Behavioral Health Needs Sample Clauses

Behavioral Health Needs. Emergencies may cause severe emotional impacts on survivors, their families, and responders and may additionally cause substantial destabilization of patients with existing behavioral health issues. Consequently, by the conclusion of the five-year project period, ASPR encourages HPP awardees to:  Develop and use behavioral health support and strike teams to support affected populations  Plan for widespread information dissemination to help providers, patients, families, and the community understand the symptoms and signs of acute stress responses and collaborate with HCCs to communicate when and where individuals should seek treatment  Provide ongoing support to their inpatient and outpatient behavioral health members  Assist with the provision of psychological first aid to those impacted, including health care workers Infectious Diseases HPP awardees, HCCs, and their members have roles in planning for and responding to infectious disease outbreaks that stress either the capacity or the capability of the health care delivery system. Prior to the end of the five year project period:  Awardees, HCCs, and their members must expand existing Ebola concept of operations plans (CONOPs) to enhance preparedness and response for all infectious disease emergencies that stress the health care delivery system  HCCs must include HAI coordinators and quality improvement professionals at the health care facility and jurisdictional levels in their activities, including planning, training, and exercises/drills; also include HCC leaders in state HAI coordination work groups  HCCs should develop a uniform process of continuous screening for newly presenting, hospitalized, and other patients and integrate information with electronic health records (EHRs) where possible, throughout HCC member facilities and organizations  HCCs should coordinate visitor policies for infectious disease emergencies at member facilities to ensure uniformity  HCCs should develop and exercise plans to coordinate patient distribution for highly pathogenic respiratory viruses and other highly transmissible infections, including complicated and critically ill infectious disease patients, when tertiary care facilities or designated facilities are not available More information about addressing specialty surge can be found in Capability 4, Objectives 4 through 9 of the 2017-2022 Health Care Preparedness and Response Capabilities.‌‌ Domain 6 Strategy: Strengthen Biosurveillance (PHEP) As defined b...
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  • Behavioral Health Behavioral health services, with the exception of Medicaid Rehabilitation Option (MRO) and 1915(i) services, are a covered benefit under the Hoosier Healthwise program. The Contractor shall be responsible for managing and reimbursing all such services in accordance with the requirements in this section. In furnishing behavioral health benefits, including any applicable utilization restrictions, the Contractor shall comply with the Mental Health Parity and Additions Equity Act (MHPAEA). This includes, but is not limited to:  Ensuring medical management techniques applied to mental health or substance use disorder benefits are comparable to and applied no more stringently than the medical management techniques that are applied to medical and surgical benefits.  Ensuring compliance with MHPAEA for any benefits offered by the Contractor to members beyond those otherwise specified in this Scope of Work.  Making the criteria for medical necessity determinations for mental health or substance use disorder benefits available to any current or potential members, or contracting provider upon request.  Providing the reason for any denial of reimbursement or payment with respect to mental health or substance use disorder benefits to members.  Providing out-of-network coverage for mental health or substance use disorder benefits when made available for medical and surgical benefits. The Contractor shall assure that behavioral health services are integrated with physical care services, and that behavioral health services are provided as part of the treatment continuum of care. The Contractor shall develop protocols to:  Provide care that addresses the needs of members in an integrated way, with attention to the physical health and chronic disease contributions to behavioral health;  Provide a written plan and evidence of ongoing, increased communication between the PMP, the Contractor and the behavioral health care provider; and  Coordinate management of utilization of behavioral health care services with MRO and 1915(i) services and services for physical health.

  • Mental Health Services This agreement covers medically necessary services for the treatment of mental health disorders in a general or specialty hospital or outpatient facilities that are: • reviewed and approved by us; and • licensed under the laws of the State of Rhode Island or by the state in which the facility is located as a general or specialty hospital or outpatient facility. We review network and non-network programs, hospitals and inpatient facilities, and the specific services provided to decide whether a preauthorization, hospital or inpatient facility, or specific services rendered meets our program requirements, content and criteria. If our program content and criteria are not met, the services are not covered under this agreement. Our program content and criteria are defined below.

  • Health Services At the time of employment and subject to (b) above, full credit for registered professional nursing experience in a school program shall be given. Full credit for registered professional nursing experience may be given, subject to approval by the Human Resources Division. Non-degree nurses shall be placed on the BA Track of the Teachers Salary Schedule and shall be ineligible for movement to any other track.

  • Mental Health The parties recognize the importance of supporting and promoting a psychologically healthy workplace and as such will adhere to all applicable statutes, policy, guidelines and regulations pertaining to the promotion of mental health.

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