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Practice Management Insight |
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February 2010 |
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A report on events affecting Oklahoma providers |
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February 2 Groundhog Day February 8-12 RSS Training ODMHSAS Training Center, Shepherd Mall 2401 NW 23rd, Ste 1F Oklahoma City, OK 73107 February 11 OHCA Board Meeting February 11 AHIMA Webinar: The Basics of Document Imaging February 11-12 Medicare/Medicare Part D Training OSU North Hall Building Conference Center, Room 143 Tulsa, OK 74106 February 14 Valentine’s Day February 14-20 Children of Alcoholics Week February 15 President’s Day February 16-17 Case Management Training ODMHSAS Training Center, Shepherd Mall 2401 NW 23rd, Ste 1F Oklahoma City, OK 73107 February 17-18 Correct Administration and Application of the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) with Jim Giffin, LADC Tulsa Tech Center, Broken Arrow 4600 South Olive, Room E5 Tulsa, OK February 22-23 Family Support Provider (FSP) Training Tulsa Tech Center, Riverside 801 East 91st Street Tulsa, OK 74132 February 25-26 SOAR Training ODMHSAS Training Center, Shepherd Mall 2401 NW 23rd, Ste 1F Oklahoma City, OK 73107 February 26 The Revised Second Edition ASAM Patient Placement Criteria: Updating and Using ASAM PPC-2R Tulsa Tech Center, Riverside Alliance & Conference Center Building, Room A-144 801 East 91st Street Tulsa, OK 74132 |
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Don’t look back on the month of February with regret, when you could have used that time to get ThinkHealth and get your center ready for the imminent DMH/OHCA claims consolidation. |
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“Don’t miss your opportunity to submit a program proposal for AACAP’s 57th Annual Meeting, October 26-31, 2010 in New York, the world’s largest gathering of child and adolescent psychiatrists. The submission deadline for the Call for Papers is Tuesday, February 16, 2010 or Tuesday, June 15, 2010 for late New Research Posters. All submissions must be made online. |
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“The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury [January 29] issued new rules providing parity for consumers enrolled in group health plans who need treatment for mental health or substance use disorders. ‘The rules we are issuing today will, for the first time, help assure that those diagnosed with these debilitating and sometimes life-threatening disorders will not suffer needless or arbitrary limits on their care,’ said Secretary Sebelius. ‘I applaud the long-standing and bipartisan effort that made these important new protections possible.’ ‘Today’s rules will bring needed relief to families faced with meting the cost of obtaining mental health and substance abuse services,’ said U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. ‘The benefits will give these Americans access to greatly needed medical treatment, which will better allow them to participate fully in society. That’s not just sound policy, it’s the right thing to do.’ … The new rules prohibit group health insurance plans—typically offered by employers—from restricting access to care by limiting benefits and requiring higher patient costs than those that apply to general medical or surgical benefits. The rules implement the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). … The new law requires that any group health plan that includes mental health and substance use disorder benefits along with standard medical and surgical coverage must treat them equally in terms of out-of-pocket costs, benefit limits and practices such as prior authorization and utilization review. These practices must be based on the same level of scientific evidence used by the insurer for medical and surgical benefits. … The new rules are effective for plan years beginning on or after July 1, 2010. ... Read more. |
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SAMHSA: Obama Administration Issues Rules Requiring Parity in Treatment of Mental, Substance Use Disorders |
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“In the face of growing need for mental health and substance abuse treatment, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) are notifying states about how Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds can be used to help families in their communities in need of short term mental health or substance use treatment services. …” |
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“An estimated 3 million full-time workers in America without health insurance (16.3 percent of all full-time workers without health care insurance) needed substance use treatment in the past year according to a national survey ….” Read more |