Woods Services Launches ‘Woods Healthcare’ Community Health Clinics For People With I/DD
On May 18, 2023, Woods System of Care announced the launch of Woods Healthcare, with three community outpatient centers located at its headquarters in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The three centers are: The Center for Behavioral Health at Woods; The Medical Center at Woods; and Penn Dental Medicine at Woods. The three centers initially opened to serve…
Countdown To Launching Your CCBHC
During this webinar, Qualifacts shares their proprietary approach to launching a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). In this presentation, Qualifacts’ resident CCBHC expert and program manager, Mary Givens, MRA, and OPEN MINDS’ Senior Associate, Deanne Cornette, MHA, GPC, walk through the five stages of the CCBHC Experience. In looking at each stage, they share…
Whole Person Care – Challenges & Opportunities For Behavioral Health Provider Organizations In Integrated Systems Of Care
Whole person care has become a larger focus in behavioral health. This focus creates challenges and opportunities for the provider organizations serving this population. There is evidence that integrated care and whole person care, especially those care models which include social determinants of health, improves patient experience, clinical outcomes, and can lead to reduction in…
Navigating Complex Care Models – 5 Stages of Complex Care and Reimbursement Model Experience
As provider organizations evaluate and adopt complex care and reimbursement models, there are five consistent stages of experience. Whether taking on Value-Based Care contracts, becoming or working with a CCBHC program provider, the path to success travels a similar progression. On August 24, 2022, Qualifacts’ CCBHC Program Manager Mary Givens shared insights and best practices…
6 Steps To Improving CCBHC Outcomes The Berks Counseling Center Case Study
On May 25, 2022, Qualifacts’ CCBHC Program Manager Mary Givens and John Heim, Technology Specialist, EHR Systems for Berks Counseling Center discussed a 6-step process for improving performance on behavioral health led CCBHC outcomes. They provided insight into the greatest challenges of high performance on the CCBHC behavioral health led measures along with the successes…
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Who Should Do What? Scope of Practice; Treatment Tech Shift Clinical Best Practices
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer There has been a long debate about the scope of health care practices. What type of licensed clinical professionals can perform particular functions? Should psychologists and/or pharmacists prescribe psychotropic medications? What supervision do nurse practitioners and physician assistants need? (Should ‘physician assistants’ be renamed ‘physician associates’?) Psychologists can…
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Woods Services Launches ‘Woods Healthcare’ Community Health Clinics For People With I/DD
On May 18, 2023, Woods System of Care announced the launch of Woods Healthcare, with three community outpatient centers located at its headquarters in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The three centers are: The Center for Behavioral Health at Woods; The Medical Center at Woods; and Penn Dental Medicine at Woods. The three centers initially opened to serve…
Countdown To Launching Your CCBHC
During this webinar, Qualifacts shares their proprietary approach to launching a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). In this presentation, Qualifacts’ resident CCBHC expert and program manager, Mary Givens, MRA, and OPEN MINDS’ Senior Associate, Deanne Cornette, MHA, GPC, walk through the five stages of the CCBHC Experience. In looking at each stage, they share…
Whole Person Care – Challenges & Opportunities For Behavioral Health Provider Organizations In Integrated Systems Of Care
Whole person care has become a larger focus in behavioral health. This focus creates challenges and opportunities for the provider organizations serving this population. There is evidence that integrated care and whole person care, especially those care models which include social determinants of health, improves patient experience, clinical outcomes, and can lead to reduction in…
Navigating Complex Care Models – 5 Stages of Complex Care and Reimbursement Model Experience
As provider organizations evaluate and adopt complex care and reimbursement models, there are five consistent stages of experience. Whether taking on Value-Based Care contracts, becoming or working with a CCBHC program provider, the path to success travels a similar progression. On August 24, 2022, Qualifacts’ CCBHC Program Manager Mary Givens shared insights and best practices…
6 Steps To Improving CCBHC Outcomes The Berks Counseling Center Case Study
On May 25, 2022, Qualifacts’ CCBHC Program Manager Mary Givens and John Heim, Technology Specialist, EHR Systems for Berks Counseling Center discussed a 6-step process for improving performance on behavioral health led CCBHC outcomes. They provided insight into the greatest challenges of high performance on the CCBHC behavioral health led measures along with the successes…
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Who Should Do What? Scope of Practice; Treatment Tech Shift Clinical Best Practices
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer There has been a long debate about the scope of health care practices. What type of licensed clinical professionals can perform particular functions? Should psychologists and/or pharmacists prescribe psychotropic medications? What supervision do nurse practitioners and physician assistants need? (Should ‘physician assistants’ be renamed ‘physician associates’?) Psychologists can…
