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2011 E-News Bulletin Archives

January

01/03/2012 GNS: In 2012,A Legislative Session Wrapped Around An Election Year
01/03/2012 2012 NYC Peer Specialist Conference Call for Proposals
01/03/2012 MHW: Calif. Reorganizes MH to Create New State Hospital Department
01/03/2012 OM: NY Medicaid to Integrate Care for Duals Through ACOs
01/03/2012 DOH Implements Prior Authorization for Atypical Antipsychotics

December

12/30/2011 Sibelius: Eight Ways the Health Care Law Helps You
12/29/2011 BRSS TACS Announces Jan '12 State Policy Academy Award RFA
12/29/2011 CMS - Jan 5 ACO Advanced Payment Open Door Forum
12/29/2011 Urge NYS Policymakers to 'Reinvest for Recovery' atJan 31 NYAPRS Legislative Day!
12/29/2011 Urgent: PLEASE SIGN ON: Ask Gov Cuomo to SupportCommunity-based Services in his State of the State
12/28/2011 SSA: What Happens to My SSI Benefits When I Turn 18?
12/27/2011 DOH: Assignments to Phase I Health Homes Delayed Till Feb 1
12/27/2011 GNS, AP Review Cuomo's First Year, Look Ahead to 2012
12/27/2011 Reuters: ERs Flooded w MH Needs as States Cut Services
12/27/2011 WP: Kathleen Sebelius's Health-Care Muddle
12/27/2011 DOH to Hold Jan 12 Phase 1 Health Home Webinar
12/23/2011 Bazelon,NC: Congress 2012 Funding Deal Another Mixed Bag
12/23/2011 GNS: SAGE Recommends OMH/OASAS Consolidation
12/23/2011 Magellan Hires O'Connell to Head CNY BHO,Revises Peer Specialist Position
12/23/2011 SAMHSA Announces Working Definition of MH/SA Recovery
12/23/2011 Jan 11 Webinar: Primary,BH Care in Supportive Housing
12/20/2011 BH: So, What's Wrong With Hearing Voices?
12/20/2011 NYAPRS Testimony Before Assembly Heaering on Medicaid Managed Care Drug Carve-In Implementation
12/20/2011 NYT: Helping Others After Drugs and Dark Times
12/19/2011 HHS Approves 32 Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations
12/19/2011 NYT: To Fix Health, Help the Poor
12/15/2011 Happy Holidays!
12/15/2011 Survey: 1 In 4 Women Attacked By Intimate Partner
12/15/2011 Binghamton Recovery Center Seeks CommunityConnection Specialist, Recovery Coach, Office Ass't
12/14/2011 SHNNY: MRT Passes Supportive Housing Recommendations
12/14/2011 NC Releases Report on ACOs: 'The Tipping Point for Behavioral Health'
12/14/2011 MRT Scrutinizes Medicaid Benefits,Prepares Final Recommendations
12/14/2011 IBT: What Does New York's Medicare-Medicaid Integration Mean for MCOs?
12/13/2011 NYAPRS' Fall Collective Webinar Series Dec 14th on Documentation
12/13/2011 View Today's 10am NYS Medicaid Redesign TeamMeeting: Housing, Basic Benefits, Payment, Workforce
12/12/2011 CHP: NYS Rolls Out First Phase Of 'Health Homes'
12/12/2011 HCO: Peer-Support Approach Challenges Long-Held Views Of 'Mental Illness'
12/12/2011 SSA's Choose Work Site: Support for Americans with Disabilities Who Want to Work
12/12/2011 SSA: Ticket to Work Program Spotlights Video Success Stories
12/09/2011 Dec 14 Webinar Update on NY Employment Services System
12/09/2011 Proposed DOL's New Contractor Rule Would Require 7% Disability Workforce
12/09/2011 Tell Us about Problems Staying on MH Meds due to NYS Medicaid Managed Care Change!
12/09/2011 Urge NYS Policymakers to 'Reinvest for Recovery' at Jan 31 NYAPRS Legislative Day!
12/09/2011 NYS MRT Affordable Housing Workgroup Releases Final Recommendations
12/07/2011 Dec 9 Webinar on Dual Integration for State Advocates
12/07/2011 GNS: Advocates, Assembly Urge Improvements in NYS Prison MH Care
12/07/2011 NYS Agencies Fail To Show At Hearing On Mental Health Treatment In Prison
12/07/2011 VOA: Peer Counseling Aids MR Recovery
12/07/2011 Join NYAPRS Smoking Cessation Support Group to Help Peers 'Walk the Walk" of Wellness
12/06/2011 NYT: Cuomo Legislature Reaches Taxes and Jobs Deal
12/06/2011 CPR Offers Online Seminar on Self Directed Psych Rehab Activities
12/05/2011 Call for Proposals NYC Sixth Annual Peer Specialist Conference
12/05/2011 NYT: Cuomo Pushes New Tax Rates for Big Earners
12/05/2011 OMH Dec 14 Webinar: Overview of the Americans with Disablities Act
12/05/2011 NYAPRS Dec 14 Hudson Valley Regional Forum on BHOs, Health Homes, Managed Care
12/02/2011 CH: Home Is Where the Health Home Pilot Is
12/02/2011 Dec 7 NYAPRS Webinar Peer Services & Health Homes with Swarbrick, Stevens, Brown
12/02/2011 Dec 9 WRAP for Kids Webinar: Copeland Center
12/02/2011 NYAPRS Opens Peer Services/Health Homes Webinar w/ Swarbrick, Stevens, Brown
12/02/2011 ODEP New Employment Toolkit,TBTL Creates Job Portal for People w Disabilities
12/02/2011 OMH/OASAS Update on Regional BHO Implementation
12/01/2011 AP: Cuomo Considering Many Revenue Options, Inc. Millionaire's Tax
12/01/2011 Bazelon: Advocates Urge End to Reliance on Large, Segregated Adult Care Homes in NC
12/01/2011 CT: 'Living Room' Offers ER Alternative For Urgent MH Needs
12/01/2011 MHEP: Dec 15 NYC Trauma Informed Symposium

November

11/30/2011 Dec 14 Free NYAPRS Collective Webinar on Documentation w Derek Jansen
11/30/2011 Liebman on Health Homes: NY's Chance for Better MH Care?
11/30/2011 NYT Letters Underscore Importance of the "Meaning of Psychiatric Symptoms'
11/30/2011 PRI Extends Deadline for Stipends for Grad Research on Improving Disability Determination Processes
11/29/2011 2012 NYC Peer Specialist Conference Seeks Workshop Proposals
11/29/2011 Help Keep Pressure on House to Oppose SAMHSA Cuts - Take Action Today!
11/29/2011 NYAPRS Dec 14 Hudson Valley Regional Forum on BHOs, Health Homes, Managed Care
11/29/2011 UMDNJ/NYAPRS Announce Kickoff Dates for PeerServices Transformation Center
11/28/2011 DN, GNS: Special Dec 2011 Budget Session? 2012 Budget Already Challenging
11/28/2011 DS: Saving For People With Disabilities May Soon Be Tax-Free
11/28/2011 MRT Group Recommends Closure of Kingsboro PC
11/28/2011 NYT: Finding Purpose After Living With Delusion
11/28/2011 OM: Merger & Acquisition Activity in Behavioral Health & Social Service Sector To Accelerate Over Next Three Years
11/23/2011 Dec 14 Free NYAPRS Collective Webinar on Documentation w Derek Jansen
11/23/2011 Dec 7 NYAPRS Health Home Collaborative Webinar: Peer Services & Health Homes
11/23/2011 Dec 2 Oneonta NYAPRS Forum on BHOs, Health Homes and Managed Care
11/22/2011 Deficit Panel Fails to Reach Deal Triggering 2013 Health Cuts
11/22/2011 NYS Assembly Dec 19 Hearing on Medicaid Managed Care Prescription Drug Carve-In Implementation
11/22/2011 Study: Meditation Can 'Turn Off' Distressed Regions of the Brain
11/22/2011 "Talking About Suicide' Blog Invites Comments
11/21/2011 Dennis Romero Appointed Regional SAMHSA Administrator
11/21/2011 Cuomo Seeks 2.5% State Agency Cuts for 2012
11/21/2011 NYT: Antipsychotic Drugs Used Heavily with Foster Care Youth
11/18/2011 Have You Made Your Calls On Supercommittee Cuts?
11/18/2011 Magellan Releases Updated Peer Specialist Job Announcement for Central NY
11/18/2011 OMH: PROS Programs Helped Participants Cut PsychInpatient/ER Use in Half
11/18/2011 OMH Regional Clinic Trainings Focus on Transition to APG Reimbursement
11/17/2011 BW: Cuomo's Wins May Be Tough to Top as Wall Street Adds to Deficit
11/17/2011 Dec 15 NYC MH Consumer Emergency Preparedness Forum
11/17/2011 WSJ: 20% of Americans Use Psychiatric Drugs
11/16/2011 Alert: Call Congress Thursday to Protect Medicaid!
11/16/2011 Close: Mental Health Cuts Cost All
11/16/2011 Dec 1 Orange Co MH Conference Features Hogan, Gavin, Presentations on BHO, Health Homes, Peer Services
11/16/2011 Nov 18: On Hearing Voices, Seeing Visions,and other Extreme States NYC Lecture
11/15/2011 Cuomo Might Call Back Legislators,Trade Millionaire's Tax for $ Reforms
11/15/2011 MFY Sues NYSDOH re Failture to Addresss Adult Home Resident Complaints
11/15/2011 MSNBC: Supreme Court Will Hear Obamacare Case
11/15/2011 Paolo del Vecchio Appointed Acting CMHS Director
11/10/2011 AP: State MH Budget Cuts Mean Waiting Lists, Shuttered Programs
11/10/2011 Jobs: Baltic St Seeks 14 PT NYC Peer Health Home Educators
11/10/2011 Nov 17 Magellan/ACMHA Webinar on BH Issues for Older Adults
11/09/2011 Call On Congress to Prevent Veteran Suicides
11/09/2011 Nov 15 NYAPRS Health Home Collaborative: Developing a HH Application, MRT Update
11/09/2011 NYT: Obama Health Law Survives Test in Court of Appeals
11/09/2011 SAMHSA Announces New Regional Administrators
11/08/2011 Dec 6 NYS Assembly Hearing on MH Treatment in Prison
11/08/2011 GNS: CQCAPD Strengthens Oversight, Advocacy Role On Behalf Of NYers w/ Disabilities
11/08/2011 Nov 16 Economic Self Sufficiency White Plains Forum:'Getting Beyond Getting By'
11/08/2011 Nov 9 Free NYAPRS Collective Webinar on Quality Assurance w Derek Jansen
11/07/2011 Alert: Call House members TODAY to Stop Cuts to Community Mental Health Services (SAMHSA)
11/07/2011 Jobs: NCMHR Public Policy Dir.; NYSCLMH Communications Associate
11/07/2011 Last Call to Register for Next Week's PROS Academy!
11/07/2011 OM: Half of States Expanding Medicaid Managed Care in 2012
11/04/2011 DOH: NY Implements 2% Retrospective Medicaid Cut
11/04/2011 DOHMH: Dec 5th Hearing Voices Workshop in NYC
11/04/2011 RTP: Paving the Way for Graduation from Services Using a Peer Involved Model
11/04/2011 USPRA: Call Congress Today to Stop SAMHSA Cuts!
11/03/2011 YNN: Cuomo Calls for 2.5% Gov't Spending Cut
11/03/2011 Hogan: Making MH Care Integration Surpass Previous Deinstitutionalization Efforts
11/03/2011 Newsday: Hempstead Implements Police Crisis Intervention Team
11/02/2011 CHP: Medicaid Team Passes Four Sets Of Reform Proposals
11/02/2011 Nov 16 OMH Webinar Features John Allen's 'State of the State of the Office of Consumer Affairs'
11/02/2011 NYP, DN: NYS Looming Budget Deficit, Silver Pumps Millionaire's Tax Renewal
11/02/2011 Reynolds: Don't Be Spooked By Confidentiality Issues
11/01/2011 CHN Urges DOH to 'Use Plain Language Alternatives'in Health Home Patient Materials, Consent
11/01/2011 DOH Urges Providers to Post Medicaid Pharmacy Changes
11/01/2011 Nov 17-18 PROS Academy Will Focus on HealthHome, Managed Care Readiness
11/01/2011 View Today's 10am Medicaid Redesign Team Meeting, Materials

