NYAPRS Note: Research into epigenetics has broken ground in recent years by informing us to the ways information is stored […]
eNews Bulletin Updates
First Look at Medicare Data in 35 Years
NYAPRS Note: The release of Medicare data to the public this week may signal a move by CMS to bring […]
Mental Health Coverage Problematic
NYAPRS Note: As this article notes, parity in behavioral health is not as easy to achieve as making it a […]
The Latest on NY’s Medicaid Waiver, HARPs, DSRIP, Health Homes and State Budget Impact
The Latest on NY’s Medicaid Waiver, HARP, DSRIP, Health Home Initiatives and State Budget Impact NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS upcoming Albany […]
NY Funds Crisis Intervention Approach, but will NYC Follow?
NYAPRS Note: The two articles below highlight the recent surge in interest for statewide crisis intervention teams. The 2014-15 budget […]
Webinar: Building a Grassroots Demand for Trauma-Informed Approaches
Please see Below an Upcoming Webinar Announcement from OMH Recipient Affairs: You are invited to participate as an attendee in […]
NYC Forum: Peer Services in BH Care Reform
The New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene Presents: The New York State Office of Mental Health and […]
OASAS Town Hall Meetings to Prevent Underage Drinking
OASAS Supports Alcohol Awareness Month with Statewide Town Hall Meetings to Prevent Underage Drinking OASAS News Release; 3/31/2014 Commissioner […]
STAR Center Webinars; Becoming a Recovery Ally, and Facilitative Leadership for Collaborative Action
Title: Courageous Conversations: Being Allies to Individuals in Recovery Who Experience Prejudice, Discrimination and Oppression Date: Tuesday, April 22, […]
Latino MH in the Age of the ACA; Register for May 3 Conference and Reception
Save the Date! Latino Mental Health in the Age of the Affordable Care Act Community Conference & Reception Saturday, […]
LAST DAY TO SAVE WITH EARLY REGISTRATION: Don’t miss 2014 Executive Seminar managing Care, Managing Change
NYAPRS Note: TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO SAVE ON EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION for this year’s Executive Seminar April 24th […]
Readmissions Problem Tackled at Top Boston Hospital
NYAPRS Note: The article below describing Boston’s Beth Israel hospital and its experiences in trying to reduce admissions highlights several […]
RTP Webinar: Self-Management in Using Medications
If you are having difficulty viewing the RTP Webinar Announcement, please click here. Webinar Announcement Thursday, April 10, 2014 2:00 […]
NYT: Mental Health Groups Split on Murphy Bill to Overhaul Care
NYAPRS Note: The following NY Times piece underscores the great level of concerns and controversy that have been raised by […]
Coalition: Interview with Peggy Swarbrick Highlights Integrated Care
NYAPRS Note: The excellent interview below from our friends at The Coalition with Dr. Peggy Swarbrick highlights the theme on […]
APA Webcast on Integrated Care Keynoted by Commissioner Hogan
See an invitation below for a webcast on Friday, 4/4, featuring former NYS OMH Commissioner Michael Hogan: Please join […]
Community Health Centers Brace for Influx of Newly Insured
NYAPRS Note: Community Health Centers are known nation-wide to most often be sites of integrated care and connections to social […]
Support Group for Parents with MH Challenges Free Every Wednesday in April
A new resource starting today for parents dealing with mental health problems: Free! Online Support Group for Parents with Mental […]
OMH News: New Training Resources in Cultural Competence
Culturally Speaking: The Bureau of Cultural Competence’s Curriculum Training Website OMH News; Hextor Pabon, Education and Training Coordinator, Bureau of […]
ACMHA Webinar: Fostering Sustainable BH Services Delivery in the Medical Setting
Fostering Sustainable Behavioral Health Services Delivery in the Medical Setting Drs. Ron Manderscheid and Roger Kathol Join us for a […]
ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT to save on early registration for 2014 Executive Seminar
NYAPRS Note: ONLY THREE DAYS LEFT TO SAVE ON EARLY REGISTRATION FOR THIS YEAR’S EXECUTIVE SEMINAR. Leading this year’s Seminar […]
Obamacare Enrollment Period Ends with Massive Surge
NYAPRS Note: Yesterday, the Senate joined the House in approving a ‘Doc Fix’ bill that prevented a Medicare payment cut […]
Congress’ Dox Fix Bill Includes ‘Excellence in MH’ and Civil Commitment Demos
NYAPRS Note: Yesterday, the Senate joined the House in approving a ‘Doc Fix’ bill that prevented a Medicare payment cut […]
OMH: New Research in Youth and Family Access to Peer Advocates
NYAPRS Note: As NY continues to build toward a system that values and pays for peer supports, new evidence from […]
Correction: NYAPRS First Look at NYS Budget Agreement
Correction to our First Look at the budget agreement below. We wrongly described the $600,000 allocation in the OMH budget […]
NYAPRS First Look at NYS Budget Agreement
NYAPRS First Look at Details of Pending 2014-15 NYS Budget Agreement By Harvey Rosenthal, Briana Gilmore March 31, 2014 […]
Advocates Decry Forced Treatment Provision; Take Action Today!
