Ķvlog Note: We look forward to learning more about this newly opened respite center in Massachusetts, joining other organizations in […]
eNews Bulletin Updates
5 Big Changes in New Medicaid Managed Care Rules
Ķvlog Note: Ķvlog already has the highest standards in the nation for Medicaid Managed Care Organizations, but the many […]
SAVE THE DATE- Next MRLC Webinar; Managing through Informed Decision Making
Ķvlog Note: Preparing yourself for the unknown takes not just preparation but the development of a plan. In this webinar […]
Remembering John Nash: Reflections on a Complex Legacy
Ķvlog Note: The untimely death of John Nash and his wife, Alicia, on May 23 shook individuals from many communities. […]
Mobile Apps Improving Outcomes & Lowering Costs – Webinar TODAY
Ķvlog Note: This free webinar today could be an excellent opportunity to understand program transformation from an agency that successfully […]
A New Era of BH Systems: Reflections on Ķvlog Executive Seminar
Ķvlog Note: This astute reflection on the Ķvlog Executive Seminar from David Bucciferro contrasts a few of the specific opportunities […]
Ķvlog Action Alert: Call Assembly NOW To Preserve NYC Supportive Housing From Discriminatory Process!!
Ķvlog Action Alert! CALL the NYS ASSEMBLY TODAY and tell them to VOTE NO on Bill A.02553A!! This […]
Peer Specialist Wage and Salary Survey For Staff and Employers
Ķvlog Note: If you are a peer specialist or work for organization that employs peer specialists, please take a few […]
Mental Health More Problematic For People Experiencing Poverty
Mental Illness Is A Much Bigger Problem For The Poor, New Study Shows Huffington Post; Jonathan Cohn, 5/28/2015 On Thursday, […]
Clinton’s Campaign Makes Substance Abuse, Mental Health Key Issues
Ķvlog Note: Any political candidate weighs heavily the options to take on polarizing social issues as a benchmark of their […]
The Secret Sadness of Pregnancy With Depression
Ķvlog Note: This lengthy article details the complexities of antepartum depression. Though the first story describes how psychopharmacology could have […]
Webinar: Peers As Crisis Service Providers
Ķvlog Note: There is a growing awareness of state agencies, researchers, providers, and community members that persons with lived experience […]
Meet NYC’s Largest Human-Services Agency
Ķvlog Note: Excerpts from Crain’s below offer a glimpse into the unprecedented transition of assets from FEGS to JBFCS in […]
Peer Support in the Patient-Centered Medical Home and Primary Care
Ķvlog Note: As the nation transitions to integrated care models that promote outreach, engagement, and systemic approaches to well-being, peer […]
Advocates Call on Albany to Limit ‘Fail First’ Insurance Policies
Ķvlog Note: Fail First insurance policies are often cited as an example of how far the US is away from […]
NYU Changes Its Policy On Reviewing Applicants’ Criminal Background
Ķvlog Note: A small step, but the news below may go a long way toward the “Ban the Box” campaign […]
Self-Direction; Considerations and Implementation Webinar This Friday 5/29
Ķvlog Note: Join NASMHPD and Mental Health America for a webinar detailing aspects of designing and implementing self-direction for behavioral […]
CNY: $1B added to DSRIP program
Ķvlog Note: Much is left unknown still about the extra funds allocated to the DSRIP program, including where the money […]
BRSS TACS Webinar Today; Family Organization Collaborations
Ķvlog Note: Register for this webinar, hosted at 1PM this afternoon, to learn more about how family focused organizations can […]
NYC Council Speaker Taps Former Inmate for Correction Board
Ķvlog Note: In NYC, a person with lived experience in the criminal justice system will now act as a partner […]
Addiction Treatment Hard to Find, Even as Overdose Deaths Soar
Addiction Treatment Hard to Find, Even as Overdose Deaths Soar USA Today; Liz Szabo, 5/24/2015 With nearly 44,000 deaths […]
VICE: Institutionalized – Mental Health Behind Bars
Ķvlog Note: VICE News takes an in-depth look at mental health in Cook County Jail in Chicago, which is said […]
Tumblr Encourages Users to Speak Up About MH Issues
Ķvlog Note: Social media networks including Facebook and not Tumblr are encouraging people to speak openly about mental health issues […]
A Mental Health Epidemic In The Newsroom
A Mental-Health Epidemic In The Newsroom Huffington Post; Gabriel Arana, 5/18/2015 This is the first installment in our series on […]
Utah Police Cite Medicaid Expansion as Crime Prevention Tool
Ķvlog Note: The below article offers a nuanced approach from law enforcement officials in Utah, who are backing Medicaid expansion […]
Parachute NYC Highlights Success of Peer Crisis Model, Impact of Community Access
Ķvlog News: Below are two excellent articles highlighting Community Access’ Parachute NYC crisis respite center. The tone of the articles […]
Human Rights Watch: Force Against Prisoners with Psychiatric Disabilities
Ķvlog Note: This scathing report on the United States’ criminal justice system outlines the human rights abuses inflicted upon persons […]
No Asylum for Asylums
Ķvlog Note: In this opinion article, Ķvlog OMH’s Chief Medical officer Dr. Lloyd Sederer strips the romanticism from the […]
SMI Found to Drop in Young, Defying Perceptions
Ķvlog Note: Many of our readers have sent this to me since the story broke in the Times last night. […]
Breaking: Update to Murphy Bill Released This Morning
Ķvlog Note: See below a news release forRepresentative Tim Murphy’s bill ‘Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act’. We will […]
Action Alert: Join NYAIL and Disability Advocates by Calling to Support AHHA!