October

10/31/2011 Alert! Call NYS Senators to Oppose Cuts to Social Security , Medicare, and Medicaid!
10/31/2011 MHW: Raid Implementation of Electronic Records Pays Dividends for BH Facility
10/31/2011 Social Security Announces 3.6% Benefit Hike for 2012
10/31/2011 TU: NYS Medicaid Health Homes Coming Soon
10/28/2011 NAA: Suicide Care in Systems Framework Exec Summary
10/28/2011 NPR: New York Wrestles Over Extending Millionaires Tax
10/28/2011 Recovery to Practice Next Steps for the 5 Professional Disciplines
10/27/2011 Big Budget Cuts Ahead?! Save the Date for Jan 31 NYAPRS Legislative Day
10/27/2011 Gates Announces 2012 Scholarship Program For Low-Income Minority Students
10/27/2011 Oss: No Clarity on "Essential Benefits" for Mental Illness & Addiction
10/27/2011 TA: Can the Connection between Poverty and Mental Health Be Broken?
10/27/2011 Nov 10 NYAPRS No Country Forum on BHOs, Health Homes, Managed Care
10/26/2011 FBI: Responding to Persons with Mental Illness
10/26/2011 NYAPRS Nov 17-18 PROS Academy Will Focus on Health Home, Managed Care Readiness
10/26/2011 TP: Voices Carry (Hearing Voices Group in Massachusetts)
10/25/2011 CHP: NYU Langone, Continuum Health Partners in Talks
10/25/2011 NYT: Saks' Memoir About Schizophrenia Spurs Others to Come Forward
10/25/2011 MHW: Erdman's 'A Place for Us"
10/25/2011 RH: Kids' ER Visits For Psychiatric Care on Rise
10/24/2011 AP: Feds OK Missouri Health Home Initiative
10/24/2011 NY Times Profiles Peer Agency Leader Keris Myrick
10/24/2011 TU: Peter Yarrow to Speak, Perform at MHANYS Dinner Tomorrow Night
10/23/2011 Community Care's Hudson River Regional BHO: What Stakeholders Want to Know
10/21/2011 Oct 27 Webinar: Speaking For Themselves: Including People w Disabilities in Research
10/21/2011 PRI: Grants on How to Improve Disability Determination Process
10/21/2011 The NYS Dept. of Health will be presenting a webinar on Medicaid Health Homes on November 18th
10/20/2011 BMS Awards $2.12M to Help Soldiers Heal Emotional Wounds of War
10/20/2011 HDN: MH Care Differs at VA Centers Across US
10/20/2011 WSJ: More Than One in Ten Americans Take an Antidepressant
10/19/2011 AP: Cuomo Warns Of Another Tough NY Budget Year Ahead
10/19/2011 HE: Dietary Link To Mental Health Found
10/19/2011 NYS BH Work Group's Final Recommendations to the Medicaid Redesign Team
10/18/2011 Today's Free Copeland Center Webinar on WRAP Facilitation Best Practices
10/18/2011 Cuomo, PEF Reach Deal Expected to Prevent 3,500 Layoffs
10/18/2011 Despite Occupy Wall St, Cuomo Opposes Millionaires' Tax
10/18/2011 Please Share! MMNY Releases Medicaid Managed Care Changes Fact Sheet
10/17/2011 MHW: IOM Recommendations For Benefits Package: Affordability First
10/17/2011 NC: Lend Your Voice to Protect Medicaid: Sign On Today!
10/17/2011 NYSOMH Seeks Nominees for Cultural Competence Champion Awards
10/17/2011 Oct 19 Webinar: Forensic Patient and Staff Perspectives at Civil Facilities
10/14/2011 Bazelon: Call Your Senators NOW to Oppose the FY12T
10/14/2011 CHP: Medicaid Plans Report Losses, Health Disparity Priorities Set
10/14/2011 DOH: Health Plan Responsibilities and Health Homes
10/14/2011 OR: Group Wants To Rein In Use Of MH Drugs
10/14/2011 CIHS Oct 25 Webinar: Building BH Capacity via Nat. Health Service Corps
10/13/2011 A Tribute to 'Procovery and the Rise Up Revolution'
10/13/2011 Cornell: Citizen-Centered Leadership Development Introductory Webinar Series
10/13/2011 Nov 17-18 PROS Academy Focuses on Viability, Quality, Managed Care Readiness
10/13/2011 NYT: Sundram Releases Early Findings on NYS Disability Agency Abuse Responses
10/12/2011 Bazelon: Call-In Today to Congress to Protect Medicaid!
10/12/2011 NYS Launches Single Approach Linking,Coordinating Employment Supports
10/12/2011 OMH Issues More Info, Registration Link for BHO Regional Forums
10/12/2011 WDI/BBI/NYAPRS Real JOBS Disability Initiative had 64% Job Placement Record
10/11/2011 CA: Healing Through Helping Others
10/11/2011 NYMWP: Nov 30, Dec 7 Asset Development Webinars
10/11/2011 PROS Providers: Don't Miss NYAPRS Nov 17-18 PROS Academy!
10/07/2011 DOH Announces Phase II, III Health Home Counties
10/07/2011 Jobs: MHA of Rockland CEO
10/07/2011 Oct 18 NYS Coalition for Children's MH Services Policy Forum
10/07/2011 RTP: Twelve Steps Toward Recovery-Oriented Clinical Practice
10/07/2011 TUC Releases Timely Fact Sheet,Brief on Self Determination & Adherence
10/07/2011 WNY: Hear from BHO, prospective Health Home & County Officials at Next Week's Buffalo, Rochester NYAPRS Regional Forums!
10/06/2011 GNS: NYS Medicaid Reforms Saving $,Better Beneficiary Education Needed
10/06/2011 OM: 45% of Addiction Treatment Programs Offer Medication-Assisted Treatment
10/06/2011 SAMHSA Funds $2.2M in Peer to Peer Addiction Recovery Support Services
10/06/2011 DOH: Medicaid Will No Longer Pay for MH, Other Drugs not on Medicare Formulary
10/05/2011 Appeal: Please Help the Bazelon Center Continue to Fight for Rights and Recovery!
10/05/2011 GNS: Advocates Fear Consequences Of Medicaid Prescription-Drug Changes
10/05/2011 Governor Cuomo: It's Time to Bring Justice to Adult Home Residents with Psychiatric Disabilities
10/05/2011 OMH/OASAS BHO Regional Forums in October
10/05/2011 View Today's 12:30 Meeting of the NYS Medicaid Redesign Team
10/04/2011 NYAPRS NYC Regional Forum to Start at 11 am, Registration is Now Closed
10/04/2011 Oct 18 Free Regulatory Compliance Webinar w Derek Jansen Kicksoff NYAPRS' Fall Collective Webinar Series
10/04/2011 OMH: Important Information re Medicaid Pharmacy Benefit Changes
10/04/2011 Report: Turning Community Health Center into Medical Homes
10/04/2011 Today's 2pm Webinar on Housing with HHS' Claypool, HUD's Metcalf
10/03/2011 Copeland Center Issues Paper on Elimination of Seclusion, Restraints, Force and Coercion
10/03/2011 DOH: Medicaid MC Enrollees Can Stay on Non-Formulary MH Drugs
10/03/2011 Oct 17 NYAPRS Health Home Call Looks at Care Coordination Models
10/03/2011 PS: Denmark Group Studies Voices of the Heart's Peer Respite Program

