Monday, August 31, 2015 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Dublin Integrated Education Center, Rooms 212-214
6805 Bobcat Way, Dublin, Ohio 43016
Please join us to discuss the status of mental health and addiction treatment parity in Ohio and the nation. What have been the early impacts of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) on access, utilization, and cost? What challenges remain?
Featured Topics/Speakers:
- Parity or Disparity: The State of Mental Health in America
Paul Gionfriddo, President and CEO Mental Health America - Proposed CMS rules for Medicaid managed care: how might they impact access to Medicaid behavioral health services?
Maureen Corcoran, President, Vorys Health Care Advisors, LLC.
Presentations
- Parity or Disparity: The State of Mental Health in America
Overview of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) and discussion of its impact on access, utilization and cost. Discussion of what policy challenges remain post- MHPAEA.
Paul Gionfriddo, President and CEO, Mental Health America - Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Update
Discussion of current initiatives to improve access to behavioral health services in Ohio.
Tracy Plouck, Director, Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services - Integrating substance use disorder screening and services across the care continuum: Emerging workforce issues
Overview of challenges associated with developing a skilled workforce to integrate addiction and substance use treatment with primary health care. Discussion of policies and practice strategies to address current challenges.
Mady Chalk, Director of Performance-based Policy, Treatment Research Institute - Proposed CMS rules for behavioral health services under Medicaid managed care
Overview of proposed CMS rules for Medicaid managed care organizations. Discussion of how the proposed rules may impact access to Medicaid behavioral health services.
Maureen Corcoran, President, Vorys Health Care Advisors LLC
Resources
Policy readings
- Fact Sheet: The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA)
- Parity or Disparity: The State of Mental Health in America 2015
- By the Numbers 3: Developing a Common Understanding of the Future of Behavioral Healthcare, Analysis of Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment in Ohio
- Proposed Rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (06/01/2015) Relative to Medicaid Managed Care
- OhioMHAS SFY 16-17 Budget Highlights
Speaker articles/blogs
- How I Helped Create a Flawed Mental Health System That’s Failed Millions—And My Son
- Our Health Policy Matters: An occasional column focusing on federal, state, and local health policy(Paul Gionfriddo’s blog)
- New Proposed CMS Rules Relative to Medicaid Managed Care May Increase Access to Medicaid Behavioral Health Services (from Vorys Health Advisors’ Health Care Alert)
- Behavioral Health Benefit Redesign Operational & Logistics Framework(OhioMHAS)
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