Conference

Each year, the Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council brings together healthcare leaders from across the state and throughout the country to Colorado to teach and learn with one another.  Colorado's community mental health system is committed to improving access to care and client satisfaction, enhancing health outcomes, and reducing the costs of healthcare - and uses this conference as an opportunity to advance these goals. 

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Mental Health is Health! Campaign

 

 

 

 

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Healthcare Reform Resources

CLICK HERE to visit the CBHC Healthcare Reform Resources page to learn about how and when healthcare reform efforts at the national and state level will impact Colorado

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Additional Resources Now Available in Healthcare Reform Section

Posted by admin on Aug 5, 2010 in Healthcare Reform | 0 comments

CBHC has recently added additional resources to the Healthcare Reform Sections of our website.  These pages are listed in the menu bar at the top of the homepage.  Or you can access these resources by clicking the links below:

Healthcare Reform Resources
Reform – Specific Issues
CBHC Integrated Care Mapping Project
Healthcare Integration Resources

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Nuts and Bolts of ACO Financial and Operational Success

Posted by admin on Aug 5, 2010 in Healthcare Reform, Research/Publications | 0 comments

"The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) calls for the creation of accountable care organizations (ACOs) as a more cost-effective way of paying for healthcare. In order to succeed, ACOs will have to establish actuarial cost and utilization targets and use medical management to achieve those targets. This process of benchmarking and managing toward targets requires a delicate balance of actuarial and clinical know-how." -Provided by Milliman, Inc. 

Click here to read the full article written by Kathryn Fitch, Catherine Murphy-Barron, and David Mirkin that offers a practical guide for running a successful Accountable Care Organization.

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Bob Whaley Named Behavioral Healthcare Champion for 2010

Posted by admin on Aug 4, 2010 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Behavioral Healthcare, the professional journal serving the executive, clinical, and operating leadership of mental health and substance abuse centers nationwide, is pleased to announce its list of 2010 Behavioral Health Champions:
• Franklin D. Lisnow, Executive Director, CeDAR (the Center for Dependency, Addiction, and Rehabilitation) at the University of Colorado, Aurora, Colo.
• William J. Sette, President and CEO, Preferred Behavioral Healthcare of New Jersey, Lakewood, N.J.
• Denise Bertin-Epp, President and Chief Nurse, Brighton Hospital, Brighton, Mich.
• Robert E. Whaley, Executive Director, Southeast Behavioral Health Group, LaJunta, Colo.
• Gary Van Nostrand, President and CEO, SERV Behavioral Health System, Inc., Ewing, N.J.

These champions, nominated by their peers and selected by the editorial team of Behavioral Healthcare magazine, rank among the most active and accomplished executives and leaders in the fields of community mental healthcare and substance abuse treatment and recovery. Each will be recognized at an awards luncheon in Washington, D.C. at the National Conference on Addiction Disorders (NCAD) on September 10, 2010.
 
 
"Behavioral Healthcare Names Five BH Champions," By: Dennis Grantham, Senior Editor, Behavioral Healthcare
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Health Reform and Medicare – Resources for Seniors

Posted by admin on Jul 29, 2010 in Healthcare Reform | 0 comments

Healthcare reform and and changes to the Medicare program will have major impacts on older adults in the United States.  Families USA and the National Council on Aging are working to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries are educated on the true impacts of the federal healthcare legislation and have developed resources to clarify what coverage could like like in years to come.  CBHC has posted these resources on its Healthcare Reform – Specific Issues page. 

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National Council Releases New Resources on Healthcare Reform Implementation

Posted by admin on Apr 23, 2010 in Legislative | 0 comments

The National COuncil for Community Behavioral Healthcare provides various resources to help you understand the impacts of healthcare reform.  The link below will take you to information that includes:

  • Summary of the Health Reform Law
  • Implementation Timeline
  • Issue Brief on the New Temporary High-Risk Pool for Individuals Without Insurance

Click here to access these new resources!

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