September

09/30/2011 Community Care, Rural Providers Launch Health Home for People with Psych Disabilities
09/30/2011 Magellan CNY BHO Implementation Plan One Pager;NYAPRS Regional Forum Update
09/30/2011 New ACA Initiatives to Help 900 Community Health Centers, CBOs to Improve Healthcare
09/30/2011 Oct 12 ILR Web Conversation with USDOL's Kathleen Martinez
09/29/2011 Coverge of 9/23 My Medicaid Matters DC Rally
09/29/2011 GNS: 3,500 PEF Workers to Get Layoffs After Union Rejects State Contract, 643 from OMH
09/29/2011 MHA Launches Psychiatric Advance Directives Awareness Initiative
09/27/2011 Job: Magellan Seeks Syracuse Area Peer Specialist
09/27/2011 Join Us in Condemning Post's Outrageous Coverage of 'Kooks and Junkies'
09/27/2011 MHA is Proud to Honor Harvey Rosenthal with 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award
09/27/2011 MHW: Peer Program Targets Mothers Of Children With Special Needs
09/27/2011 POTH: Silver Will Continue Push for Millionaire's Tax
09/26/2011 MHW: MH Advocates Mobilize To Protect Medicaid, Health Reform Law
09/26/2011 MIW: Manderscheid Explains Links Between Insurance Exchange, Medicaid Expansion
09/26/2011 NYTS Medicaid Redesign Team Affordable Housing Work Group Named
09/26/2011 SFC: SF Empower Helps Diabetics With Mental Illness
09/23/2011 DOH: Health Home Application Date for Phase 1 Counties is Nov 1
09/23/2011 TC: Poor Diet Linked To Teen MH Problems
09/23/2011 MHA/BU Sept 28 Webinar on Supported Education
09/22/2011 ACA Expands Health Coverage to 1 Million More Young Adults
09/22/2011 NC Report: Improving Access to Care
09/22/2011 NYSDOH Moves Back Health Home Start Ups in 3 Phases
09/22/2011 TH: Disability-Rights Advocates Protest Obama's Proposed Medicaid Cuts
09/21/2011 Oct 6 RTP Webinar: Graduating from Services
09/21/2011 Sept 30 Webinar: Coalition Building 101 for Consumers and Survivors
09/20/2011 Fricks: Whole Health, Wellness,and Resiliency Domains Promote Prevention
09/20/2011 NYAPRS Seeks Copies of Pharmacy Related Letters from NY Managed Care Plans
09/20/2011 Sept 22 Webinar; Coordinating Primary Care, BH Services Among Homeless People
09/20/2011 TU: NY State-Run Medicaid on the Table
09/19/2011 Give Input to RTP Peer Service Recovery Curriculum
09/19/2011 MHW: Amid Rapid Change In Medicaid, Long Island Providers Align
09/19/2011 NYAPRS Collective Fall Webinars on Compliance, Quality Assurance, Documentation
09/19/2011 WEF: Chronic Disease To Cost $47 Trillion By 2030, MH Costs 1/3
09/15/2011 Alert: Tell Congress,Super Committee to Protect Medicaid!
09/15/2011 CSPNJ Releases 'Creating Wellness' Booklet
09/15/2011 DOH Lists Proposed Lead/Host Health Home Entities, Networks
09/15/2011 IOM: State and Local Policy Initiatives To Reduce Health Disparities
09/15/2011 OMH Sept 27 Webinar: Working with Voices
09/15/2011 PC: Mental Health Care Reform Urged by Top Scientists
09/13/2011 CHP: 15% of NYS Hospital Stays Lead to Readmission at $3.7B Cost
09/13/2011 DOH extends Health Home Letters of Intent due dateto October 5
09/13/2011 Magellan, ACMHA Sept 22 Webinar: From Specialty Care to Integration
09/13/2011 NYSDOH: Next Health Homes Webinar on Sept 22
09/13/2011 NYT: NYS Settlement Frees Nursing Home Residents wMH Conditions
09/12/2011 Do All Relapses in Schizophrenia Warrant Resumption of Medication?
09/12/2011 Behavioral Health Organizations Named-Update
09/12/2011 Sederer: With MH Drugs, Greater Risk Means More Marketing
09/12/2011 Sept 20 Health Home Call: Developing a Comprehensive Health Information Infrastructure
09/12/2011 Very Last Chance to Register for THIS WEEK'S NYAPRS Conference!
09/09/2011 TA: Female-Only Psychiatric Units To Lift Australian Patient Safety
09/09/2011 Last Chance to Register for Next Week's NYAPRS Conference!
09/09/2011 MHW: Study Shows Peer Bridgers Reduce Hospitalizations, Curb Costs
09/09/2011 Procovery: Learn, Network and Celebrate in the Catskills -- NEXT WEEK!
09/08/2011 CPR Launches Self Directed Psychiatric Rehabilitation Activities
09/08/2011 Free Tuesday Night Stay for Sept 13 Peer Conference Attendees Who Stay for the NYAPRS Conference
09/08/2011 MHA Sept 19 Webinar: Peer Support for Military Families
09/08/2011 NEC Free Sept 28 Webinar on Peer-Run Respite Programs
09/08/2011 Next Week's NYAPRS Conference Focuses on Exemplary Services, Healing Practices
09/08/2011 Tell Commissiner Hogan Your Concerns at Sept 13 Annual Plan Public Hearing
09/07/2011 Next Week's NYAPRS Conference Features Community Integration Focus!
09/07/2011 OM: CMS Applications for Bundled Payments Initiative Includes Psychiatric Services
09/07/2011 Sept 26 SAMHSA Webinar: Demystifying Trauma
09/07/2011 TG: The Mental Illness Industry Is Medicalising Normality
09/06/2011 CDC: Half Of Americans Will Suffer From MentalHealth Woes
09/06/2011 MNT: Tooth Loss Three Times More Likely In Patients With Severe Mental Illness
09/06/2011 Next Week's NYAPRS Conference Features Strong Managed/Integrated Care Focus!
09/06/2011 NYAPRS Ethnic Pride Bash Celebrates Unique Blend of Cultures from Within Us
09/02/2011 ACMHA: CDC Releases Important Mental Health Action Plan
09/02/2011 MHANYS: Resources in Dealing with Stress During Disasters
09/02/2011 Oct 6 RTP Webinar: Helping People Graduate from Services
09/01/2011 Grohol Repudiates Forced Outpatient Treatment Approach, Rhetoric
09/01/2011 HHS Awards $137 Million To States To Boost Prevention And Public Health
09/01/2011 HHS Awards $40M to Boost Public Health Infrastructure, Workforce
09/01/2011 National Council to Run NY Geriatic TA Center
09/01/2011 NYAPRS: NYS Medicaid Redesign Update

August

08/31/2011 Breaking News at NYAPRS Conference in 2 Weeks, Assistance Available to Attend!
08/31/2011 MP: Anorexia Ruling May Affect MH Insurance Coverage
08/31/2011 NYP: NYC Medicaid Enrollment to Hit 3 Million, Over 1/3
08/30/2011 CIHS: Health Homes: Are You Ready?
08/30/2011 Sept 17 'Legacy of Trauma on Women's Lives' Albany Conference
08/30/2011 Sept 8 NYC Forum: Diet, Nutrition, and Attention Deficit Disorder
08/29/2011 Oct 12-3: Trauma Across the Lifespan Conference in Geneva, NY
08/29/2011 RSI Becomes Peer Run Agency, Transforms Club to Peer-Run Recovery Center
08/29/2011 USDT: All Federal Benefit Payments Will Be Paid Electronically
08/26/2011 DOH Letter to Medicaid Beneficiaries re Pharmacy to Managed Care Changes
08/26/2011 NY Wants To Know How Much Non-Profit Execs Get Paid
08/26/2011 NYAPRS 2011 Annual Award Winners Include Gov. Cuomo, Liz Benjamin
08/26/2011 NYS to Announce Regional BHO Awardees, Advocacy Update
08/26/2011 Procovery: Join Us at NYAPRS Sept 14-16 Conference!
08/25/2011 2 Weeks Left for NYAPRS Conference, Workshop Schedule, Register Today!
08/25/2011 Alert: Please Give Your Vote for Recovery and Rights on SAMHSA Site
08/25/2011 CUNY Launches Disability Field Scholarship/Mentoring Program
08/24/2011 ACMHA 2012 Summit - Save the Date!
08/24/2011 DOH: 19 of 20 MCOs Will Continue Access to Some Non Formulary Drugs
08/24/2011 Fix SAMHSA's "Recovery" Definition - DEADLINE FRIDAY!
08/24/2011 Join National/NY Disability Advocates for Sept 21 DC Rally!
08/24/2011 NYAPRS Aug 31 Health Home Call: Developing Effective Partnerships, Networks
08/24/2011 OMH: Implementation of Behavioral Health Organizations
08/23/2011 CHP: Health Plans Embracing The ACO Concept
08/23/2011 MHN: Can NYS Healthcare Reforms Advance Recovery?
08/23/2011 SAMHSA Vet Related Webinars: Today on Employment, Sept 1 on Justice Involved Vets
08/23/2011 Call In Info, Agenda for Today's NYS Behavioral Health Reform Work Group Meeting
08/22/2011 AP: Social Security Disability On Verge Of Insolvency
08/22/2011 Bazelon: Debt Ceiling Lifted, But Cuts Loom
08/22/2011 MHN: Mental Health In Health Care Reform: High Hopes But Big Battles Ahead
08/22/2011 TU: Times are Changing in NY Health Care Delivery
08/18/2011 KFF: Proposed Sate Models to Integrate Benefits for Medicaid / Medicare Beneficiaries, NYS Excerpt
08/18/2011 Aug 18 1pm CHN Webinar: The Deficit Deal Explained
08/18/2011 NYT: New York Moves to Crack Down on Abuse of People with Disabilities
08/18/2011 NYT: New York Moves to Crack Down on Abuse of People with Disabilities
08/18/2011 PG: NY Clears Legal Hurdle In Effort To Close Hudson River PC
08/18/2011 TU: NYS Seeks Savings With Health Homes
08/17/2011 5 Weeks Left for NYAPRS Conference, Workshop Schedule, Register Today!
08/17/2011 Free Sept 13 'New Perspectives on Peer Services' Conference at Hudson Valley Resort
08/17/2011 NYT: Medicaid Pays Less Than Medicare for Many Prescription Drugs
08/17/2011 View Today's 1pm Meeting of NY's Most Integrated Setting Coordinating Council
08/16/2011 MHW: National Groups Partner To Address BH Needs Of Offender Population
08/16/2011 SAMHSA Seeks Comments on Recovery Definition
08/16/2011 Tell OMH Your Concerns, Hopes re Health Homes, State MH Plan; Sept 13 Public Hearing
08/16/2011 VOH: Oct 13 and 14 Hearing Voices 1:1 Training with Ron Coleman
08/15/2011 HHS Awards NY $10.7 Million Exchange Establishing State Grants
08/15/2011 Join 'My Medicaid Matters' Rally in DC on Sept 21
08/15/2011 Kennedy, Chacku Mathai to Speak at Clubhouse of Suffolk's MIA Day
08/15/2011 NC: Calls on Artists to Submit Creative Work by 9/11 for Wellness Works Initiative
08/15/2011 NYAPRS Wed HH Collaborative: Derek Jansen, Web Tool & Resource Center
08/12/2011 5 Weeks Left for NYAPRS Conference, Workshop Schedule, Register Today!
08/12/2011 Free Sept 13 "New Perspectives on Peer Service" Conference at Hudson Valley Resort
08/12/2011 NYT Learning to Cope with Voices
08/12/2011 UIC: Wellness Tools for People with MH/Medical Conditions
08/12/2011 LAT: Appeals Court Finds Healthcare Mandate Unconstitutional
08/11/2011 DOH Considering More Time for Health Home Start, Aug 17 Webinar: Derek Jansen, Health Homes Web Tool & Resource Center
08/11/2011 Friedman: Antidepressants for Older Adults? Be Careful!
08/11/2011 GNS: New York State's Confinement Law Stalls
08/11/2011 Medicare Provides Assistance To Help Low-Income Beneficiaries Get Big Savings On Prescription Drug Costs
08/10/2011 CMS Announces New Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Demonstration Program
08/10/2011 NYAPRS Kicks off Regional Forums on BHOs, Health Homes Next Tuesday in Owego
08/10/2011 Study: US Youth Psychiatric Admissions Rise
08/10/2011 Today's 2pm NYAPRS/NYSRA Ticket to Work Employment Networks Webinar
08/09/2011 Aug 17 OMH Webinar: The Role of Spirituality in Mental Health
08/09/2011 Disability Groups Outraged by New CMS Guidance Cutting Home & Community Based Services
08/09/2011 NYAPRS Launches PROS Curriculum Clearinghouse Site
08/09/2011 WSJ: Confusing Medical Ailments With Mental Illness
08/08/2011 Free Sept 13 "New Perspectives on Peer Services" Conference at Hudson Valley Resort
08/08/2011 NYS Police-Mental Health Crisis Intervention Network Forming
08/08/2011 Open Minds' Electronic Health Record System Implementation Webinar Handouts
08/08/2011 SAMHSA Webinar Features Wellness Leaders, Excellent Materials
08/05/2011 6 Weeks Left for NYAPRS Conference, Workshop Schedule, Register Today!
08/05/2011 Aug 11 OMH Hudson River Cultural Competence Town Hall Meeting
08/05/2011 NY Medicaid Redesign Team Adds New Members
08/05/2011 SSS: How the Budget Control Act affects Social Security
08/04/2011 CCF: Debt-Ceiling Compromise Kicks Medicaid Fight Down the Road
08/04/2011 DOH Accepting Medicaid Health Home Applications
08/04/2011 NC Webinar Today: Getting Involved in Research: A Value for Providers & Consumers
08/04/2011 Study: Newer Antidepressants Not Necessarily Safer for Seniors
08/04/2011 Women with Trauma History More Likely To Face Substance Abuse, Mental Illness
08/03/2011 Depression in Command
08/03/2011 Medicare Prepares Rule To Penalize Hospitals With High Readmission Rates
08/03/2011 OM 33 States Plan to Cut Medicaid Provider Rates in 2012
08/03/2011 On Heels of Exposee, Cuomo Orders Review of Non-Profit Exec Compensaton
08/03/2011 SAMHSA Launches Behavioral Health and HIV / AIDS Web Page
08/02/2011 Aug 2 Open Minds Webinar: Why Rapid Implementation of Electronic Health Records is Essential
08/02/2011 NC: What Does Debt Limit Deal Mean for Community Providers?
08/02/2011 NYAPRS to Host Statewide Forums on Impact of BHOs, Health Homes, Managed Care
08/02/2011 WHO: Childhood Adversity, Mental Disorders Predict Chronic Illnesses
08/01/2011 AP: Debt Deal Reached - Will It Fly?
08/01/2011 Aug 4 NYAPRS Member Health Homes Webinar Features CIDP Presentations, Derek Jansen Tool Kit Details
08/01/2011 Call-In Info for Today's MRT Behavioral Health Reform Work Group Meeting
08/01/2011 DOH: Mandatory Managed Care Enrollment of SPMI Adults, SED Kids Begins Oct 1
08/01/2011 Last Chance to Register: Aug 4 SAMHSA Peer Respite Services Webinar

