the 2017 Statewide Virtual Town Hall Featuring Commissioner Ann Sullivan, M.D.! Registration is open […]
O’Brien: Will Opening Up More Psych Beds Really Address the Opioid Crisis? Not So Fast.
Thursday, November 2, 2017 Will Opening Up More Psych Beds Really Address the Opioid Crisis? Not So Fast.By John O’Brien, […]
Center for Psych Rehab’s Nov. “Partners In Employment” Webinar Series
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation “Partners In Employment” Free Webinar Series The Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation is excited to […]
Progress Made Possible on Behavioral Health & Criminal Justice: Dr. McCance-Katz at Dec 3-5 IBHI Conference!
Thursday, November 2, 2017 Register Immediately! – Progress Made Possible: Behavioral Health & Criminal Justice Across the country, local jails […]
DOH Releases DSRIP Funds Flow Update
Thursday, November 2, 2017 Ķvlog Note: According to DOH, DSRIP Performing Providers Systems have distributed 85% of the available $878 […]
CMS’ Verma Backs ‘Unprecedented’ Medicaid Flexibility, Scorecard, Fixed Growth Rate
Trump Health Official Seema Verma Has A Plan To Slash Medicaid Rolls. Here’s How By Casey Ross STAT October 26, […]
Register Today for Ķvlog/OMH Nov 16-17 Rehab & Recovery Academy; Program Materials Now Available
Ķvlog Note: Ķvlog and our partners at OMH, the Center for Practice Innovations and the Coalition for Behavioral Health are […]
Nov 7: ‘PASS Plans and How They Can Benefit You!’ NYSOMH Webinar
PASS Plans and how they can benefit you! Registration: https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/onstage/g.php?MTID=e7368a005885d6da34ee23cbbfb67986c Date and time: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 1:00 pm Eastern […]
Senate/Trump Would Cut Medicaid by $1 Trillion to Medicaid, Medicare, Hike SUD Services by $500m
Monday, October 23, 2017 Senate Moves Ahead on GOP Budget with Medicare, Medicaid CutsBy Andrew Taylor, Associated Press October 17, […]
CHP: NYS Chronically Underinvests In Housing For People With Mental Illnesses, Nonprofits Say
Monday, October 23, 2017 Ķvlog Note: Another piece from the Bring it Home campaign that is actively supported by Ķvlog. […]
NYC Rally Calls on NYC to Step Up CIT, Mental Health/Criminal Justice Efforts
Ķvlog Note: Today’s news is filled with coverage of yesterday’s impassioned NYC rally on the steps of City Hall that, […]
MHW: Ķvlog State Campaign Launches to Seek Better Funding for MH Housing
Ķvlog Note: More great coverage of last week’s campaign launch aimed at raising housing rates here in NY. Ķvlog […]
DOH Points to DSRIP Best Practices in Latest Helgerson Whiteboard Video
Ķvlog Note: In the latest whiteboard video on DSRIP from the NYS Department of Health, state Medicaid Director Jason Helgerson […]
Coe: One Year After Deborah Danner’s Death, A Heavy Burden On Cops And All Of Us
One Year After Deborah Danner’s Death, A Heavy Burden On Cops And All Of UsBY Steve Coe Ķvlog Daily […]
Oct 19 Webex on Person First Language from NYS Office of Mental Health
Person First Language Event address for attendees: https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/onstage/g.php?MTID=e1f88753ad724be806f28de77b7f40ef3 Date and time: Thursday, October 19, 2017 2:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time […]
Apply for Sequential Intercept Mapping Workshops Focusing on Reentry and Community Corrections
Apply by November 10, 2017 SAMHSA’S GAINS Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation https://t.e2ma.net/click/wipol/8zq6po/0d0w4c SAMHSA https://t.e2ma.net/click/wipol/8zq6po/g60w4c SAMHSA’s GAINS Center […]
Don’t Miss ‘Better Outcomes at the Intersection of Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice’ Dec 3-5 in Miami
Miami Conference to Focus on Progress Made Possible at the Intersection of Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice when Communities Work […]
Ķvlog ISMICC Response in Meeting with Ass’t Secretary for MH/SU Dr. Elinore McKance-Katz
Ķvlog Note: In accordance with the 21th Century Cures Act, first Assistant HHS Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use […]
AP: NY to Mandate That Jailed Prisoners Get 4+ Hours Outside Solitary Confinement
Ķvlog Note: Great thanks to Governor Cuomo for issuing new regulations requiring that all prisoners held in solitary confinement in […]
Video, Coverage of Last Week’s Housing Coalition News Conference
Ķvlog Note: Housing rate hikes are one of Ķvlog’ top advocacy priorities in the coming year. As a follow up […]
MHW: Nationwide Efforts Address Trauma, Support Recovery in Las Vegas Aftermath
