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Practice Management Insight |
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October 2009 |
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A report on events affecting Oklahoma p=
roviders |
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r call 405.286.1674 |
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR October 9 ASAM with=
Steve Stewart Tulsa Technology Center Lemley Campus Career Services Center 3420 Memorial Drive Contact: 405-522-8300 Fax: 405-522-8320 October 13-14 Certified=
Problem Gambling =
Counselor Training =
with Wiley Harwell Tulsa Technolog=
y (Riverside) 801 East 91st, =
Alliance & Conference Center Bldg A 144 Tulsa, OK 74132=
Contact: 405-52=
2-8300 Fax: 405-522-8320 October 22-23 Case Management Conferen=
ce Postal Center Norman, OK Contact: 405-52=
2-8300 October 27-28 SOAR Training Autry Technology Center 1201 W Willow Enid, OK 79703 Contact: Kelly =
Earles, 405-522-0103 Fax: 405-522-86=
61 Tulsa Technolog=
y (Riverside) 801 East 91st, =
Alliance & Conference Center Bldg A 144 Tulsa, OK 74132=
Contact: 405-52=
2-8300 Fax: 405-522-8320 |
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October 4-10, 2009 is Mental Illness Awareness Week |
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After December 2009, never be the same. Is your center prepared Th=
e April 1 changes were just the first step in the merging of OHCA and ODMHS=
AS into a single authorization and claims payment system. Target for completion CALL 405.286.1674 |
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Nationwid=
e Public Health Alert Life-Thre=
atening Risk Posed by Cocaine Laced with Veterinary Anti-Parasite Drug &nbs=
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“The Substance Abuse and=
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is alerting medical profess=
ionals, substance abuse treatment centers and other public health authoriti=
es about the risk that substantial levels of cocaine may be adulterated wit=
h levamisole—a veterinary anti-parasitic drug. There have been approx=
imately 20 confirmed or probable cases of agranulocytosis (a serious, somet=
imes fatal blood disorder), including two deaths, associated with cocaine a=
dulterated with levamisole. The number of reported cases is expected to inc=
rease as information about cocaine adulterated with levamisole is dissemina=
ted. … “Levamisole is used in v=
eterinary medicine and is currently approved for use in cattle, sheep and s=
wine as an anti-parasitic agent. Although it was once used in human medicin=
e in the past for treating autoimmune disease and cancer, it is no longer a=
n approved drug for human use. “Ingesting cocaine mixed=
with levamisole can seriously reduce a person’s white blood cells, s=
uppressing immune function and the body’s ability to fight off even m=
inor infections. People who snort, smoke, or inject crack or powder cocaine=
contaminated by levamisole can experience overwhelming, rapidly-developing=
, life-threatening infections. Other serious side effects can also occur. &=
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in recognition of the National Alliance on Mental Illness’s (NAMI) e=
fforts to raise mental illness awareness. Since 1990, mental health advocat=
es across the country have joined together during the first week of October=
to celebrate. “MIAW is NAMI’s pr=
emiere awareness and public education campaign and link NAMI’s 1.100+=
local affiliates across the country. “MIAW has become a tradi=
tion in NAMI. It presents an opportunity for all three levels of NAMI—=
;national, state and local—to work together in communities across the=
country to achieve the NAMI mission through outreach, education and advocacy. ….” |
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uilding Community, Taking Action |
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Nationwid=
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“The mental health couns=
eling profession is now just one signature away from achieving licensure in=
all fifty states and the District of Columbia. On September 10, 2009, the =
California Senate passed SB 788, a bill allowing for the licensure of menta=
l health counselors in California, with a 26-1 vote. This follows a 70-5 vo=
te in the California Assembly, two days earlier, on September 8, 2009. R=
30; “SB 788 now awaits signa=
ture by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, so it may be acted into law. …=
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authorize the Board of Behavioral Sciences in the Department of Consumer Af=
fairs to begin accepting applications for licensure examination eligibility=
on January 1, 2012 and to issue licenses to individuals meeting certain cr=
iteria who apply between January 1, 2011 and June 30, 2011. …” =
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dir=3Dltr>2010 Chapter: National Patient Safety Goals |
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