July

07/29/2011 DOH Releases Update on Managed Care Pharmacy Mgt Plans
07/29/2011 Aug Consumer Webinars: Medicaid Fundamentals, State Health Insurance Exchanges
07/29/2011 Bazelon Alert: Medicaid Budget Update and Call-in Info
07/29/2011 July 28 Recovery to Practice E-News
07/28/2011 DOH: Medicaid Coverage Approved for MH Counseling by LCSWs and LMSWs
07/28/2011 Magellan Launches Iowa Health Home Model with BH Entry Point
07/28/2011 New Book: Conversations on Citizenship & Person-Centered Work
07/28/2011 NYT: V.A. Tries to Enhance PTSD, TBI, Suicide Prevention Efforts
07/27/2011 Alert: Debt Default Means Uncertainty for Medicare, Medicaid, Call Washington!
07/27/2011 Disability Advocates Protest Sub-Minimum Wage Provision of WIA Reauthorization
07/27/2011 HHS: Tai chi Fighting Depression
07/27/2011 MS Releases New Funding for Housing Partnerships
07/27/2011 NYSHCR: Air Conditioners Available for Low-Income New Yorkers with Serious Medical Conditions
07/27/2011 On the ADA's 21st Anniversary, Will NYS Develop a True Olmstead Plan?
07/27/2011 PsychCentral's Grohol Rejects 'Brain Diseases Caused by Chemical Imbalances' Approaches
07/27/2011 WSJ: Home Health Policy Shift Roils Albany
07/26/2011 Bazelon: Call Congress Today! Help Us Protect the CLASS Act and Medicaid
07/25/2011 July 27 WISE Ticket to Work Webinar
07/25/2011 MHW: Advocates Concerned As Budget Talks Threaten Vital MH Programs
07/25/2011 NYAPRS 2011 Fall Conference Program, Registration Materials on the Web!
07/25/2011 OMH Awards 22 Grants to Integrate Health Care for the Elderly
07/22/2011 FN: CLASS Act Vulnerable in Budget Negotiations
07/22/2011 Jobs: July 27 Career Coach Meet & Greet at Howie the Harp Center
07/22/2011 MHW: AHRQ Issue Brief Spotlights Racial, Ethnic Health Disparities
07/22/2011 MIW: Solitary Confinement Reformed In New York
07/21/2011 ACMHA July 28 Webinar: Screening, Brief Intervention,Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
07/21/2011 Howie the Harp Center Launches NYC Peer Coaching Training Program
07/21/2011 Last Chance to Sign up for Monday's Special Sessionon BHOs, Health Homes and Managed Care
07/21/2011 MFI July 27 Webinar: Principles for Staying Sane While Effectively Helping a Loved One in Crisis
07/21/2011 SAMHSA July 25 'Use of WRAP to Prevent Seclusion, Restraints' Webinar
07/21/2011 SAMHSA Webinar on Peer Respite Services: Transforming Crisis to Wellness - Thurs, Aug 4, at 3PM
07/21/2011 Shallowhorn: Hope Is The Medication To Ease Societal Stigma
07/21/2011 VOH to Hold Aug. Hearing Voices Group Facilitator Training
07/19/2011 CHP: PSCH and Pederson-Krag to Merge
07/19/2011 Knight: Addressing Metabolic Conditions In People Diagnosed w/ SMI
07/19/2011 Deadline for NYAPRS Conference Scholarships Extended to August 5
07/19/2011 SAMHSA July 20 Webinar Features Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Study's Felitti
07/19/2011 Sederer: What Does Suicide Prevention Have to Do with Health Care?
07/18/2011 Aug 3 UJC Summer Wine Tasting Honors Pro Bono Firm Handling Adult Home Lawsuit
07/18/2011 DOH Asks July 21 Health Homes Webinar Attendees to Join Together
07/18/2011 Last Chance to Register for NYAPRS Recovery Based PROS Supervision Sessions
07/18/2011 MHW: Health Exchange Regulations Prompt BH Field to Amplify Planning Efforts
07/18/2011 NYT: The Value of Medicaid
07/18/2011 Ragins: Twelve Aspects of Staff Transformation
07/18/2011 SAMHSA July 18 Wellness Webinar Features Copeland, Fricks, Swarbrick
07/18/2011 WP: Vets Wait Too Long for MH Services, Reports Say
07/14/2011 ACTION ALERT: National Social Security Senate Call In Days
07/14/2011 BG: Benefits At Risk, Geithner Warns Ties Social Security To Higher Debt Cap
07/14/2011 DOH: July 21st Health Home Webinar
07/14/2011 July 14 1-2PM Virtual Town Hall on US Disability Issues
07/14/2011 July 28 Webinar; Promoting Recovery Through Psychological and Social Means
07/14/2011 Provide Input into This Year's OMH Statewide Comprehensive MH Plan
07/14/2011 PT: Peers 'Who Have Been There' Guide Recovery
07/13/2011 Alert: Contact The White House To Oppose Arbitrary Medicaid Cuts!
07/13/2011 CAFE TA Center: Getting a Degree Thru Supported Education
07/13/2011 July 14 Addiction, MH, Health Care Integration & Prevention Webinar
07/13/2011 NYAPRS 2011 Fall Conference Program, Registration Materials on the Web!
07/13/2011 TU: A Practical Guide for People w/ Disabilities Who Want to Go to College
07/12/2011 CBS: Obama Prepared To "Take Heat" Over Issues Like Social Security
07/12/2011 CHN: Join National Budget Call-In Day July 13-15
07/12/2011 HHS and States Move to Establish Affordable Insurance Exchanges
07/12/2011 July 14 1-2 Virtual Town Hall on US Disability Issues
07/12/2011 Today's NY BH Reform Work Group Call In Info, Materials on the Web
07/11/2011 IHP: Blended FMAP May Hike Base Federal Match ButStill Shift Costs To States
07/11/2011 NYS BH Work Group Crafts Draft Principles, Outcomes;Next Meeting Tomorrow at OASAS
07/11/2011 OM: Medicaid Psych Readmits 12%,Addiction Readmits 13%
07/11/2011 Support National Wellness Week,Wellness Works Initiative with Your Submissions
07/08/2011 Cuomo Seeks Suggestions to Improve State DD, MH,SU Facility Care
07/08/2011 NYS Releases Proposed Health Home Regulations,TCM Conversion
07/08/2011 Rights and Peer Support Consideration in NY's Health Homes Proposal
07/08/2011 Use New Landmark Study Showing MedicaidEffectiveness to Advocate to Protect our Safety Net!
07/07/2011 NYAPRS 2011 Fall Conference Program,Registration Materials on the Web!
07/07/2011 NYS BH Workgroup Meets, Hogan Recommendations
07/07/2011 NY's Prison Solitary Confinement Exlclusion LawTakes Effect: MHASC Fact Sheet
07/07/2011 Stop the Attack on Medicaid! Call President ObamaToday
07/06/2011 HHC to Adopt Mandatory Cultural Competence Training to Improve Health of LGBT New Yorkers
07/06/2011 SLT: Optum Takes Over Salt Lake Co MH Programs
07/06/2011 NYS Medicaid Expands Coverage for SBIRT
07/06/2011 NPR: Harvard Punishes 3 Psychiatrists Over Undisclosed Industry Pay
07/05/2011 ACA to Improve Data Collection, Reduce Health Disparities
07/05/2011 FDA: Preventing Harm from Medicines
07/05/2011 July 13 ACMHA Webinar on Performance Based Case Rates & Parity
07/05/2011 July 28 Promoting Recovery Thru Psychological, Social Means Webinar
07/05/2011 ParentCorps Teaches Children Emotional, Social Skills
07/05/2011 RDC: NYS Budget Flexibility Helps Boost Supportive Housing
07/05/2011 WTR: How to Live Successfully When You Hear Voices

