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Behavioral Health Updates

Behavioral Health Updates: A Monthly Report for Members of the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association and the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems

Conference Calls

Conference Calls for the AHA Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services

CPT Code Changes 2013

Health Reform Implementation: Implications for Behavioral Health Providers

• The Center for Financing Reform and Innovations (CFRI) Information Resource Center: If you have mental health and substance use focused questions regarding the implementation of Affordable Care Act and health financing reform, please email the SAMHSA Center for Financing Reform and Innovations (CFRI) Information Resource Center at CFRI.info.samhsa@samhsa.hhs.gov.
• , ASPE
• , SAMHSA
• , U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• , NCSL
• , CMS
• Inpatient Psychiatric Facility quality reporting program
• , The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

More information on the Affordable Care Act is available at

Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008

Resources

Reducing Readmissions

• , which showed that hospital readmission rates are lower among psychiatric patients who have their mental health histories included in their electronic health records
• AHA Conference Calls

Regulations

• The Joint Commission Resources
• EMTALA

Reimbursement

• Medicare
• , Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, November 2012
• Grants

Telemedicine

, Becker's Hospital Review, December 2012

The Value (ROI) of Behavioral Health Services

• Treatment Works
• Economic Benefits