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Woods Services Launches ‘Woods Healthcare’ Community Health Clinics For People With I/DD
On May 18, 2023, Woods System of Care announced the launch of Woods Healthcare, with three community outpatient centers located at its headquarters in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The three centers are: The Center for Behavioral Health at Woods; The Medical Center at Woods; and Penn Dental Medicine at Woods. The three centers initially opened to serve…
Countdown To Launching Your CCBHC
During this webinar, Qualifacts shares their proprietary approach to launching a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). In this presentation, Qualifacts’ resident CCBHC expert and program manager, Mary Givens, MRA, and OPEN MINDS’ Senior Associate, Deanne Cornette, MHA, GPC, walk through the five stages of the CCBHC Experience. In looking at each stage, they share…
Whole Person Care – Challenges & Opportunities For Behavioral Health Provider Organizations In Integrated Systems Of Care
Whole person care has become a larger focus in behavioral health. This focus creates challenges and opportunities for the provider organizations serving this population. There is evidence that integrated care and whole person care, especially those care models which include social determinants of health, improves patient experience, clinical outcomes, and can lead to reduction in…
Making Mergers & Acquisitions Work — Perspectives From Executives Post-Mergers
This presentation took place during The 2022 OPEN MINDS Mergers, Acquisitions & Affiliations Summit. From mergers driven by the desire to integrate with primary care, to acquisition of a “competitor” —each of these case study presentations will review the ups and downs of the process and offer strategic advice to organizations exploring the same path.…
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Mergers: How To Live Happily Ever After
By Monica Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS Despite (or maybe because of) all the changes occurring across the health and human service landscape, mergers and acquisitions are proceeding at a rapid pace. This is true for both for-profit and non-profit organizations. Just in the past few months we’ve seen headlines like Northern Wyoming…
And The Digital Health Winner Is…
By Monica Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS We’ve reached a time when the investor-owned health and human service market will likely see a correction of market value. It’s been a decade of big investment. The investment in health care in general—and in digital and in behavioral health companies in particular— culminated in $57.2…
Woods Services Launches ‘Woods Healthcare’ Community Health Clinics For People With I/DD
On May 18, 2023, Woods System of Care announced the launch of Woods Healthcare, with three community outpatient centers located at its headquarters in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The three centers are: The Center for Behavioral Health at Woods; The Medical Center at Woods; and Penn Dental Medicine at Woods. The three centers initially opened to serve…
Countdown To Launching Your CCBHC
During this webinar, Qualifacts shares their proprietary approach to launching a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). In this presentation, Qualifacts’ resident CCBHC expert and program manager, Mary Givens, MRA, and OPEN MINDS’ Senior Associate, Deanne Cornette, MHA, GPC, walk through the five stages of the CCBHC Experience. In looking at each stage, they share…
Whole Person Care – Challenges & Opportunities For Behavioral Health Provider Organizations In Integrated Systems Of Care
Whole person care has become a larger focus in behavioral health. This focus creates challenges and opportunities for the provider organizations serving this population. There is evidence that integrated care and whole person care, especially those care models which include social determinants of health, improves patient experience, clinical outcomes, and can lead to reduction in…
Navigating Complex Care Models – 5 Stages of Complex Care and Reimbursement Model Experience
As provider organizations evaluate and adopt complex care and reimbursement models, there are five consistent stages of experience. Whether taking on Value-Based Care contracts, becoming or working with a CCBHC program provider, the path to success travels a similar progression. On August 24, 2022, Qualifacts’ CCBHC Program Manager Mary Givens shared insights and best practices…
6 Steps To Improving CCBHC Outcomes The Berks Counseling Center Case Study
On May 25, 2022, Qualifacts’ CCBHC Program Manager Mary Givens and John Heim, Technology Specialist, EHR Systems for Berks Counseling Center discussed a 6-step process for improving performance on behavioral health led CCBHC outcomes. They provided insight into the greatest challenges of high performance on the CCBHC behavioral health led measures along with the successes…
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Who Should Do What? Scope of Practice; Treatment Tech Shift Clinical Best Practices
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer There has been a long debate about the scope of health care practices. What type of licensed clinical professionals can perform particular functions? Should psychologists and/or pharmacists prescribe psychotropic medications? What supervision do nurse practitioners and physician assistants need? (Should ‘physician assistants’ be renamed ‘physician associates’?) Psychologists can…
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The Tech & Human Infrastructure For Hybrid Care: Coordinating Virtual, In-Clinic & In-Home Services