June

06/30/2011 Alert: Keep the Push on President Obama to Protect Medicaid
06/30/2011 GNS: As NYS Senate Holds on Exchange Legislation, Federal Court Upholds ACA
06/30/2011 MRT BH Workgroup Call-In Info for Tomorrow's Meeting, Schedule, Contact Info
06/30/2011 Organizational Stability Training for Peer Led Groups from the CAFE TA Center
06/30/2011 Study: Childhood Trauma Linked to Higher Rates of MH Problems, Obesity
06/29/2011 Bazelon Center Releases New Olmstead Resources on Recent DOJ Guidance
06/29/2011 CMS Guidelines Boost State Smoking Cessation Programs, Quitlines
06/29/2011 July 13 & Aug 10 Ticket-to-Work Webinars
06/29/2011 WRAP Recognized as National Evidence-Based Practice
06/28/2011 Brenner: How ACOs Could Flourish in Medicaid
06/28/2011 CHN: Urge President Obama to Hold Firm on Protecting Medicaid!
06/28/2011 July 18 Working & Winning in Queens Links Employers w/ Area Job seekers
06/28/2011 SG: Couple Of 31 Years Can Wed
06/27/2011 June 28 Webinar on Pathways' Journey to Meaningful Use Funding
06/27/2011 NYAPRS Quick Review of 2011 NYS Legislative Session
06/27/2011 OMH, OASAS Accepting Applications for Regional BHOs
06/27/2011 SAMHSA Releases Consumer-Operated Services EBP Kit
06/24/2011 Consensus Reached On NY Health Exchange Bill, Advocates Respond
06/24/2011 HUD Encourages PHAs to Grant Access to People w/ Criminal Records
06/24/2011 NHeLP: The Fight To Save Medicaid This Summer
06/24/2011 SAMHSA Revises MH, SA Block Grants Based on User Feedback
06/23/2011 On Olmstead Anniverary, Obama Administration Recommits to ADA Policies
06/23/2011 Cuomo State Worker Deal Slows Wages, Reduces Benefits, Avoids Layoffs
06/23/2011 HHS Announces $500M to Help Health Providers Improve Care
06/23/2011 NYT: DBT Developer Marsha Linehan 'Comes Out'
06/22/2011 ADAPT Launches Advocacy for "Real Medicaid Reform' that Protects People w/ Disabilities
06/22/2011 ALERT: Urge Assembly to Pass Medicaid Managed Care Med Access Protections Today!
06/22/2011 BCC Trainings, Webinar to Promote Cultural / Linguistic Competence
06/22/2011 NYS Releases BH Reform Work Group Members, Meeting Schedule
06/21/2011 Call Albany Today to Press for Medicaid Med Access Protections into Managed Care!
06/21/2011 D&C: Rochester Recovery Center Celebrates First Year
06/21/2011 July 25 NYAPRS Special Member Session on BHOs, Health Homes and Managed Care in Albany
06/21/2011 June 30 ACMHA Webinar: Improving HC Outcomes byAddressing Health Disparities
06/21/2011 June 30 Webinar: Maximizing Productivity & Effectiveness Thru Technology
06/21/2011 Medicaid Works, Protects Health of Children, Vulnerable Populations
06/21/2011 NYS Legislature OK's Autism Insurance Bill, Call Gov Cuomo!
06/21/2011 Study: Consumer Directed Health Plans Reduce Costs, Improve Health for Vulnerable Populations
06/17/2011 $4 Million in ACA Funds for National Networks ofCommunity Based Groups
06/17/2011 Alert: Help New York Move Forward on Health Reform Implementation
06/17/2011 Alert: Urge NYS Leaders to Back Managed Care Medication Access Protections
06/17/2011 June 22 Webinar on MyPSYCKES, Shared Decision Support Initiatives
06/17/2011 June 28-9 VOH Rights, Alternatives Conference Features Hall, Fisher
06/17/2011 MHA June 30 Webinar: Findings on Peer-Delivered Services
06/17/2011 RTP: Implementing Recovery - Organizational Change
06/17/2011 TU: Users Of Psych Meds Fear Loss Of 'Backstop'
06/16/2011 Alert: Urge U.S. Senate and Congress to Reject Medicaid Cuts
06/16/2011 Medicare Proposes New Standards For Community Mental Health Centers
06/15/2011 Call Albany to Oppose Changes in NY's Prison Mental Health Reform (SHU) Act!
06/15/2011 June 21 Webinar: Financing of Permanent Housing for Individuals w/ Co-Occurring Conditions
06/15/2011 Protect Medicaid! Call-in Day on Thursday, June 16
06/15/2011 Report: Adults w/ Psych Disabilities 7x More Likely to be Alcohol Dependent
06/14/2011 Rockefeller Slams Efforts to Slash Medicaid
06/14/2011 Urge Albany to Reject Proposals to Expand Kendra's Law
06/14/2011 URGENT: Push New Medicaid Rules Supporting Services in Truly Integrated Settings
06/14/2011 Save the Dates: NYAPRS Recovery-Based Supervision Training for PROS This Summer
06/13/2011 Fountain House Launches Wellness Center for Integrative Health
06/13/2011 PJ: Providence Center Clinic Integrates Treatment Of Mental And Physical Disorders
06/13/2011 Urge Congress to Support Bill to Raise Asset Limits for SSI Beneficiaries
06/13/2011 MHW: Peers Provide Critical Resource For Consumers With Chronic Illnesses
06/10/2011 June 15 Web/Phone SAMHSA Meeting to Discuss New BH Quality Improvement Framework
06/10/2011 Riding the Dragon from Noelle Pollet's "Sharing Spirit" New Blog!
06/10/2011 Senate Dems Vow to Block Drastic Medicaid Block Grant, Cap or Cut Proposals
06/10/2011 Study: Family Reactions to Mental Illnesses Can Help / Impede Recovery
06/10/2011 TU: Cuomo Orders State Worker Layoffs to Begin July 15, Proposes New Pension Tier
06/09/2011 CPR: Presentations on Job Accommodations, Supported Education Available
06/09/2011 June 15 Webinar: Consumer/Family Advocacy Toolkit for the Affordable Care Act
06/09/2011 June 20-21 Psychout NYC Conference Features Gottstein, Whitaker, Penney; June 19 Demonstration
06/09/2011 Time: Why So Much Abuse Is Allowed to Continue in Residential Care
06/08/2011 June 15 Webinar on Supportive Housing and Recovery Support
06/08/2011 MNT: Studies Offer New Insight Into Helping Latinos Quit Smoking
06/08/2011 WHO: MH Conditions Cause Most Disability in World's Youth
06/08/2011 TU: Two Competing Proposals For A State Health Insurance Exchange Vie
06/07/2011 CQC Family Survey on Prison Mental Health Services
06/07/2011 NPR: L.A. Works To Get Mental Help For Young Offenders
06/07/2011 WP: Does Cutting Mental Health Care Increase The Prison Population?
06/07/2011 WS: Poor Addiction, Mental Illness Treatment Leads To 'Epidemic Of Mass Incarceration'
06/06/2011 CUNY Accepting Applications for Wellness CoachingCertificate Program
06/06/2011 June 23 Webinar: Forging a Path Towards Social Inclusion
06/06/2011 LR: Psychiatric Drugs Aren't Always The Fix For Mental Illness
06/06/2011 MHW: Peer Involvement Pivotal To Re-Entry Effort For Offenders
06/03/2011 Bazelon: Help Support Mental Health Block GrantFunding Increase for FY 2012
06/03/2011 Bazelon: Help Support Mental Health Block GrantFunding Increase for FY 2012
06/03/2011 June 10-12 Beverly MA Conference on CommunityWellness and MH Recovery
06/03/2011 Correction: NYC July 12 Economic Self-SufficiencyForum II
06/03/2011 June 8 ACMHA Webinar on Electronic Health Records and Health Reform
06/03/2011 NC: Debt Limit Bill Could Impact Medicaid,Medicaid at Risk: Contact Congress!
06/02/2011 Alert: Action Needed to Protect Social Security
06/02/2011 MNT: People w/ Psych Disabilities Have Higher Mortality Rates, Inferior Care After Heart Attacks
06/02/2011 NC June 7 Webinar on Health Home State Plan Option
06/02/2011 NYC July 21 Economic Self-Sufficiency Forum II
06/02/2011 Politico: N.Y. Slow To Set Up Health Exchange
06/01/2011 Cafe TAC: Supported Education for Consumers of MH Services
06/01/2011 PJ: Hudson River PC Closing On Track
06/01/2011 TGM: Culture's Role In Mental Health Is Overlooked

