Behavioral Health Division Case Study

Responsible for all aspects of the credentialing, re -credentialing and contracting for all medical providers and dental providers who give patient care at the HHD Clinics. Responsible for ensuring medical providers, dental providers, clinics, and programs have been enrolled with health plans and linked to all clinics. Keep data for each provider, clinic, and program to ensure prompt renewal of licenses and certifications. Start the contract process for HHD and potential payers by acting as liaison for HHD and medical payers to ensure contracts are generated for the City of Houston Legal team to review. Also, ensure all services that are given by HHD claims are filed in a prompt matter, follow up and identify any trends for payment to be

My community clinical was at the Denver House Mental Health Association located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This is a day center for targeted for the people with mental illnesses and homeless, which opened in 2012 (mhaok.org). Many of the homeless population in Tulsa, Ok suffer from a mental illness. Due to the lack of resources in our community, those who suffer from a mental illness end up on the streets. The day center provides a safe warm place for the homeless and those with mental illnesses. They provide a stigma free welcoming environment were those feel welcome to come and interact with peers. The organization also has specific workers that help with finding shelter, apartments, and jobs. They also have a community closet for clothing that is open every Tuesday and Thursday. You must be 18 years old, be drug free while on premises, and follow basic rules to come to the Denver House.

After having done a detailed study of the projected financial statements for the upcoming year, we have been able to identify a few glaring financial pitfalls the center has to beware of. The center has a lot of government aid provided to it but it also faces a host of

Throughout the years public health efforts have evolved in order to meet health care need of populations. Despite advances the United States continues to have high morbidity rates of individuals with chronic illness. Adding to the rates, many Americans are suffering from mental health disorders. The issue caused many research studies to focus on integrating behavioral health and primary care in order to reduce health disparities in the nation. This paper will analyze how the integration of behavioral health in primary care facilities help serve the need of our population.

This hospital is operated under the direction of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. They offer their services to people within a twenty-two county, 14,622 square mile area including Bowie, Dallas, and Kaufman Counties. According to the Chamber of Commerce (2009), their services are offered to children 6 to 12 years of age, adolescence ages 12 to 18 and adults. Programs include acute care, an intensive behavioral program, medical services, forensic care for inmates of state correctional institutions intermediate care, a cottage program for adult life skills and a research center.

Law enforcement interactions with the mentally ill community are increasing, due to a number of factors such as cuts on long-term psychiatric beds, improvements in treatments and the philosophy of integration (Adelman, 2003). Which leads to mentally ill people living in the community, which leads to increase crisis and police interaction because of insufficient funding. Existing community-based crisis response services are not well unified and are limited, especially in rural areas. General hospital-based emergency services can also be difficult to access because of bed reductions, and only offer treatment to those only that are seriously ill (e.g. be actively delusional or suicidal). As Eric Macnaughton states in his study BC Early

The Massachusetts’ mental health system is a broad system consisting of public and private institutions, health insurance, laws and public policies. The Department of Mental Health (DMH) is a core part of the Massachusetts’ mental health system. This state run organization was put in place to ensure mental health services to the mentally ill and to fund research aimed at finding the causes of mental health. ( dept mental health info)Due to the deinstitutionalization process beginning in 1955, when many state run hospitals were closed because of the development in antipsychotic medication (p53), the DMH increased its support in community services, such as community mental health centers.( dmh)

The state of Illinois has been far from transparent in terms of detailing its budget distribution. The Department of Human Services (DHS)did not receive a clear summary from Governor Bruce Rauner detailing the specifics about where he would spend money (Spielman, 2015). Community Behavioral Healthcare Association of Illinois condemned Governor Rauner 's lack of transparency. CBHAI is a statewide association of mental health, substance abuse and youth service providers. Marvin Lindsey, CEO of CBHAI said “The epic political standoff between Republican Governor. Bruce Rauner and Democratic lawmakers has left the state without a full budget since last July. As a result, the state 's mental health service infrastructure "is being destroyed." (Fortino, 2016a)

While some states opted for smaller community mental health facilities, nevertheless it contributed to an adverse mental health crisis. The transition from large state hospitals posed many challenges for the client, counselor and other professionals in the mental health field. Community mental health agencies must respond to these specific needs, thus requiring a shift in how services are delivered and how mental health counselors need to be trained (Kliewer, McNally & Trippany 2009). Historically, state-run psychiatric hospitals were the primary component in the treatment of the mentally ill, however, that has changed in recent years where the criminal justice system has become a dumping ground for these individuals. In other words, judicial professionals, such as police and judges, began using criminal sanctions to manage persons with SMI in the community because other mental health options were

Illinois has had a vast number of mental health funding cut in recent years. In fact, the state ranks third in the nation when compared to other states that have also cut mental health programs. This has resulting in six mental health care facilities shutting their doors within the city of Chicago alone.

The agency I chose to conduct my interview at was Southwest Network; they are a behavioral health agency. Southwest Network is a nonprofit charitable organization that provided services from infants to adults. They take an integrated approach to caring for the client’s mind and body for overall total health and wellness. I chose Southwest Network because I wanted to gain more knowledge on all the services they have to offer. I currently have serval clients that are serviced by Southwest Network, but wanted to gain a deeper insight on what other services they have to offer. As my clients are all different they may not receive every service that is available by the agency. Additionally, I wanted to gain more knowledge of the behavior health

In 1965, there was a histrionic change in the method that mental health care was delivered in the United States. The focus went from State Mental Hospitals to outpatient settings for the treatment of mental health issues. With the passing of Medicaid, States were encouraged to move patients out of the hospital setting (Pan, 2013). This process failed miserably due to under funding and understaffing for the amout of patients that were released from the State Mental Hospitals. This resulted in patients, as well as their families, who were in dire need of mental health services. This population turned to either incarceration (jails and/or prisons) or emergency departments as a primary source of care for their loved ones.

Ventura County Behavioral Health is a government based service facility, it gets it’s funding from the state, at a local level and federally. VCBH funding also is provided by Medi-Cal state insurance. In most cases the agency provides mental health services or drug treatment to individuals that are covered by Medi-Cal, those client’s services are billed directly to Medi-Cal (Ventura County Behavioral Health, n.d).

Before even the town was founded, America needed a place for the spread of cholera that held an enormous impact of the death rate all over the world. Many deaths stroke the hospital, but no one left a big building to just stand. The staff sanitized the rooms and placed new curtains and sheets, and it has become a regular hospital.

Rosemont Center is located in Columbus, Ohio. It provides for the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well being of troubled youth and their families. Rosemont is committed to helping children in need; it is dedicated to healing and renewing youths with a history of trouble and abuse. Rosemont provides the unconditional acceptance, treatment, counseling, education and hope that the youths urgently need to be more productive members of the community. Rosemont had two locations, Rosemont-Bay Saint Louis and Rosemont-Jackson (Swayne, Duncan & Ginter, 2008).