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Communicating With HCBS Providers: Key Considerations For Health Plans
As more states contract for managed long-term services and supports (LTSS), health plans increasingly will be required to arrange for home- and community-based services (HCBS). Establishing a written protocol for clear and effective communication methods with your HCBS providers should
[...]Published Date: April 1, 2019 -
Action Plan Selection Guide – A Tool for Self-Management Support
The Self-Management Support (SMS) Action Plan Selection Guide helps behavioral health providers choose action plans that best meet the needs of their clients and their organization. Action planning is particularly useful for clients with mental illness, substance use conditions, and/or
[...]Published Date: March 18, 2019 -
Key Considerations for Integrating Peer Support Staff in Behavioral Health Organizations
Peer support staff are individuals in recovery from a mental health challenge, substance use condition, or co-occurring illnesses who – with training – use their lived experience to assist others in their journey towards wellness and recovery. This tip sheet
[...]Published Date: March 18, 2019 -
Video: Leveraging the Lived Experience of Peer Support Staff
Peer support staff are individuals in recovery from a mental illness and/or substance use condition who with training, use their lived experience to assist others in recovery. One of the key steps to successfully integrate peer support staff into behavioral
[...]Published Date: March 18, 2019 -
Self-Management Support in Behavioral Health: Organizational Assessment Tool
This assessment tool is designed to assist behavioral health organizations in delivering self-management support to clients managing serious mental illness and/or substance use conditions. These conditions often coincide or are dually diagnosed; an estimated 50 percent of individuals with a serious mental illness also have
[...]Published Date: March 18, 2019 -
Approaches to Navigation Services for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness
This guide was developed to assist behavioral health agencies and providers adopt navigation services. This guide was developed to assist behavioral health agencies and providers adopt navigation services. This guide offers resources that may assist providers seeking to develop navigation
[...]Published Date: February 15, 2019 -
Approaches to Supporting Self-management for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness
This guide aims to offer resources that may assist providers seeking to expand their capacity to deliver self-management support. This guide aims to offer resources that may assist providers seeking to expand their capacity to deliver self-management support. The guide
[...]Published Date: February 15, 2019 -
RIC Event: Promising Practices for Meeting the Needs of Dually Eligible Older Adults with Schizophrenia
https://youtu.be/3HbJByebJHE?si=zKvLudZH8EeUDolz Description: Older adults who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid have higher rates of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders than older adults with Medicare only.1 In addition, older adults with schizophrenia are more likely to have co-occurring chronic
[...]Published Date: September 6, 2018 -
RIC Event: Promising Practices for Meeting the Behavioral Health Needs of Dually Eligible Older Adults
You can view the webinar recording below. Supporting documents such as webinar slides, transcript, and additional resources are available to download by scrolling to the attachments section below. Twenty-five percent of adults in the United States who are 65 or
[...]Published Date: August 2, 2018 -
Care Transition Toolkit for Persons with Mental Health & Co-Occurring Conditions Overview
If you have mental health conditions, you probably work with more than one provider for your health care in more than one place. You may be moving or transitioning from one care provider to another. Changing care locations is not
[...]Published Date: August 1, 2018