May

05/31/2011 Freeman: What Will Become Of The Mental Health Safety Net?
05/31/2011 GFT: Service Dogs Help People w/ Psychiatric Disablities
05/31/2011 Time: Drugging the Vulnerable
05/31/2011 TU: Cuomo Launches Website to Track Medicaid Costs
05/27/2011 NYNP: "She Will Eventually See the Love"
05/27/2011 NYT, CNN: Senate Rejects GOP Medicare Reshaping Proposal
05/27/2011 NYT: Police Seek New Ways to Defuse Tension
05/27/2011 Poll: Most Americans Reject Medicaid Block Grant, Cut Proposals
05/26/2011 Alert: Call Your US Senators NOW to Vote Against Extreme Budget Proposals
05/26/2011 Last Call to join NYAPRS Health Home Learning Collaborative June 1st Launch
05/26/2011 Urgent Action Alert: Senate Votes Tonight on Budget Slashing Services for PWDs
05/25/2011 Apply Now for a Community Transformation Grant
05/25/2011 SAMHSA: A Working Definition, Set of Principles for Recovery
05/25/2011 VA: PTSD App Helps Thousands
05/24/2011 June 1 Webinar: Effective BH Service Delivery in Primary Care Settings
05/24/2011 May 25 Webinar Partnering with Families in the Treatment of Eating Disorders
05/24/2011 MHW: Crisis Brewing For Elderly Patients Seeking MH Care In ER
05/24/2011 Survey: Primary Care Doctors Ill-Equipped To Discuss Children's Mental Health
05/24/2011 Venture House Honors Retiring ED David Lehman, Appoints Ray Schwartz
05/23/2011 CQ: How Will States and the Feds Align Medicaid and Subsidized Health Care?
05/23/2011 Free Onsite Recovery TA Available for NYS Clinic, PROS Programs!
05/23/2011 BPSB: NY State Unions Brace For Impact Of Layoffs
05/20/2011 RTP: Occupational Therapy's Role in Mental Health Recovery
05/19/2011 DOH Releases Info About Transfer of Pharmacy Benefit to Managed Care, Loss of Access Protections
05/19/2011 June 15 GMHA Webinar: PTSD and Older Adults
05/19/2011 Study: Deployed Service Members' Children Have Higher Rates of Psych Hospitalization
05/19/2011 Very Last Call for Presentations, Musical Performers at NYAPRS September Annual Conference
05/18/2011 $100m in ACA Grants to Promote Health & Wellness, Reduce Chronic Diseases
05/18/2011 How The Center For Self-Determination Can Help YOU!
05/18/2011 LAT: Preparing For A Groundswell Of Elderly People With MH Conditions
05/18/2011 May 25 WISE Webinar on Ticket to Work, Employment
05/18/2011 NYAPRS to Launch Health Home Member Learning Collaborative on June 1st
05/17/2011 CMS' Berwick To Discuss ACOs on TODAY 1:30 EDT Webinar
05/17/2011 Don't Miss Syracuse, Binghamton, Buffalo, NYC Employment Forums!
05/17/2011 How Important is Medicaid to You? Fight to Save It!
05/17/2011 May 19 Watertown Forum to Focus on Behavioral Health, Medicaid Reforms
05/17/2011 MTHR: Ulster To Privatize Mental Health Services?
05/16/2011 BasicNeeds Helps to Support African MH Communities' Advocacy, Peer Support, Employment
05/16/2011 IF: Integrating Mental Health And Primary Care Cuts Costs
05/16/2011 Last Call for Presentations for NYAPRS September Annual Conference
05/16/2011 MHW: Agency Mergers Require Strategic Plans, Strong Partnerships
05/16/2011 NDRN Calls for End to Sheltered Work for Americans w/ Disabilities
05/13/2011 Ed Knight Retires from ValueOptions
05/13/2011 Court Rules Troops Must Get Needed MH Support
05/13/2011 KFF Webcast Today on Accountable Care Organizations at 12:15 ET
05/13/2011 New Training Program Helps Providers Advance Culturally Competent Care
05/12/2011 GOP Medicaid Plan Would Slash N.Y. Funding, Cut Senior Benefits
05/12/2011 May 16 Person Centered Health Homes, May 18 Health Reform for Recovering People Webinars
05/12/2011 OMH to Close Hudson River PC, Transfer 3 Wards, 5 Outpatient Programs, 2 Community Residences to Rockland PCOperation; 75 New Supported Housing Beds
05/12/2011 PJ: State Set To Shutter Psychiatric Center; Ward Closures
05/12/2011 WNYC: State High Court Says People w/ Psych Disabilities Have Medical Privacy Rights
05/11/2011 Advocates Push for NY Insurance Exchange Bill, NY to Hold Public Forums This Month
05/11/2011 LAT: Healthcare Law Gets Friendly Reception FromAppeals Court Panel
05/11/2011 NY's Highest Court Rules HIPAA Trumps Kendra's Law
05/11/2011 Register Today for June 21 NYC Peer Specialist Conference
05/10/2011 ALERT: Call Washington to Protect Medicaid Funding, Reforms!
05/10/2011 This Saturday! 7th Annual NYC MH Film Festival 'The Mental Health Experience: Raw and Uncut'
05/09/2011 NYS Prepares to Launch OS2 Cross Disability Employment Initiative
05/09/2011 OM: 35 Million People in Medicaid Managed Care
05/09/2011 USA: Summary on Health Reform Law for People w/ Disabilities
05/06/2011 GNS: NYS Medicaid Redesign Team's Work Continues
05/06/2011 May 18 OMH Free Webinar "The Healing Power of Art"
05/06/2011 May 18 Webinar: What Does Health Reform Mean for Recovering People & Their Families
05/06/2011 NYAPRS Executive Seminar Materials Available on the Web
05/05/2011 Last Call for Presentations for NYAPRS Annual September Conference
05/05/2011 May 16 Webinar: Making Health Homes Person-Centered
05/05/2011 New Fee Legal Family Court Appeals Service Available
05/05/2011 Peerlink: May 18 Webinar on How Your Pharmacist Can Support Your Recovery
05/04/2011 89 Arrested In Medicaid Plan Protest
05/04/2011 ALERT: Call Your Representative Today to Reject Medicaid Block Grants!
05/04/2011 Celebrate Children's Mental Health May 9 at NYS Museum
05/04/2011 Ryan Medicaid Block Grant Would Harm People w/ Disabilities
05/04/2011 Today 4pm TC: Spiritual/Religious Perspectives on Mental Distress, Wellness & Healing
05/03/2011 May 10 Fail First Hurts Advocacy Day
05/03/2011 NYAPRS: Update on Budget Cuts, BHO Transition, Medicaid Redesign Team Next Steps
05/03/2011 NYT: Doctor Focuses on the Minds of the Elderly
05/03/2011 Tennis Legend Cliff Richey, Tonko and McDonald at MHANYS May 5 Fundraiser
05/03/2011 Vega: Self-Determination and Responsibility in Transformation
05/01/2011 OMH Issues RFP for Integrated Care for Elderly
05/01/2011 Bazelon: How the Federal Budgets Will Affect People w/ Psych Disabilities
05/01/2011 LeBel: Coercion Is Not Mental Health Care
05/01/2011 NCMHR Releases Guidelines for Promoting Recovery Through Choice and Alternatives
05/01/2011 Accountable Community Wellness Org Proposal Seeks to Move Focus From the Clinic to the Community

April

04/30/2011 An Update on Personalized Recovery Oriented Services (PROS)
04/30/2011 May 11 NYC DOHMH Mental Health Planning Forum
04/30/2011 MIW: Self-Directed Mental Wellness Care
04/29/2011 ACCES-VR Announces Public Meeting on Updating Economic Need Policy
04/29/2011 CMS Seeks Expert Input on New Medication Measures
04/29/2011 GMHA Conference: Only Two Weeks Left to Register!
04/29/2011 GNS: NY Outspends Every Other State In Government Benefits
04/29/2011 LG: SAGE Commission Already Getting Input
04/29/2011 Review: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
04/29/2011 RTP: Recovery in Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder: Is There a Common Vision?
04/29/2011 Self-Directed Care Pilot Puts Consumers in the Driver's Seat
04/26/2011 April 27 MISCC Meeting Agenda, Webcast Info
04/26/2011 April 28 Webinar: Fundamentals of Accountable Care Organizations and Health Homes
04/26/2011 NYAPRS to Launch Health Home Learning Collaborative on June 1
04/26/2011 WSJ: NYC Pilot Program Helps People w/ MH Problems Quit Smoking
04/20/2011 Bass: Let's Fix Perverse Financial Incentives In Medicaid Before Hacking its Budget
04/20/2011 NYC DOHMH Seeks Stakeholder Input for May 11 Planning Forum
04/20/2011 NYS Among 15 States to Get CMS 'Integrated Care for Dual Eligibles' Grants
04/20/2011 SAMHSA May 9 TC to Feature 3 Innovative Social Inclusion Initiatives
04/20/2011 TU: Albany Co Jail Launches New Units for Those wMH / SU Conditions
04/18/2011 AAPD Alert: Advocate for Medicaid Over Next 2 Weeks!
04/18/2011 Harkin: Americans with Disabilities Leaving Labor Force at Alarming Rate
04/18/2011 NCSL: GOP,Dem State Legislatures Opposed to Medicaid Block Grants
04/18/2011 People with Disabilities Identify Obstacles to Financial Security
04/15/2011 April 25 Webinar: Implementing SIBRT in Clinical Settings
04/15/2011 HHS Announces Plan to Reduce Health Disparities
04/15/2011 HHS Releases Medicaid/Medicare Coordination Grants,New Rules to Help People w/ Disabilities to Live in the Community
04/14/2011 Alert: Urge Congress today to Vote No on Ryan Budget Proposal!
04/14/2011 April 21 Peers Providing Employment Related Services Webinar
04/14/2011 PS: Rewiring Your Brain through Mindfulness
04/14/2011 VT: A Level Playing Field for Health Care Reform
04/13/2011 Burke, Bearden Confirmed as New Heads of OPWDD, CQCAPD
04/13/2011 LAT: House GOP Faces Risky Vote On Medicare, Medicaid
04/13/2011 NPR: People w/ Psych Disabilities Languish in ERs
04/13/2011 Jobs: NYAPRS Seeks Long Island Peer Bridger
04/12/2011 April 20 NYS OMH Webinar: Relationships and Recovery
04/12/2011 CHN: Call Washington This Week to Oppose House Budget Proposal!
04/12/2011 MTHR: One Teen Death By Suicide Is Too Many
04/12/2011 SAMHSA Seeks Comments on New Unified MH / SA Block Grants
04/11/2011 Gold: It's Critical for People w/ Disabilities to Protect Medicaid
04/11/2011 Free Tax Preparation Assistance for People w/ Disabilities to Claim Tax Credits
04/11/2011 Last Call to Register for April 27-28 NYAPRS Executive Seminar!
04/11/2011 WSJ: Cuomo, Christie Differ on Medicaid Block Grant Proposal
04/07/2011 Bazelon: Urgent Action Alert on Proposed Harmful "Reforms"
04/07/2011 Bearden, Sundram Conducting CQCAPD Review to Boost Efforts
04/07/2011 BN: Cuomo Repeats Threat to Dismiss 10,000 N.Y. State Workers
04/07/2011 NYT: Ticket to Work Underutilized Program to Help PWD to Work
04/06/2011 Alert: Urge Congress to Reject GOP Proposals to Devastate Medicaid, Medicare
04/06/2011 NC: April 7 Webinar on Meaningful Use Incentives: Small Steps for Great Reward
04/06/2011 SAMHSA Outlines New Strategic Initiatives Paper For Advancing The Nation's Behavioral Health
04/05/2011 Don't Miss May 14 NYC Mental Health Film Festival
04/05/2011 Frequently Asked Questions about the Ticket to Work
04/05/2011 GNS: Layoffs, Freezes Reverse Years Of Growth In NYS Workforce; Uncertain Cuts at HRPC
04/05/2011 Study: Antipsychotics Increase Mortality Risk in Older Adults With Bipolar Disorder
04/04/2011 GNS: Key Issues Remain For Cuomo, Legislature
04/04/2011 MHW: N.Y. Parity Law Study Prompts Calls For Federal Law Education
04/04/2011 NYT: Federal Budget Battle to Be Followed by a Bigger Fight
04/04/2011 VOH June 28-29 Regional Conference Features Hall, Penney, Whittle
04/01/2011 BH: Are Peer-Led Wellness Communities In Our Future?
04/01/2011 CHP,KHH: New ACO Rules Draw Praise, Worry; NYS' Medicaid ACO Pilots
04/01/2011 NC: Federal Budget Compromise Looms,House Might Recommend Medicaid Block Grant
04/01/2011 NYT: Bracing for Post-Budget Pain, State Union Contracts Expire
04/01/2011 April 12 Peerlink Webinar on Peer Employment Support Services