Ķvlog Note: Support the independence of persons with disabilities by joining NYAIL and other disability rights organizations in a day […]
Don’t Answer That! San Fran v. Sheehan Ends Without Dramatic Decision
Ķvlog Note: Many advocates across the country have been watching the San Francisco v. Sheehan Supreme Court case closely. A […]
NYT: Rise in Suicide by Black Children Surprises Researchers
Ķvlog Note: The results of the study detailed below emphasizes the need for cultural competence across a range of preventive […]
CHP: CMS, NYS Discussing Possible Billion More for DSRIP
Ķvlog Note: The lead hospitals of Performing Provider Systems in NY’s hospital transformation project have received their final valuations for […]
Bazelon Webinar: Mental Health and the New HCBS Regulation, 6/18
Ķvlog Note: This webinar is particularly important for advocates across the country who encourage state health agencies to move toward […]
Alternatives Conference Call for Presentations
Key Themes From DSRIP Waivers in 4 States
Ķvlog Note: This brief environmental scan offers key insights into how DSRIP has been effective and challenging in other states. […]
ACMHA Project Involves Peer Support of At-Risk Individuals
Ķvlog Note: Read the article and access the links below to learn more about how initiatives sparked at ACHMA are […]
Ex-Inmates Navigate Access to Healthcare as Many Remain in Medicaid Limbo
Ķvlog Note: This article elucidates that need for a form of presumptive eligibility in Ķvlog, to allow people leaving […]
Community Mental Health Assessment Course for HCBS eligibility
Changing Conversation About Marijuana May Improve Public Health
Ķvlog Note: As Ķvlog politicizes the issue of marijuana use, policy assessments are typically binaries of one another and […]
Webinar on Peers as Crisis Service Providers-Peer Respites, Outreach and More, 6/10
Peers as Crisis Service Providers A webinar by the National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery will take place Wednesday, June […]
MCTAC UM Learning Community; Sign Up Now!
Ķvlog Note: Ķvlog behavioral health agencies preparing for a transition to managed care should review the four-point utilization management […]
HP: A Prescription for Mental Health in America
Ķvlog Note: NYS OMH Medical Director Dr. Lloyd Sederer outlines a route to well-being for the mental health system in […]
OM: Ohio To Implement Medicaid Behavioral Health Redesign & 1915(i) Amendment
Ķvlog Note: The below overview of Ohio’s investment in Medicaid Redesign relevant to the behavioral health community offers a glimpse […]
The Westchester IRA Stevens Conference You Won’t Want To Miss
Ķvlog Note: Join the MHA of Westchester and your mental health community on 6/23 in Tarrytown, for the renowned Ira […]
NYT: Too Many in Jail? Abolish Bail
Ķvlog Note: This recent op-ed contribution offers a critical look at an outdated method of retaining accused persons awaiting trial. […]
NYC First Lady McCray Launches MH Program for Youth
Chirlane McCray Launches Bellevue Hospital Program for Kids with Mental Health Problems By Erin Durkin Ķvlog Daily News May […]
MHA May 29 Webinar on Self-Directed Care Features Hendry, Gilmore
Ķvlog Note: One of the most transformative approaches available involves putting service dollars in the hands of recovering people, to […]
CNY: NYC Budget Office Finds Gaps in Correctional MH Spending
I.B.O.: Rikers Slow To Meet Mental Health Obligations By Gloria Pazmino Capital Ķvlog May 11, 2015 The city’s […]
Who is NYS Sen. John Flanagan, New NYS Senate Majority Leader?