NYAPRS Note: The Senate is likely to vote TODAY on an urgent Medicare bill (HR 4302) that includes an unrelated […]
OM: Social Determinants of Health & Medical Homes
NYAPRS Note: This year’s NYAPRS Executive Seminar, April 24-5, offers several unique opportunities to explore means of affecting and measuring […]
Bazelon: Exploring the ADA in NY Context; A Place of My Own
NYAPRS Note: In the most recent publication from the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, they review how the ADA […]
ALERT: Call Your Senator Now to Reject Forced Treatment Provision in Medicare ‘Doc Fix’ Bill
NYAPRS Note: The following is an adaptation of an alert that is being circulated widely by the National Coalition for […]
10th Annual NYC MH Film Festival – 5/17-18 at St Francis College (2)
The 10th Annual Community Access/NYAPRS NYC Mental Health Film Festival brings to downtown Brooklyn a vivid selection of […]
Cuomo Relents on NYC Homeless Aid Request
NYAPRS Note: In a budget season with several tense exchanges between Albany and new NYC Mayor de Blasio, it is […]
CNY: nys Budget Push To Train Police On Handling The Mentally Ill
More coverage detailing efforts urging state budget negotiators to include funding for a statewide Crisis Intervention Team initiative in the […]
ALERT: Call Albany NOW to Protect Behavioral Health Medicaid Package!
NYAPRS Note: Your action is needed today! Policymakers are about to finalize a budget agreement that may undo all of […]
Guardian: MH and Race – the Blight of Dual Discrimination
NYAPRS Note: Institutionalized racism within mental health treatment is not solely an American problem, and neither are the ways that […]
Discounted Hotel Rates Still Available for NYAPRS Executive Seminar; Register Today
NYAPRS Note: Hotel Reservation Deadline extended until April 1st! To receive a discounted rate, make your hotel reservations today at […]
WP: New Research Links Diet and the Mind
NYAPRS Note: For many of us who have struggled with recovery from diagnosis and treatment, the article below likely doesn’t […]
OM: The Blur Continues: Hear more at NYAPRS Executive Seminar
MRLC Members: Below is an interesting article from our friends at Open Minds about the blurring of lines between providing […]
LEAD Webinar Today: Maintaining Employment Through Economic Advancement Strategies
NYAPRS Note: Another employment-focused webinar taking place this afternoon focuses on employment strategies for persons with disabilities; this will be […]
TU: Standoff Continues Between ADAPT and Nurses Union
NYAPRS Note: ADAPT activists continue their direct action with NYSNA into Wednesday, insisting on an amendment to the Nurse Practice […]
NC: Webinars on Organizational Management; Today and 4/1
NYAPRS Note: Two new webinars from the National Council feature information to help managers and providers grow their agency by […]
WP: Veterans Group to Launch Suicide Prevention Campaign
Veterans Group to Launch Suicide Prevention Campaign The Washington Post; Josh Hicks, 3/24/2014 An emerging veterans group plans to descend […]
HP: Community Policing and Child Development: Averting Traumatic Disorders
NYAPRS Note: Dr. Sederer, the Medical Director of NYS OMH, describes below the impact of a crisis intervention team(CIT) model […]
SoP: NYS Budget Negotiations Lag On
NYAPRS Note: Despite predictions we’d have a budget deal by now, the Legislature and Governor Cuomo are still far apart […]
OM: Health Homes Go Private!
NYAPRS Note: The following piece examines the move to health homes for commercially insured beneficiaries with serious mental health conditions. […]
ALERT: Call Albany NOW to Get Crisis Intervention Teams in the Final Budget!