March

03/30/2011 April 12 Webinar Seeks Input, Members to Revitalize OMH Multicultural Advisory Committee
03/30/2011 DN: Mother Jailed for Refusing to Medicate Her Daughter
03/30/2011 Knickman: It's Time for More Meaningful Use of Health Information
03/30/2011 NYT: Cuomo to Tighten Requirements in OPWDD Homes
03/29/2011 RTP: Common Practitioner Concerns and Myths About Peer Support Part 3
03/29/2011 After Tucson, Arizona Editorial Focuses on Compassion, Wellness and Recovery
03/29/2011 GNS, Others: Highlights of the NYS Budget Deal
03/29/2011 March 30th at 1PM - Webinar on Peer Wellness Respite Centers
03/29/2011 May 2-4 NYS Case Management Coalition Annual Conference Program Now Available
03/29/2011 NC: Partnering with Health Homes and Accountable Care Organizations
03/29/2011 New Website Promotes Policies, Awareness of ACE Study
03/29/2011 NYS Budget Update, Praise and Criticism Flies
03/28/2011 Alert: Medicaid At Risk! Call Congress This Week
03/27/2011 CT: Definitive Framework Of $132.5 Billion Budget Deal
03/27/2011 TU: Cuomo Announces Budget Deal is Reached
03/25/2011 Alert: Medicaid At Risk! Call Congress Today, Next Week
03/25/2011 DN: Cuomo on Brink of Early Budget Victory
03/25/2011 NYAPRS NYS Budget Update: 3 Way Deal Very Close
03/25/2011 NYAPRS Seeks Director of Finance
03/25/2011 Registrations Pouring in for NYAPRS April Exec Seminar: Don't Miss Hotel Discounted Rate
03/25/2011 Study: Most Teens With Eating Disorders Don't Get Appropriate Help
03/25/2011 WSJ: SSDI Funds Could Dry Up in 4 Years
03/24/2011 Bazelon: Medicaid, Lifeline for Children and Adults w/ Serious MH Conditions
03/23/2011 Bazelon: Celebrate the Health Reform Law on its First Anniversary
03/23/2011 Bazelon: Support CLASS, Elder Care Access, BH IT Federal Legislation
03/23/2011 Carpenter-Palumbo Becomes New CEO of National Addiction Tx Providers Ass'n
03/23/2011 Give Your Input re NYS Health / Human Service Agencies Consolidations, Improvements
03/23/2011 March 31 Webinar on Health Information Exchange Leadership
03/23/2011 NC: March 23 Webchat on Partnering with Health Homes and ACOs
03/23/2011 SAMHSA: Nominations Are Now Being Accepted for the 2011 Voice Awards
03/23/2011 Today at 3pm: Young Adults Employment Webinar
03/22/2011 April 11 Webinar on Person Centered Care Planning
03/22/2011 MHW: Optum Study Shows Peer Bridgers Reduce Hospitalizations, Curb Costs
03/22/2011 'Millionaires' Tax' a Top Issue as Albany Inches Towards Budget Deal
03/22/2011 MM: Urge Legislative Leaders to Back 'High Earners' Tax
03/22/2011 NYS Legislature Closer to Agreement on BHO, MH Budget Items
03/22/2011 NYS Legislature Closer to Agreement on BHO, MH Budget Items
03/22/2011 RTP: Common Practitioner Concerns and Myths About Peer Support
03/22/2011 SAMHSA: Nominations Are Now Being Accepted for the 2011 Voice Awards
03/18/2011 New Mental Health Court in NYC
03/18/2011 Medicaid Matters: NY Can Save $ Without Doing Harm to Medicaid Beneficiaries
03/18/2011 MNT: BHO Launches Mobile Medical Clinic for People with Psych Disabilities
03/18/2011 NC Update on Federal Budget,Behavioral Health IT Bill
03/18/2011 New Citizen-Centered Leadership Development Introductory Web Series
03/17/2011 Advocacy Continues on BHO, Pharmacy, Adult Home Resident Housing Proposals
03/17/2011 March 23 Webinar on Partnering with Health Homes and ACOs
03/17/2011 May 26 MHA Westchester Conference Features Hogan, Whitaker, Fisher
03/17/2011 NYAPRS Spring Regional forums on NEW Employment Initiatives
03/16/2011 NEC: The Impact of Trauma on Wellness March 30 Webinar
03/16/2011 NYAPRS March 16 State Budget Update
03/16/2011 NYT: Albany Battle Lines Are Drawn Over the Budget
03/15/2011 MHW: New York Advocates Continue Push For Medicaid BH Carve Out Model
03/15/2011 NYC Peer Specialist Conference Seeks Video Submissions
03/15/2011 NYS Update: Houses to Pass Their Budget Resolutions, Stay Tuned for Call In Details
03/15/2011 Respond to CFCF's SSI Self-Sufficiency Contest
03/15/2011 Tomorrow's Call In Suspended Due to Albany's Mixed Signals
03/15/2011 VOH June 28-29 Conference Features Keynoter Will Hall, July 11-15 Intentional Peer Support Training with Shery Mead
03/14/2011 Corrections: Assembly Alters BHO Provisions, Backs Gov's Pharmacy Changes
03/14/2011 Revised Update: Both Houses Back BHO Language, Restore PA Exemption for MH Meds
03/11/2011 IBHI March Webinar Series to Focus on ER Redesign, Peers in the ER
03/11/2011 March 16 Webinar: Getting Involved in OMH Planning Process
03/11/2011 More Details on NY's Regional Managed Behavioral Healthcare Proposal
03/11/2011 NYS Alert: Please Call Albany Tuesday for Regional BHO Proposal!
03/11/2011 Sederer: When To Consider Acupressure
03/10/2011 New Report: 1 Million New Yorkers w/ Disabilities
03/10/2011 Pillars of Peer Support 2 Report Released
03/10/2011 WJ: SAMHSA Responds with a new 'Recovery Support' Initiaitve
03/09/2011 Alert: Urge Your Senators to Reject Harsh Federal Budget Cuts Today!
03/09/2011 Statewide Forums on New Employment Initiatives to Start March 23 in Westport
03/09/2011 TU: Growing Albany Focus on 'Millionaire's Tax'
03/09/2011 USPRA: Urge Congress to Reject SAMHSA Cuts
03/08/2011 ACMHA Honors Four Leaders at Annual Summit
03/08/2011 Gov Cuomo Taps Burke to Head OPWDD, Bearden at CQCAPD, Sundram as Special Advisor
03/08/2011 ICCD Clubhouse Model Recognized by SAMHSA as an Evidence Based Practice
03/08/2011 MHW: MHA in Orange Co Helpline Reaches Youths Thru Text Option
03/08/2011 NYS Moving Towards Establishment of Health Homes
03/08/2011 Study: Antipsychotic Drugs May Contribute To Brain Tissue Loss
03/07/2011 Advocates Assail NYS Proposals to Restrict Med Access
03/07/2011 OM: Nearly 1/2 States Are Expanding HCBS Services
03/05/2011 NYAPRS Health / Medicaid Budget Hearing Testimony
03/04/2011 BN: Cuomo Budget Would Limit Drug Choices For Poor
03/04/2011 Register for March 30 SAMHSA Trauma & Wellness Webinar
03/04/2011 TU: Cuomo Replaces OPWDD, CQCAPD Heads
03/04/2011 WNYC: For Medicaid Savings,Going Where the Money Is: The Costliest Cases
03/03/2011 Davidson: Considering Recovery as a Process
03/03/2011 March 10 Webinar: Responding to a Tragic Incident Involving a Person with a Psych. Disability
03/03/2011 MH Budget Hearing: 2% Medicaid Cut Not Added to OMH Cuts, NYAPRS Testimony
03/03/2011 USPRA: Breaking News on Continuing Resolution
03/02/2011 Senate Confirms Arlene Gonzalez-Sanchez as new OASAS Commissioner
03/02/2011 IWRI Releases Free Manual on Illustrative Discovery Journaling
03/02/2011 Newsday: NYS Medicaid Reforms Includes Cuts, Managed Care Expansion
03/01/2011 FDA: New Cautions for Antipsychotic Drug Use by Pregnant Women
03/01/2011 LG: Gov Asked Not To Give HMOs Control Over Mental Health
03/01/2011 NYAPRS Summary of Medicaid Redesign Team Recommendations
03/01/2011 Today 1PM Webinar: What the Federal Parity Law Means for You

