From the category archives:

Payment Reform

CMS Launches Center for Innovation

This week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced the creation of the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. The Center, established under [...]

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Dale Jarvis on Changes to Healthcare Services: Organization, Funding & Delivery

The National Council welcomes guest blogger Dale Jarvis. Dale will be taking questions this week, beginning on Monday October 4. The Patient Protection and Affordable [...]

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Health Reform’s Implications for Behavioral Health Providers: Sept. 21 Webinar with SAMHSA

The National Council held a free webinar offered by SAMHSA’s Co-Occurring Disorders Integration & Innovation. Click Here to view the recording The passage of the [...]

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NIATx Third-Party Billing Guide

This new resource from NIATx provides assistance to substance abuse organizations transitioning from being primarily grant-funded to billing third-party payers for services. Topics include: Pilot [...]

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The Business Case for Bidirectional Integrated Care

The California Integration Policy Initiative (CiMH) has released an updated resource on the business case for integrated care, highlighting the importance of having primary care [...]

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How will Payment Reform Affect Behavioral Health Providers?

This report from the National Council provides an overview of how behavioral health providers will be impacted by potential payment reforms. Click here to view [...]

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Will You Collect on the Promise of Reform?

To be successful, we must acknowledge and overcome our own tendency to resist change, and we need to accelerate our pace when we accept that [...]

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