Ķvlog Note: Ķvlog extends our congratulations and warm wishes to the NYS Senate’s new Majority Leader, Long Island Senator John […]
IOM Taps 15 ‘Vital Signs’ for Assessing and Monitoring Progress of the Nation’s Health
Fifteen ‘Vital Signs’ for Assessing and Monitoring Progress of the Nation’s Health Identified in New IOM Report WASHINGTON – […]
CNY: NYC First Lady McCray Ties Mental Health To Income Inequality
Ķvlog Note: It’s now clear that NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray has emerged as a vibrant new leader on behalf […]
May 16 Mulinational Demonstrations call for ECT Ban
Ķvlog Note: While Ķvlog believes in informed choice and recognizes that a number of people knowingly choose and report benefit […]
Designer of “Patient Activation Measure” Next MRLC Webinar Presenter May 18th, 2PM (2)
Ķvlog Note: Controlling costs and achieving health care quality improvements requires the participation of activated and informed consumers. Join us […]
Usher in Medicare Smart Cards
Ķvlog Note: While other industries have proceeded swiftly into use of new technologies, healthcare is mired in an insecure past. […]
Overkill: Unnecessary Medical Care Harming People Physically and Financially – What Can We Do About It?
Ķvlog Note: An excellent article to tuck away for a Saturday-morning read; Atul Gawande’s treatise below encounters the many systemic […]
MHANYS Celebrates Tonight With Spring Reception, Auction, and Mental Health Celebration!
Ķvlog Note: Did you know that you can support MHANYS and celebrate Mental Health Month tonight in Delmar, NY? Show […]
Why Health Coverage Alone Won’t Solve Addiction
Ķvlog Note: This brief article succinctly details some of the barriers to fulfilling the promise of parity and expanded behavioral […]
Have you registered? STAR Center’s Upcoming Webinars: May 19th & June 30th
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Paying Medicaid Clients to Lose Weight, Quit Smoking
Ķvlog Note: As this article describes, incentives for insurance members to make healthful changes aren’t necessarily responsible for long-term behavior […]
Designer of “Patient Activation Measure” Next MRLC Webinar Presenter May 18th, 2PM
Ķvlog Note: Controlling costs and achieving health care quality improvements requires the participation of activated and informed consumers. Join us […]
McCray Announces New City Funding for Mental Health
Ķvlog Note: The support from NYC’s first lady will mean media and public attention to mental health issues in the […]
Broad Agreement, and Big Questions, on Value-Based Payments
Ķvlog Note: Below is an article that thoroughly reviews the complexities of moving toward a system that rewards positive health […]
MH Crisis Teams to Help Stabilize At-Risk Youth
Ķvlog Note: Mobile crisis teams for youth in Connecticut demonstrate how concerted efforts by policymakers to target early intervention and […]
Ķvlog is EXTENDING the Deadline for the Call for Presentations for 2015 Annual Conference
Ķvlog Note: The Conference Committee has extended the deadline for receipt of the Call for Presentations to May 12, 2015. […]
As States Expand Medicaid, Unpaid Hospital Bills Disappear
Ķvlog Note: Evidence of declining uncompensated care and multi-year savings may contribute to more states taking on Medicaid expansion, as […]
What’s Wrong With CBT For Psychosis?
Ķvlog Note: This (likely contentious) article reviews some of the scientific methodology around studies that indicate CBT for positive outcomes […]
BH: Peers Present the Case for Peer Support Services on Capitol Hill
Ķvlog Note: Thanks to Alan Doederlein, Olga Wuerz, Larry Davidson, Lisa Goodale, Tom Lane and Ron Manderscheid for their unprecedented […]
MRLC Webinars May and June! Join Us for Patient Activation and Informed Decision Making
Ķvlog Note: Have you stayed connected after the Ķvlog Executive Seminar? Take the time to review powerpoints from the sessions […]
NPR: Why Not Start Addiction Treatment Right In ER?
Why Not Start Addiction Treatment Right In The ER? NPR; Scott Hensley, 4/29/2015 When patients brought to the ER […]
Crain’s: Quantifying Payments Tied to Value in NY – “Fee for Service Still King”
Ķvlog Note: DOH recognizes that a five-year shift toward value-based payment in Medicaid and across other payers will be a […]