February

02/28/2011 Addressing Campus MH Needs Bazelon Webinar TODAY at 2pm
02/28/2011 Bazelon Update on President's Budget and Appropriations
02/28/2011 Managed Care, Health Homes a Key Focus of NYAPRS April Exec Seminar: Register Today!
02/28/2011 MRT Update: Separate BH Integration Proposals for NYS, NYC
02/28/2011 NYT: OMH Bills,Sues Those Who Pursue State Hospital Injury Compensation Suits
02/24/2011 March 1 Web Forum on HHS/HUD Efforts to Expand Housing for People w/ Disabilities, Seniors
02/23/2011 CPI Offers 35 Online Modules on Integrated Treatment
02/23/2011 HHS: ACA Supports States in Strengthening Community Living
02/23/2011 NEC,NCMHR to Hold 2 Day Mini Conference Before USPRA 2011 in Boston
02/23/2011 WCW Seeks Provider Stories Promoting Economic Self-sufficiency
02/22/2011 ACLU Urges UN to Take Action on US Solitary Confinement Use
02/22/2011 NAMI: Massive Cuts Loom for Federal MH, Housing Programs
02/22/2011 TU: Better, Less Costly Behavioral Health Care
02/18/2011 HHS Announces $750 Million Investment In Prevention
02/18/2011 Managed Care, Health Homes a Key Focus of NYAPRS April Exec Seminar: Register Today!
02/18/2011 USPRA: Call Congress Today to Oppose SAMHSA Cuts
02/17/2011 Feb 25 Home & Community Based Care Webinar
02/17/2011 GNS: 41 Groups Back Managed Behavioral Health Medicaid Redesign Proposal, MRT to Decide in 2 Weeks
02/17/2011 Jobs: ICL Seeks 8 FT Peer Bridgers/Wellness Coaches to aid Adult Home Residents
02/17/2011 TU: Proposals to Manage Behavioral Healthcare Via NYS Medicaid Redesign Process
02/17/2011 Vast Majority of Americans Unaware of Improvements in Mental Health Coverage
02/17/2011 WAMC: Medicaid Redesign Advocates Rally in Albany
02/16/2011 800 Came to Albany Feb 15th to Push for NYAPRS Advocacy Agenda
02/16/2011 Job: CDPAANYS Seeks Albany-Based Executive Director
02/16/2011 NYS Behavioral Healthcare Advocates Call for Managed BH Care Coordination Designs
02/16/2011 Proposal to Turn Behavioral Health Care to HMOs Will Cost More, Not Save More
02/14/2011 Feb 22 Webinar: Motivational Interviewing for Better Health Outcomes
02/14/2011 NYAPRS Collective Provides Free Personalized Training to Aid PROS, Clinic Transformations
02/14/2011 PS: Peer Crisis Diversion Touted as Model for NYS Medicaid Redesign
02/14/2011 RTP: What Does It Mean to Say That Recovery Is 'Nonlinear'?
02/11/2011 Don't Miss April NYAPRS Seminar:IntegrationStrategies for Behavioral Health
02/11/2011 NYAPRS Feb 15 Legislative Day Schedule and Positions
02/10/2011 First Look at Medicaid Redesign Proposals
02/10/2011 Last Chance to Submit Input to NYS Medicaid Redesign Team
02/10/2011 NCMHR Feb 16 Call: Visionary Consumer / Survivor / Ex-Patient Leadership
02/10/2011 USPRA Recovery Update
02/09/2011 Feb 23 TC on Housing, Homelessness & Social Inclusion
02/09/2011 TNT: WA Regional Managed BH Initiative Produces Good Outcomes, Savings
02/09/2011 Training Video on Improving Cultural Competence Available from NKI Center
02/08/2011 Jobs: NYAPRS Seeks Downstate Peer Program Managers
02/08/2011 NYAPRS: More on OMH Budget Cuts
02/08/2011 Wanted: Stories of Recovery and Economic Self-Sufficiency
02/07/2011 ACMHA: Peer Services Explosion: The Time is Now!
02/07/2011 MHW: NY Advocates Push for Managed BH Medicaid Carve Out
02/07/2011 RTP: Peer Support for LGBT Individuals
02/07/2011 Vets' Mental Health Needs Not Being Met, Says Marine
02/04/2011 Feb 18 'It Pay$ to Work' Event in Glens Falls
02/04/2011 Feb 7 Webinar on Trauma Informed Care, Findings of ACE Study
02/04/2011 New Center on Adherence and Self-Determination Launched
02/04/2011 New Manual on 'Housing First: The Pathways Model' Available
02/04/2011 Register Online for April NYAPRS Seminar: Integration Strategies for Behavioral Health
02/03/2011 AMCHA Feb 9 at 3PM Webinar on Health Home Medicaid State Plan Option
02/03/2011 Feb 9 at 10AM Webinar: Leading and Managing in Difficult Times
02/02/2011 Bergeson: Cost Effectiveness of Using Peers as Providers
02/02/2011 March 1 Webinar: Overcoming Barriers to Engaging Older Adults in MH Treatment
02/02/2011 MH Advocates Oppose Turning MH System to HMOs,Back Regional Managed Behavioral Health Carve Out
02/02/2011 WP: FDA Seeks More Testing of ECT Devices
02/01/2011 Cuomo Cuts: $27m Local MH Programs, 10% State Operations and $3B Medicaid Cuts
02/01/2011 Register Online for April NYAPRS Seminar: Integration Strategies for Behavioral Health
02/01/2011 Revised: NYAPRS 1st Look at NYS Executive Budget Proposal

January

01/28/2011 Cuomo Panel to Consider Major Cuts to NY's Healthcare Safety Net
01/28/2011 SAMHSA/GAINS Ctr Seeks Communities to Participate inTrauma-Informed Trainings
01/28/2011 Save the Date! April 27-28 NYAPRS Exec Seminar: Integration Strategies for Behavioral Health
01/28/2011 Urge the Cuomo Administration to Back Regional Behavioral Health Carve Out!
01/27/2011 Feb 16 OMH Call on Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Reform
01/27/2011 Report: Vets Hesitant to Seek Mental Health Care
01/27/2011 January 31 NYAPRS CCC Call Focuses on OMH Cultural Competence Strategic Plan
01/26/2011 CHP: Behavioral Health at Crossroad, Disability Advocates May Sue on Personal Care
01/26/2011 NYAPRS Suggested Talking Points for Local Medicaid Redesign Forums
01/26/2011 Profiles of NYS Medicaid Director,Health Commissioner
01/26/2011 The Case for Regional Behavioral Health Carve Outs in New York
01/25/2011 ACMHA Health Reform Series Continues February 9th, Register Now
01/25/2011 DN: NY Medicaid Director Favors Managed MH, Home Care
01/25/2011 Experts: Asians' Mental Illness A Growing Problem
01/25/2011 Feb 8 Webinar: Making the Business Case for Hiring People w/ Psych Disabilities
01/25/2011 Hogan: Tough Realities Ahead
01/24/2011 APA Opposes Attempt To Repeal Health Care Laws
01/24/2011 Cuomo's Medicaid Cuts May Close Some Local Hospitals
01/24/2011 Media Assails Fear Post Tucson Mongering, Call for Compassion, Improved Care
01/24/2011 NYT: F.D.A. Is Studying the Risk of Electroshock Devices
01/24/2011 NYT: Prison Sentence for Person w/ Psych Disability Shouldn't Be Death Sentence
01/24/2011 Survey: Nearly 1/2 US SA Treatment Facilities Offer Peer Support Services
01/21/2011 Bazelon Warns Agains Health Care Reform Appeal
01/21/2011 Doctors Urge Cuomo to Add Full Smoking Cessation Benefits to Medicaid
01/21/2011 Feb 23 SAMHSA Webinar on Housing, Homelessness,Inclusion
01/21/2011 MNT: Supreme Court to Consider if States Can Reduce Medicaid Payments
01/20/2011 7% Medicaid Rate Cuts,Home/Personal Care and MH Services Overhaul Projected Ahead
01/20/2011 NYAPRS Recommendations for NYS Medicaid Redesign
01/20/2011 NYT: Getting Someone to Psychiatric Treatment Can Be Difficult and Inconclusive
01/20/2011 NYT: States Reconsider MH Cuts Post Tucson Tragedy
01/20/2011 WSJ: Cuomo Weighs More Than 10,000 Layoffs
01/19/2011 HP: Friedman,Peele Post Tuscon Tragedy Thoughtful Reflections
01/19/2011 Jan 25 Teleconference to Mark Judi Chamberlin's Passing, Legacy
01/19/2011 MHW: Arizona Tragedy Renews Calls For MH Service Access, Funding, Outreach
01/18/2011 Jan 27 Westchester Public MH Forum Features Commissioner Mitchell, Don Olsen
01/18/2011 Medicaid Redesign Team Announces Seven Regional Public Hearings
01/18/2011 MISCC to Hold Next Meeting January 26
01/18/2011 Oaks: Media Ignore a Key Perspective About Arizona Tragedy
01/14/2011 2011 NYC MH Peer Specialist Conference Seeking Proposals
01/14/2011 Hogan Reappointed OMH Commissioner
01/14/2011 Jan. 19 Webinar: Behavioral Health and the Healthcare Home
01/14/2011 More Links to Jan. 19 BH and the Healthcare Home Webinar
01/14/2011 NYPR: Medicaid Redesign Panel Holds First Meeting
01/14/2011 Rosenthal: Let's Focus on Campus Mental Health,Stigma Not Forced Treatment
01/14/2011 SIGN BY NOON TODAY Letter Defending NY Personal Care Services
01/13/2011 Fisher: Tucson Tragedy Should Be a Wake Up Call to Improve MH Care
01/13/2011 HP: Health Care Reform Contains Timely Expansion of Access to MH Services
01/13/2011 Jan 19 1PM Free OMH Webinar: Developing Path to Employment
01/13/2011 PeopleWho, Bazelon: Helping Troubled Youth
01/13/2011 RIPPD: NYPD Ready for Crisis Intervention Teams
01/13/2011 TU Editorial: Cuomo Should Open Up Medicaid Redesign Process
01/13/2011 Urge the FDA to Provide ECT Equipment with Proper Safety Investigation (Revised)
01/13/2011 WSJ: Wisconsin Medicaid Redesign Produced Limited Savings
01/11/2011 ACMHA Summit 2011: Harnessing Disruptive Innovations To Thrive in Era of Health Reform
01/11/2011 Cuomo Announces Medicaid Redesign Web Site to Track Progress, Invite Participation
01/11/2011 National Coalition of Individuals with MH Conditions Calls for Reasonable Response to Arizona Tragedy
01/11/2011 People Involved in the MH System Speak for Ourselves in 3 Albany Events Today
01/11/2011 Senator Roy McDonald to Head Senate MH Committee
01/11/2011 Slate: 3 Times More Likely to be Killed by Lightning than by Someone Diagnosed w/ Schizophrenia
01/11/2011 TU: Groups Worried about Open Process for NYS Medicaid Redesign
01/11/2011 WSJ: No Link Between Violence and Mental Illnesses
01/10/2011 Bazelon Center Statement on Arizona Shooting
01/10/2011 OMH Releases Statewide Cultural Competence Plan
01/10/2011 Study: Newer Antipsychotics Overused
01/10/2011 WSJ: Cuomo Criticized Over Medicaid Team
01/07/2011 Cuomo Adds Consumer Rep to Medicaid Redesign Team,Keeps Megna Budget Chief
01/07/2011 HUD Awards nearly 1,000 Vouchers to assist Non-Elderly People with Disabilities toTransition from Institutions to the Community
01/07/2011 SAMHSA to Establish Regional Positions in the 10 HHS Offices
01/07/2011 TC: Jan 31 Conf Proposals Deadline, New Guidebook on Promoting Dignity of Risk & Personal Choice
01/06/2011 Cuomo: Institutions Should Not Be Employment Programs
01/06/2011 Cuomo Launches Medicaid Redesign Team,Advocates Call for More Consumer Representation
01/06/2011 Cuomo Taps Team to Cut State Bodies by 20%
01/06/2011 Jan 12 Webinar on Improving BH Care in ER and Acute Settings
01/05/2011 CHP: Cuomo Expected to Put Medicaid MH Services Into Managed Care
01/05/2011 HC: Growing Concerns About Asians' Mental Health Needs
01/05/2011 In Our Own Words: Jan 11 Albany Legislative Education Awareness Day!
01/05/2011 NC: Jan 12 Webinar on Pathways Housing First Model to End Homelessness
01/05/2011 WA Advocates Blast SEIU Scare Tactics to Push for Service $
01/05/2011 Watch Governor Cuomo's State of the State Address Today at 1:00 pm
01/04/2011 NYT: Hospitals Send Bill if Mental Patients Win Suits
01/04/2011 PJ: Prison Suicides Rise; Officials Deny Trend
01/04/2011 WSJ: Cuomo Considering $2.1b Medicaid Cut, MH Managed Care

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