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Sept. 15-16

Preparing for Successful

Accreditation in Opioid

Treatment Programs

This two-day training session reviews the CARF 2008 Opioid Treatment Program Standards Manual and focuses on preparing first-time organizations for the accreditation survey process.

Dallas, Texas

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Sept. 15-17

National Conference on Women, Addiction,

and Recovery

Conference will present current research, discuss implementation of treatment practices, and promote effective leadership of treatment professionals and other stakeholders working with women with substance use disorders and their families.

Tampa, Florida

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Sept. 26

Treatment of Opioid Dependence: Using Medications Safely

JD McCarty Center 2002 E. Robinson, Norman

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List of Oklahoma community events:

Includes “Recovery Walk to State Capitol,”  Community Leadership Breakfasts, Recovery Rally/Dinner-Concert and much more.

Recovery Month national website:

Includes resources, recovery month kit, multimedia, press room, publications, proclamations and much more.

ThinkHealth supports DMHSAS centers

OrionNet Systems LLC announced the pending release of its latest ThinkHealth Practice Management system that will provide full support for Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse treatment centers.  OrionNet President Clyde W. Wafford said the changes will extend the software’s use in such a way that current ThinkHealth members will be able to turn on or off the additional features, depending on whether they use them or not.  Here are some highlights Mr. Wafford provided of the changes by module:

Main menu

We have added all the new fields such as NPI and adjusted the file layout so you can submit it to DMHSAS.

You’ll now be able do a Prior Authorization search for Department of Corrections (DOC) and DMHSAS services request types.

Staff Info

Added “Staff Office ID” to the Staff module so that the OMHIS number can be added to a staff record.

Patient Module

There is now a screen in the Patient module where you can manage primary care physicians.

There is a new Day Services screen where you can select a patient, when they were at the center, a contract source and the service type.  After saving the services, you can process them and have line items be generated so the service can be billed in the Billing Module.

We've added a new section under the Contacts tab where you can add the name and address for a Treatment Advocate.

You can now print off a Clinical Record for a patient that will allow a user to specify documents which they want to preview or print such as Treatment Plans, Progress Notes, Client Demographic sheet, CDC, Discharge Summary, etc.

Treatment

Plans

There is a DMHSAS TX Plan version that will allow pulling of services and units for DMHSAS.

The Approval/Check-Off provides a process so everyone who will work on that TX Plan with the client can approve the plan.  The system will send out alerts to staff who must sign off on the TX Plan and whether they approve or reject it. The TX Plan can be digitally signed.

Scheduling

Users will  be warned when they go to enter a Schedule that the service is out of units like we do in the Progress Note module.

User now can create personal schedules in the system, such as days off, appointments, etc

Progress

Notes

We added a  Medication Management screen.

We've added a contract source field  that is used by DMHSAS centers.

You can now write progress notes on many new services, such as Referral notes, Outreach services, and even the travel time portion of Case Management.

Billing

We've changed Billing so that it will now support both the 837p and 837i formats for billing. 837i will be used for DMHSAS plus we added the 837p format for DMHSAS.

You'll now be able to split items in Accounts Receivable.

Reporting

We've reformatted the invoice report in Accounts Receivable in the Tools menu in the so that the items are grouped by deposit.

Senator Coburn’s aide

visits OrionNet offices

Craig Smith, left, field representative for Sen. Tom A. Coburn, M.D., with OrionNet Systems LLC President Clyde W. Wafford.  Mr. Wafford told Mr. Smith about the challenges and rewards of being a small business owner.  He appreciated the interest shown by the senator’s office.