With numerous threats to Medicaid and behavioral health services now circulating Capitol Hill, the National Council of Behavioral Healthcare (of which MACMHB is a member) wants to prepare and mobilize its advocates with biweekly policy webinars.
“In considering changes to Medicaid financing, it is critical that Congress continue to maintain a meaningful federal role in this partnership and does not shift costs to states,” - Governors Terry McAuliffe (D-VA) and Brian Sandoval (R-NV), who head the National Governors Association. These words are contained in a recent letter, from the National Governor’s Association (NGA), with unanimous consent from every governor in the country to Congressional leadership, offering the views of the nation’s governors on revisions to the nation’s Medicaid program. The NGA letter can be found below and at:
The Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion invites you to join us on campus this summer in Philadelphia to discuss state-of-the-science research related to individuals with mental illnesses and community inclusion. Based on the popularity of our previous conferences, spaces fill up quickly! Reserve your space early: look for our 2017 Summer Institute registration announcement in February!
The 13th Annual Walk a Mile Rally will be held on May 10, 2017. The MACMHB Public Relations Committee asks you to join them in celebrating the 2017 rally at the State Capitol in Lansing, as they educate the public about behavioral health and intellectual and developmental disabilities issues.
Center for Healthcare Research and Innovation’s report on healthcare innovation initiatives led by public system: In April 2016, the Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards’ Center for Healthcare Research and Innovation conducted a study of the healthcare integration initiatives led by Michigan’s Community Mental Health Services Programs, the state’s public Prepaid Inpatient Health Plans, and providers within the CMH system
Below is a reprint of the announcement, made in May 25, 2016, about the publication of the Section 1009 report. The report, was featured during a plenary session at the fall MACMHB conference.
With numerous threats to Medicaid and behavioral health services now circulating Capitol Hill, the National Council of Behavioral Healthcare (of which MACMHB is a member) wants to prepare and mobilize its advocates with biweekly policy webinars.
“In considering changes to Medicaid financing, it is critical that Congress continue to maintain a meaningful federal role in this partnership and does not shift costs to states,” - Governors Terry McAuliffe (D-VA) and Brian Sandoval (R-NV), who head the National Governors Association. These words are contained in a recent letter, from the National Governor’s Association (NGA), with unanimous consent from every governor in the country to Congressional leadership, offering the views of the nation’s governors on revisions to the nation’s Medicaid program. The NGA letter can be found below and at:
The Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion invites you to join us on campus this summer in Philadelphia to discuss state-of-the-science research related to individuals with mental illnesses and community inclusion. Based on the popularity of our previous conferences, spaces fill up quickly! Reserve your space early: look for our 2017 Summer Institute registration announcement in February!
The 13th Annual Walk a Mile Rally will be held on May 10, 2017. The MACMHB Public Relations Committee asks you to join them in celebrating the 2017 rally at the State Capitol in Lansing, as they educate the public about behavioral health and intellectual and developmental disabilities issues.
Center for Healthcare Research and Innovation’s report on healthcare innovation initiatives led by public system: In April 2016, the Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards’ Center for Healthcare Research and Innovation conducted a study of the healthcare integration initiatives led by Michigan’s Community Mental Health Services Programs, the state’s public Prepaid Inpatient Health Plans, and providers within the CMH system
Below is a reprint of the announcement, made in May 25, 2016, about the publication of the Section 1009 report. The report, was featured during a plenary session at the fall MACMHB conference.
