The Advisory Committee met on Wednesday for a discussion regarding the impact of CABHA (Critical Access Behavioral Health Agency) at the LME Level and to finalize the 2010 priority areas for the Advisory Committee on Access to Healthcare.
CABHA Discussion
Betty Taylor, Director of CenterPoint Human Services, presented on the impact of the CABHA model. She spoke about the difficulties of so much transition and uncertainty in a very short period of time. CenterPoint potentially could have 11 providers qualified to provide adult mental health services in a CABHA, 10 qualified to provide child/adolescent mental health, 3 qualified to provide adult substance abuse, and 4 qualified to provide child/adolescent substance abuse services (there is overlap in these numbers - a total of 14 providers are in the process). Her primary concern seemed to be care coordination for consumers during the transition.
Cham Trowell from East Carolina Behavioral Health also addressed the committee regarding CABHA. She discussed the CABHA certification process and the basics of the CABHA model. She discussed her hopes that CABHAs will enable the system to be based more on outcomes, and to offer information to consumers about outcomes.
Each speaker presented a Powerpoint. Contact me if you would like a copy.
2010 Priority Areas
The Committee discussed a ranked list of 8 topics: Housing, Community Support, Workforce Development Initiative, Veterans with MH/DD/SAS, Traumatic Brain Injury, Developmental Disabilities within Criminal Justice System, Designation of Facilities for the Custody and Treatment of Involuntary Clients, and Dental Care. There were also several other recommended topics: group homes, employment, status of recommendations from the IOM's substance abuse task force, homelessness, evidence based practices, and training for providers.
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