Practice Management Insight

July 2009

A report on events affecting Oklahoma providers

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July 12-18

National Therapeutic Recreation Week

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July 15

OHCA SoonerCare

Tribal Consultation

Citizen Potawatomi National Cultural Heritage Center

1899 S Gordon Cooper Dr

Shawnee, OK

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News Release

July 15 and 22

Provider Trainings Registration

Tulsa and Norman, respectively

Contact: Donnulette Dulaney-Hamilton at 405-522-3081

Event Information

July 17

QPR Instructor

Training—Amy Cozad

Great Plains Technology Center

4500 W. Lee Blvd., Lawton, OK

Contact: WyAngela Knight Singh at 405-522-8774

Event Information

July 22

TASI—Teen

Addiction Severity Index

ODMHSAS Training Center

2401 NW 23rd Street, Suite 1F

Contact: 405-522-8300

Fax: 405-522-8320

Event Information

Online Registration

July 23-24

SOAR Training

Disability Determination Division

9801 N Kelly, OKC, OK 73131

Contact: Kelly Earles at 405-522-0103

Fax: 405-522-8661

Event Information

July 24

Psychological First Aid:

The Acute Disaster Intervention of Choice

Pioneer Technology Center

201 N Ash, Ponca City

Contact: 405-522-8300

Fax: 405-522-8320

Event Information

Online Registration

July 31

QPR Instructor Training—James Allen

First United Methodist Church

200 B Street NE, Miami, OK

Event Information

New National Study Shows that More than 1 in 5 Young Adults Need Treatment for Alcohol or Illicit Drug Use

“Nearly 7 million Americans aged 18 to 25 were classified as needing treatment in the past year for alcohol or illicit drug use according to a new national study. The study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) also shows that 93 percent of these young adults did not receive the help they needed at a specialty treatment facility. … The study also showed that the vast majority (96 percent) of young adults needing, but not receiving specialized treatment for these substance use problems did not perceive their need for help. …”   Read more

Fundraising Basics for Behavioral Health Nonprofits

“I often am asked in my consultation and college teaching roles what should be the fundamental fund-raising activities for nonprofits. While fund-raising is hardly a new phenomenon to the nonprofit world, it is interesting to note that many behavioral health care nonprofits do not employ fundamental fund-raising practices and don’t understand the basics. …”    Read more

ThinkHealth Updates Software

in Response to State Changes

Some additional ThinkHealth updates:

· Added an option for Telemedicine. This will add a checkbox in Progress Notes, Medication Management, Patient Daily Notes, and the Mental Health Assessment screen that will appear for applicable services.

· You can now add an Amendment to a Progress Note and print it off. This will allow you to fix the content of a note without having to print and cross out the content.

· The Assessment module has been added into ThinkHealth. It will currently allow you to save and upload assessment records.

· Display Documents now lets you search for any type of document that is printed from the system.

· Added the Clinician Group, which allows you to assign a group of clinicians that will be seeing the client for a particular service. These clinician names will appear on the signature page of the Legacy treatment plan form.

· Added in a new report called Billing Reimbursement Details, grouped by location and displays the amounts for each payment source. You can click on a payment source to open another report that displays all of the items that make up that payment source.

· Added in the ability to create your own reports.

“The purpose of National Therapeutic Recreation Week is to enhance public awareness of therapeutic recreation programs and services, and expand recreation and leisure opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Therapeutic recreation uses treatment, education, and recreation services to help people with illnesses, disabilities, and other conditions to develop and use their leisure in ways that enhance their health, functional abilities, independence and quality of life. …”                Read more

31 Great Ideas On How Your Agency Could Celebrate

National Therapeutic Recreation Week July 12-18

As the state works to implement its new Single Payer System, ThinkHealth, the software system for behavioral health and substance abuse centers, has responded by continually updating their software to stay abreast of the changes. In addition to preparing to roll over several new changes alongside the State in October, ThinkHealth also has a “CDC Wizard” to assist centers with the new CDC requirements.

Get one FREE month of ThinkHealth!

Call for a FREE demonstration of ThinkHealth by the end of

July 2009 and receive your first month of ThinkHealth membership FREE when you sign up for a full year.

Call 405.286.1674

Offer good until the end of July 2009. Centers that schedule demonstration times for after July 2009 but still make their request before the end of July 2009 will still be eligible for this offer. Any requests made after July 31, 2009 will not be eligible for this offer. This offer not open to centers who have previously seen a demonstration of ThinkHealth, or centers that are currently in contract negotiations with OrionNet Systems for ThinkHealth membership. To redeem your month of free membership, you must sign up for 1 full year of ThinkHealth within 30 days of seeing your free demonstration. Installation and set up costs still apply.

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