This webinar, held on August 18, 2021, was the ninth webinar in the series “Exploring the Landscape of Behavioral Healthcare,” covering the growing impact of behavioral healthcare on clinical outcomes and cost. Winning a SAMHSA Certified Community Behavioral Health Center (CCBHC) grant is just the beginning. Now the real work beings. During this webinar, SAMHSA … Read More
Webinar Replay: The Growing Role of Business Intelligence and Information Technology in State Medicaid Population Health Management Programs
This webinar was held on August 5, 2021. State Medicaid agencies (SMAs) are increasingly relying on business intelligence platforms and other information technology (IT) solutions to provide the type of robust analytics needed for successful population health management programs. During this webinar, experts from Health Management Associates (HMA) and Cerner discussed the business intelligence and … Read More
Webinar Replay: Improving Child Welfare Outcomes: Role of Behavioral Health and Child Welfare in Strengthening Families, Building Resilience, and Increasing Protective Factors
This webinar was held on July 20, 2021, was the eighth webinar in the series “Exploring the Landscape of Behavioral Healthcare,” covering the growing impact of behavioral healthcare on clinical outcomes and cost. This eighth session featured HMA behavioral health, child welfare and Medicaid experts primed to specifically discuss strategies across child welfare and behavioral … Read More
Webinar Replay: Value Propositions and Roadmaps for Integrating Children’s Behavioral Health and Medicaid with Child Welfare Systems
This held on July 15, 2021, was the seventh webinar in the series “Exploring the Landscape of Behavioral Healthcare,” covering the growing impact of behavioral healthcare on clinical outcomes and cost. The success of the delivery of state and local child welfare systems is predicated on a strong collaboration across child welfare, children’s behavioral health … Read More
Webinar Replay: Advancing Health Justice for Medicaid Members with Disabilities, Including Those with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder
This webinar, held on June 25, 2021 and was the sixth webinar in the series “Exploring the Landscape of Behavioral Healthcare,” covering the growing impact of behavioral healthcare on clinical outcomes and cost.” State Medicaid programs must address health disparities and advance health justice for members with disabilities – including those with mental illness and … Read More
Webinar Replay: Practical Approaches to Supervising Behavioral Health Staff Working Remotely or in Hybrid Settings
This webinar was held on June 15, 2021. It was the fifth webinar in the series Exploring the Landscape of Behavioral Healthcare, covering the growing impact of behavioral healthcare on clinical outcomes and cost. Behavioral health staff face new challenges, anxiety, and risk of burnout as they attempt to deliver the best care possible to … Read More
Webinar Replay: Improving Behavioral Health Access and Outcomes through Primary Care Integration
This webinar was held on June 10, 2021. This was the fourth webinar in the series Exploring the Landscape of Behavioral Healthcare, covering the growing impact of behavioral healthcare on clinical outcomes and cost. The integration of behavioral health into primary care settings is an effective means for treating less complex conditions, improving outcomes, and … Read More
Webinar Replay – Stimulant Use Disorder: Harm Reduction Strategies and Evidence-based Interventions
This webinar was held on June 3, 2021. People who use stimulants may experience a range of negative health outcomes, including cardiovascular events, increased risk of acquiring or spreading HIV and Hepatitis C, dental problems, violent behavior, psychotic symptoms, and overdose. Fortunately, an impressive array of evidence-based treatments and harm reduction strategies are available to … Read More
Webinar Replay: Post-COVID Strategies for Building Trauma-Informed Behavioral Health Systems
This webinar was held on May 19, 2021. COVID-19 has exposed deep fissures in our national and local healthcare systems, which comes as no surprise to mental health providers already accustomed to treating behavioral health needs rooted in systemic racial and economic disparities. Addressing these needs requires targeted outreach and robust community engagement efforts aligned … Read More
Webinar Replay: A Deep Dive into Improving CAHPS Member Experience Measures at Health Plans
This webinar was held on May 19, 2021. Member experience measures from the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) survey play a growing role in the quality rankings of Medicaid and Medicare health plans, with the difference between high and low plan scores often amounting to a few percentage points. During this webinar, … Read More