NYAPRS Note: We are urging all enews readers and friends to contact legislative leaders RIGHT NOW to support the inclusion […]
What’s New? The Latest Resources on www.Integration.SAMHSA.gov
NYAPRS Note: Below are links to the SAMHSA HRSA website for resources on integration of primary care and behavioral health. […]
NYS ADAPT Occupaton of NYSNA Continues for Community First Choice
NYAPRS Note: ADAPT continues non-violent direct action in Albany this morning after 100 hours of demanding an amendment to the […]
Changes to Benefit Cards for Social Security
NYAPRS Note: There are important changes coming from the Social Security Administration that could affect people who receive, apply, and/or […]
CN: Mental Health Advocates Call For Police Crisis Training
NYAPRS Note: More media coverage that arose out of last week’s news conference calling for state funding to establish Crisis […]
AP: NY Bill Seeks Police Training On Mentally Ill
NY Bill Seeks Police Training On Mentally Ill By Michael Virtanen, Associated Press March 22, 2014 When New York […]
Capitol Pressroom Features CIT Today at 11
Media coverage from Tuesday’s news conference urging NYS funding for Crisis Intervention Teams is beginning to surface…..Look for pieces in […]
ACEs Proposed Bill in Vermont First in Nation
NYAPRS Note: Vermont is not the only state to recognize how screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences can lead to better […]
BH & Criminal Justice Certificate Program in NYC
NYAPRS Note: Enroll for this free academy if you serve individuals who have experience in the mental health and criminal […]
NYT: Mayor Vows Jail Reforms on Rikers Island
NYAPRS Note: In the wake of a significant increase in violence and the death of an inmate who was a […]
ALERT: Call Albany NOW to Get Crisis Intervention Teams in the Fast Moving Final Budget!
NYAPRS Note: We are urging all enews readers and friends to contact legislative leaders RIGHT NOW to support the inclusion […]
Abuse Pervasive at Rikers Island; Unconscionable Violence Against Inmates with Psychiatric Disabilities
NYAPRS Note: Both articles below highlight shocking abuses at Rikers Island, stemming from what has been called a “culture of […]
SAMHSA Webinar: The Role of Peer Providers in Integrated Health
The Role of Peer Providers in Integrated Health Tuesday, March 25, 1pm-2:30pm Eastern/10am-11:30 am Pacific As integrated primary and […]
Schneiderman Settles MH Parity Case
NYAPRS Note: When Behavioral Health benefits for Medicaid recipients are folded into managed care next year for over 700,000 New […]
Mental Health Advocates, Legislative Leaders Back Crisis Intervention Teams
NYAPRS Note: Yesterday, a committed coalition of NYS mental health consumer, family, provider, religious groups and legislative leaders joined at […]
ACOs See Limit in Acquiring Physician Practices
NYAPRS Note: While ACOs are currently just practicing to assist persons with Medicare in NYS, several states and NY are […]
NY Health Enrollment Keeps Rising Two Weeks Before Deadline
NYAPRS Note: As exchange enrollment in NY nears 700,000, reports indicate that about half of enrollees have been eligible to […]
Young Child NYC Conference Highlights Behavioral Health
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS 3/26 Register Now, Nearing Conference Capacity April 23-25, 2014 The New Yorker Hotel New York City […]
Bazelon: Approved Settlement Gives NY Adult Home Residents Their Lives Back
NYAPRS Note: Yesterday marked the formal date for the approval of New […]
Coalition Highlights Parachute Respite in NYC
NYAPRS Note: Below is a RECOVERe-works brief from the Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies that reviews some of the progress […]
As MH Issues Rise, Politicians Open up About Family Experiences
As Mental Health Issues Rise, Politicians Open Up About Family Experiences The Hartford Courant; Daniela Altimari, 3/16/2014 Speaking to […]
April NYAPRS Executive Seminar Features Budget, DSRIP, HARP Development and much more
NYAPRS Note: Leading this year’s Seminar we are pleased to present Drs. Jeffrey Brenner and Peggy Swarbrick, and the National […]
OMH: Final RFQ Delayed to 3/21/14
NYAPRS Note: The below summary from OMH concludes with an announcement about the official delayed release of the final Request […]
Save the Date: May 3, ‘Latino Mental Health in the Age of the ACA’
SAVE the DATE! Latino Mental Health in the Age of the Affordable Care Act Saturday, May 3, 2014 � […]
Time: ADHD Doesn’t Exist, Only Symptom of Other Problems
Doctor: ADHD Does Not Exist Time Magazine: Dr. Richard Saul, 3/14/2014 This Wednesday, an article in the New York Times reported that […]
SAMHSA: Learning from Experience: Lessons from the 2013 BRSS TACS Awardees, Free Webinar
having trouble viewing this message? View it Online! Learning from Experience: Lessons from the 2013 BRSS TACS Awardees Presenters Linda […]
Crain’s: HHC Questions Waiver Funds
NYAPRS Note: The article below is just one example of many speculations in media reports this week about the distribution […]