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Practice Management Insight

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A report on events affect= ing Oklahoma providers

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April 21, 2009

2009 Statewide Education Series: ODMHSAS—<= o:p>

Ethics & Cultural Competence w/ Dewayne Moor= e, Deneka Cain & Robert Blue

Lemley Technology Center

3420 S Memorial Dr.

Tulsa, OK

Contact: 405-522-8300

Fax: 405-522-8320

Event= Information

April 21, 2009

2009 Statewide Education Series: ODMHSAS—<= o:p>

Oklahoma Play Therapy w/ Connie O’Brien, M= .Ed

Great Plains Tech

4500 SW Lee Blvd

Lawton, OK
Contact: 405-522-8300

Fax: 405-522-8320

Event= Information

April 21, 2009

2009 Statewide Education Series: ODMHSAS—C= urrent Drug Trends w/ Mike Sowden

Woodward High Plains Tech Ctr

3921 34th Street

Woodward, OK

Contact: 405-522-8300

Fax: 405-522-8320

Event= Information

April 21, 2009

2009 Statewide Education Series: ODMHSAS—M= otivational Interviewing w/ Thad Leffingwell, Ph.D.

Eastern OK State College

McAlester, OK

Contact: 405-522-8300

Fax: 405-522-8320

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April 23-24

SOAR Training

Tulsa Tech Center

Peoria Campus

3850 N Peoria

Tulsa, OK 74106

Contact: Kelly Earles,

405-522-0103

Fax: 405-522-8661

Event= Information

April 24, 2009

9th Annual Charles P. Seger

Seminar on Depression—
A Psychology of Action

Founder’s Hall

Schusterman Learning Center

OU-Tulsa Campus, Tulsa, OK

Contact: 918-585-1213

Event= Information

April 29

D. Kaminer—The Teen Addiction Severity Ind= ex

(T-ASI) Training Workshop

ODMHSAS Training Center

2401 NW 23rd Street, Suite 1F

Oklahoma City, OK

Contact: 405-533-8300

Fax: 405-522-8320

Event= Information

Onli= ne Registration

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April 30

OCARTA 5th Annual

Recovery from Addiction Day

11 a.m.—2 p.m.

State Capitol 2nd Floor Rotunda

Come put a positive face on the voice of recover= y.

Guest speakers; free lunch

Contact: 405-848-7555

2009 Grants: Now Accepting Requests for Applications for FY 2009 Fu= nding Opportunities

The Substance Abuse
and Mental Health

Services Administr-

ation (SAMHSA) is

soliciting applications

for fiscal year (FY) 2009 supplements to the State = Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants for Quality Improvement program and for Projec= t LAUNCH (Linking Actions for Unmet Ne= eds in Children’s Health), a grant program designed to promote the ph= ysical, emotional, social, cognitive and behavioral health of young childre= n, birth to 8 years of age, in addition to many others. For more informatio= n and a list of RFAs, click here<= span style=3D'language:EN;mso-ansi-language:EN'>.

Interest Grows =
in E-Prescribing

By David Raths

As a new set of Medicare e-prescribing standards go= es into effect April 1, behavioral healthcare providers’ interest in = this technology seems to be at an all-time high. The combination of governm= ent incentives and the publicity surrounding the health IT provisions of th= e American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) has at least put e-prescrib= ing on most providers’ radars. … To spur adoption, the Centers = for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a Medicare incentive prog= ram in January. Providers who successfully e-prescribe in 2009 and 2010 are= eligible for incentives equal to 2% of their total Medicare payments for t= he year. The incentive decreases to 1% in 2011 and 2012 and to 0.5% in 2013= .

CMS offers a stick as well as a carrot: Prescribers= who do not adopt e-prescribing will face reimbursement reductions, beginni= ng at 1% in 2012 and increasing to 2% by 2014. … Read= on

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Are yo= u getting ready for the single-payer initiative?

April 1 change= s were just the first step toward merging OHCA and ODMHSAS into a single au= thorization and claims payment system.&nbs= p; Target for completion is October 2009.

ThinkH= ealth already has DMH Client = Data Core

The changes that went into effect April 1 for Medic= aid billing were just the first of several changes that will be coming so t= hat the State will be able to optimize its use of federal funds to purchase= services.

The next big change is the October inclusion of the= DMH Client Data Core into APS’ CareConnection and the electronic bil= ling files.

ThinkHealth members don’t have to worry about= this new change because a CDC Wizard has already been built into the syste= m. All a center has to do is = to select the appropriate option to use the CDC Wizard for client informati= on.

Don= 217;t let monthly caps on services cost you money

Being a member of ThinkHealth means having a softwa= re system that changes with the state rules — every time, and always = for free, to keep you compliant, as quickly and as efficiently as possible.= With the changes on April 1, the state will now start capping Medicaid money on a monthly basis. For a = center with different clinicians performing different services while writin= g different notes simultaneously, this new capped dollar amount for the who= le center will be very hard to keep track of. With ThinkHealth, you wonR= 17;t have to worry about going over your limit, or leaving money on the tab= le.

ThinkHealth Updates:

· The big change was all the Treatm= ent Plan and Billing changes that OHCA and APS introduced for April 1. Thes= e changes affected the look and function of the Prior Authorization module.= The main screen, Treatment Plan and Activities and Notes view have b= oth changed to show details for both old and new Treatment Plans. Als= o, the Progress Notes screen now has panels to show the cap information so = you can have a better idea of the money you have remaining per month.

· Added Pharmacological Management = on Substance Abuse treatment plans for Medicaid.

· Joined the Family back together o= n the Treatment Plan, so you only have to request “Family Psychothera= py Counseling.” When yo= u write your Progress Notes you use a check box on the screen to indicate w= ith or without patient. Based on what you check determines what we send to = the Billing Module and what billing codes get placed on the line items.

· Made DMH illness Management and R= ecovery so it is treated like a group.

· Added Drug Screening UA for the D= epartment of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services as H0003 HF to the = system.

· Added "DMH-Prevention Type A= ctivities" to the full and simple Treatment Plan.

Health Care Reform: Re= ad and comment on responses to samhsa's Call for Pape= rs