Products and Resources Catalog

On 6/24, Yuhua Bao and Lisa Dixon led this webinar. Sustained implementation of Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) calls for innovative payment models that reflect local preferences and circumstances. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, our research team are working to develop a tool to support decision-making by payers and providers of CSC to design a bundled payment. During the EPLC discussion, we will conduct a demonstration of the interactive tool and seek feedback from the audience on its utility and ways to improve the tool.   to access a copy of the presentation, click here. 

This document describes the “Free Care Rule” in Medicaid and discusses how the recently changed federal interpretation of this rule can affect local education agencies’ capacity to leverage Medicaid to finance health services, including school-based mental health services.  It also includes links to key resources on the Free Care Rule change in 2014 and active state efforts to act on this change.  

This document presents a general landscape of state mental health licensing board responses to the COVID-19 public health emergency related to telemental health services and payment. It is important to note that many of these provisions are time-sensitive, and so may not remain in effect beyond the listed dates (or the date when states declare the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency). *This document was updated on September 9, 2020 to include the most up-to-date COVID-19 policies in the Southeast.

This FAQ document encompasses all of the frequently asked questions from the Telehealth Learning and Consultation (TLC) Tuesdays series.   Author(s): Roberts, H., Higgins, W., Franta, E., Chadwell, M., Clarke, B.L., Robinson, L./MMI and Mid-America MHTTC

Wednesday, April 29, 2 - 3pm -- Training #3: Telehealth Billing & Reimbursement View the full presentation here   Review Medicare billing and reimbursement for telehealth during the Covid19 public health emergency Review private payer billing and reimbursement for telehealth during the Covid19 public health emergency Presenters: Gail Kreiger, Section Manager, Medicaid Compliance Review and Analytics, Medicaid Program Operations and Integrity, Washington Health Care Authority Cathy Britain, Executive Director of the Telehealth Alliance of Oregon Resources: Washington Health Care Authority Information about novel coronavirus (COVID-19) for behavioral health providers COVID-19 and opioid treatment programs Resources on Medicare Medicare list of eligible services Medicare Telemedicine Health Care Provider Fact Sheet Medicare Telehealth Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) List of services payable under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule when furnished via telehealth Physicians and Other Clinicians: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19 Medicare Coverage and Payment of Virtual Services. This video answers common questions about the Medicare telehealth services benefit. General Provider Telehealth and Telemedicine Tool Kit Center for Connected Health Policy: Private payer legislation and policy by state VSee: Billing and Coding for Telehealth During COVID-19 with Michael Enos video. Resources on Private Payers and ERISA Proclamation by the Governor Amending Proclamation 20-05. Check with the Washington Health Authority and/or Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner for further information.

On May 6th, we held an online discussion session led by Ian Lang, MBA, Executive Director of the Brookline Center for Community Mental Health, Former Executive Director Continuum Behavioral Health in Rhode Island.   To download the slides, click here. 

On April 29th, we held an online discussion session led by Melissa Rowan, MSW, MBA, the Executive Vice President of Policy Implementation at the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute.  To download the slides, click here.  To access the Payment Strategies for Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) report mentioned in the presentation, click here. 

  Week 2 Training #3: Telehealth Billing & Reimbursement Access slides here Presenters: Catherine Britain, Executive Director of the Telehealth Alliance of Oregon Gail Kreiger, Section Manager, Medicaid Compliance Review and Analytics, Medicaid Program Operations and Integrity, Washington Health Care Authority Learning objectives: Review Medicare billing and reimbursement for telehealth during the Covid19 public health emergency Review private payer billing and reimbursement for telehealth during the Covid19 public health emergency  

  TLC Tuesdays This online series supported behavioral health providers who are new to using telehealth. During each hour-long session, our Technology Transfer Center Network specialists spent the first 20 minutes addressing a specific topic, then answered questions submitted by TLC Tuesday registrants. Recordings of the 20-minute presentations as well as additional resources are available.   Click here to access previous recordings, slide decks, and additional materials from all five sessions.   Dates and Topics Included March 31: Telehealth Basics April 07: Telehealth Billing April 14: Telehealth Tools April 21: Telehealth with Children and Adolescents April 28: Telehealth Troubleshooting  

On February 26th, we held an online discussion series led by Douglas Robbins, a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with Maine Behavioral Healthcare in Portland Maine and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University. He discussed the financing of First Episode Psychosis (FEP) Programs in Maine. To download the slides, click here. 

  The Economics of Farm Stress December 9, 2019 Dr. David Flynn, Professor of Economics, provided an overview of the economic landscape that affects farmers, ranchers, and agricultural producers in the United States. This session highlighted the challenges faced by producers in adapting to uncertain commodities pricing, the long and short term impacts of tariffs, and the financial pressures caused by uncertain crop yields and changing weather. Slide deck Recording     Trainer Dr. David Flynn

This webinar, presented by Dr. Adam Wilk, aims to clarify how it can be determined whether a given school based mental health service will be reimbursable through Medicaid and by Medicaid Managed Care plans. Dr. Wilk also offers insights as to how school districts and school based mental health program leaders might think about Medicaid as a potentially important source of financing.

The presentation slide-deck of the financing for school based mental health webinar, presented by Dr. Adam Wilk on August 7th, 2019.

Features of Medicaid programs in the Southeast.

Medicaid Managed Care and Behavioral Benefit Administration in the Southeast.

Eligibility and enrollment in Medicaid in the Southeast.

An overview of key constraints on Medicaid reimbursement for School Mental Health Services.

On June 26th, we held our webinar "Financial Health and Mental Health: Making the Connection". Annie Harper, Ph.D, from Yale Program and Recovery and Community Health, addressed the connection between mental illness and poverty, focusing particularly on money management and access to financial services.