This presentation took place at The 2023 OPEN MINDS Strategy & Innovation Institute. Dr. Doug Wright, Chief Operations Officer, Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center, Shawna Wright, Ph.D., LP, Director KU Center For Telemedicine & Telehealth, University of Kansas Center For Telemedicine & Telehealth, and Sharon Hicks, Senior Associate for OPEN MINDS explored: Building hybrid service delivery…
Building A Digital Transformation Roadmap – Aligning Technology, Team, & Processes For Superior Consumer Experience & Engagement: The 2023 OPEN MINDS Seminar – Sponsored By Qualifacts
This presentation, sponsored by Qualifacts, took place at The 2023 OPEN MINDS Executive Leadership Retreat. Paul Duck, Chief Strategy Officer, and Carol Clayton, Ph.D., Senior Associate for OPEN MINDS, discussed a road map for digital-first evolution and what it means to be a digital-first organization, the eight dimensions of a digital-first framework for quality and performance, and…
Woods Services Launches ‘Woods Healthcare’ Community Health Clinics For People With I/DD
On May 18, 2023, Woods System of Care announced the launch of Woods Healthcare, with three community outpatient centers located at its headquarters in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The three centers are: The Center for Behavioral Health at Woods; The Medical Center at Woods; and Penn Dental Medicine at Woods. The three centers initially opened to serve…
Countdown To Launching Your CCBHC
During this webinar, Qualifacts shares their proprietary approach to launching a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). In this presentation, Qualifacts’ resident CCBHC expert and program manager, Mary Givens, MRA, and OPEN MINDS’ Senior Associate, Deanne Cornette, MHA, GPC, walk through the five stages of the CCBHC Experience. In looking at each stage, they share…
Whole Person Care – Challenges & Opportunities For Behavioral Health Provider Organizations In Integrated Systems Of Care
Whole person care has become a larger focus in behavioral health. This focus creates challenges and opportunities for the provider organizations serving this population. There is evidence that integrated care and whole person care, especially those care models which include social determinants of health, improves patient experience, clinical outcomes, and can lead to reduction in…
Solving Behavioral Health Service Delivery Challenges: Why You Need To Be Thinking About AI…
Executive teams of behavioral health organizations are balancing several issues at the same time – improving access to care, productivity management, ensuring consumer safety, reducing administrative costs, and more. The solutions to these issues are increasingly being addressed by artificial intelligence-infused technology. Artificial intelligence (AI) in the health care field is more than chatbots doing…
Woods Services Launches ‘Woods Healthcare’ Community Health Clinics For People With I/DD
On May 18, 2023, Woods System of Care announced the launch of Woods Healthcare, with three community outpatient centers located at its headquarters in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. The three centers are: The Center for Behavioral Health at Woods; The Medical Center at Woods; and Penn Dental Medicine at Woods. The three centers initially opened to serve…
Countdown To Launching Your CCBHC
During this webinar, Qualifacts shares their proprietary approach to launching a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). In this presentation, Qualifacts’ resident CCBHC expert and program manager, Mary Givens, MRA, and OPEN MINDS’ Senior Associate, Deanne Cornette, MHA, GPC, walk through the five stages of the CCBHC Experience. In looking at each stage, they share…
Whole Person Care – Challenges & Opportunities For Behavioral Health Provider Organizations In Integrated Systems Of Care
Whole person care has become a larger focus in behavioral health. This focus creates challenges and opportunities for the provider organizations serving this population. There is evidence that integrated care and whole person care, especially those care models which include social determinants of health, improves patient experience, clinical outcomes, and can lead to reduction in…
Navigating Complex Care Models – 5 Stages of Complex Care and Reimbursement Model Experience
As provider organizations evaluate and adopt complex care and reimbursement models, there are five consistent stages of experience. Whether taking on Value-Based Care contracts, becoming or working with a CCBHC program provider, the path to success travels a similar progression. On August 24, 2022, Qualifacts’ CCBHC Program Manager Mary Givens shared insights and best practices…
6 Steps To Improving CCBHC Outcomes The Berks Counseling Center Case Study
On May 25, 2022, Qualifacts’ CCBHC Program Manager Mary Givens and John Heim, Technology Specialist, EHR Systems for Berks Counseling Center discussed a 6-step process for improving performance on behavioral health led CCBHC outcomes. They provided insight into the greatest challenges of high performance on the CCBHC behavioral health led measures along with the successes…
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Who Should Do What? Scope of Practice; Treatment Tech Shift Clinical Best Practices
By Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer There has been a long debate about the scope of health care practices. What type of licensed clinical professionals can perform particular functions? Should psychologists and/or pharmacists prescribe psychotropic medications? What supervision do nurse practitioners and physician assistants need? (Should ‘physician assistants’ be renamed ‘physician associates’?) Psychologists can…
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