Webinar: Practical Strategies to Providing a Multi-Generational Approach to Integrated Care

“The SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions (CIHS) is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, March 29, 1:00-2:30pm MST, on Practical Strategies to Providing a Multi-Generational Approach to Integrated Care. Register for free at: https://goto.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1095756.

Does your organization look beyond providing services just to the individual, by recognizing the interrelationship of the extended network of the family? Applying this multi-generational approach to care in integrated care settings provides the opportunity to expand the reach of services to support overall health of individuals and their families. Join this webinar to hear from a panel of expert providers regarding the necessary tools and resources to operationalize multi-generational approaches to care and learn about specific approaches to implementation in your integrated care settings.

After this webinar, participants will:

• Recognize the outcomes associated with a multi-generational approach
• Identify practical strategies for operationalizing multi-generational approaches to care
• Identify the potential for different members of your clinical and administrative workforce in assuring a successful multigenerational approach
• Gain the resources and tools necessary to embed a multi-generational approach within your organization” [Source: SAMHSA]

SAMHSA Substance Abuse Prevention Skills Trainings

“The following dates and locations have been finalized for the SAMHSA Substance Abuse Prevention Skills Training (SAPST) FY15-16 schedule. These trainings are FREE and open to anyone wanting to learn about primary substance abuse prevention. This is a 3 day in person training from 9am to 5pm with online coursework to be completed prior to the 3 day training. Registration and additional information will be sent out as we get closer to the Denver, Gunnison, and Boulder training. Click here for more information.

• February 9-11, 2016 - Durango
• April 26-28, 2016 - Denver
• May 10-12, 2016 - Gunnison
• June 14-16, 2016 – Boulder” [Source: COPrevent]

States Prepare for the Newly Insured: A Conversation about Mental Health and Substance Abuse Needs

Date: Mon, May 13, 2013
Time: 12:00 PM EDT; Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Of the 22 million uninsured expected to gain coverage under the Affordable Care Act in 2014, more than 4 million projected to take-up coverage will have mental health or substance use disorders. On this webinar, after a brief overview of new data made available by SAMHSA, state and local officials and other experts will talk about how states are preparing to ensure service access for these individuals newly covered through Medicaid and Health Insurance Exchanges...Click here to register.  [Source: Stafe Reforum]

How to do the Managed Care Dance – What You Need to Know to Participate in Networks

Date: October 16, 2012, 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. EDT
Don’t miss an important webinar led by speakers with extensive experience in the managed care industry.  Managed care and managed behavioral healthcare play a critical role in the delivery of behavioral healthcare services. Whether Medicaid, Medicare, or commercial insurance, providers need to know how to effectively participate in managed care networks. SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions will host a webinar for community-based providers — whether they are community health centers, mental health centers, substance abuse treatment organizations, HIV/AIDS clinics, maternal and child health organizations, or others — to learn how to effectively apply and gain acceptance on managed care provider panels. For integrated care to succeed, providers and managed care and managed behavioral healthcare organizations need to work together effectively on behalf of enrollees..." Click here for more information and to register.

Mental Health Report

Mental Health, United States, 2010, the latest in a series of publications issued biannually by SAMHSA since 1980, provides in-depth information regarding the current status of the mental health field.

This publication includes national-level statistical information on trends in both private- and public-sector behavioral health services, costs, and clients. It also includes state-level data and information about special populations such as children, military families, nursing home residents, and incarcerated individuals.