Nationwide Efforts Address Trauma, Support Recovery in Las Vegas Aftermath Mental Health Weekly October 9, 2017 Last week’s tragic event […]
Register Today for Ķvlog/OMH Nov 16-17 Rehab & Recovery Academy; Program Materials Now Available
Ķvlog Note: Ķvlog and our partners at OMH, the Center for Practice Innovations and the Coalition for Behavioral Health are […]
Tonko Introduces Bill Giving States Flexibility to
Ķvlog Note: Over the past decade, criminal justice reforms have been among Ķvlog’ top state and national policy priorities, leading […]
Join Wednesday Rally to Urge NYC Mayor/NYPD to Improve Response to Those in Crisis
Ķvlog Note: The following comes from Community Access’ Carla Rabinowitz who helps to represent Ķvlog as a member of the […]
Social Security Announces 2% Benefit Increase for 2018
Social Security Announces 2.0 Percent Benefit Increase for 2018 my Social Security. Join the Millions! Create your own my Social […]
Oct 24 Forum Looks at Approaches to Helping People w Disabilities to Find Work
Ķvlog Note: Employment can be an important aspect of one’s recovery. Engaging individuals to pursue the path of employment requires […]
Ķvlog Release Registration, Final Program Materials for Nov 16-7 Recovery & Rehab Academy
Ķvlog Note: Ķvlog and our partners at OMH, the Center for Practice Innovations and the Coalition for Behavioral Health are […]
Don’t Miss This Saturday’s NYC Mental Health Film Festival!
Please share broadly today. This is one of the nation’s most prominent mental house education and film events! JOIN US […]
PT: Mental Health Groups Look For New Voice In Congress After Murphy Resignation
Mental Health Groups Look For New Voice In Congress After Murphy Resignation By Brianna Ehley Politico October 11, 2017 — Mental […]
Join Today’s 2pm ‘Destination Dignity’ Twitter Chat!
Use the hashtag #MHDignity to join us for a Twitter chat on #mentalhealth & #socialjustice for #WMHD today at 2pmET!
Don’t Miss ‘Better Outcomes at the Intersection of Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice’ Dec 3-5 in Miami
Miami Conference to Focus on Progress Made Possible at the Intersectionof Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice when Communities Work Together […]
Register Today for Peer to Peer Education Forums about new Medicaid Offerings Across NYS
Ķvlog and our partners at the Mental Health Empowerment Project and the Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers of NYS have […]
New NYS Coalition Launches “Bring It Home” Campaign
Ķvlog Note: Housing will once again be a top Ķvlog public policy priority in the coming year. Today, board member […]
Register Today for Oct 18 Our Ability 2017 Employment First Conference!
October 06, 2017
Register Today for Oct 18 Our Ability 2017 Employment First Conference!
MH: House, Senate Committees Pass CHIP Bill Proposals
House, Senate Committees Pass CHIP Bill ProposalsBy Virgil Dickson Modern Healthcare October 4, 2017 Senate and House panels on Wednesday […]
TIME SENSITIVE: NYPSCB Inaugural Conference- Scholarships Available Now!!
Ķvlog Note: The NY Peer Specialist Certification Board is holding its first inaugural conference in a few weeks on October […]
PT: NYC Group Launches Affordable Housing for Families Initiative
Supportive Housing Provider Taking on Family HomelessnessBy Brendan Cheney Politico October 5, 2017 Breaking Ground, the city’s largest provider of […]
Please Complete Peer and Community Health Worker Survey to Enhance Their Impact!
Ķvlog Note: The following comes from Lori Tannenbaum the Director Peer Workforce Consortium for the NYC Dept. of Health and […]
Save the Date! Nov 16-7 Ķvlog/OMH Recovery & Rehab Academy
Gettman: Mental Health Investments Pay Off For Everyone
Ķvlog Note: A very thoughtful spot on piece by colleague and friend Bill Gettman from Northern Rivers Family Services. Ķvlog […]
Register Now for Mon October 16 NYC Regional Planning Consortium Community Town Hall
Dear All, The Ķvlog City Regional Planning Consortium (RPC) at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) […]
NHSC: Helgerson on “The One-Click Healthcare Challenge’
The One-Click Healthcare ChallenegeBy Jason Helgerson National Health Service Confederation Blog September 25, 2017 Let’s harness new technology to offer […]
Join Oct 18 NYC Rally to Address MH Crisis in the Community
Mental Health Community RallyWhat: Join as we call on the Mayor and NYPD to better address mental health crisis in […]
Register for Oct 16 NYC Regional Planning Consortium Community Town Hall
Dear All, The Ķvlog City Regional Planning Consortium (RPC) at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) […]