Behavioral Health
Overview
New York's behavioral health system must continually adapt and innovate to advance patient care and meet the demands of transformative initiatives and requirements at the state and federal level. HANYS provides representation, guidance, analytics and education to assist our members as they navigate the complexities of the evolving behavioral health environment.
A taskforce comprised of more than 60 behavioral health leaders at hospitals and health systems statewide help guide HANYS’ behavioral health initiatives.
Priorities
Members receive assistance with diverse policy and practice challenges every day, including these ongoing priorities:
- reduction or elimination of complex case discharge delays;
- advancement of telehealth for behavioral health;
- preventing and managing violence in the healthcare setting; and
- opioid addiction management and prevention.
HANYS also provides powerful advocacy and representation through participation in and leadership of workgroups and taskforces, and well-recognized expertise at the state and federal levels.
Events
Comment letters
2024
- OMH: Proposed hospital admission and discharge regulations
- OMH: Proposed guidance for community-based providers
- DOH: Proposed network adequacy and access regulations
2023
- HANYS’ comments to OMH on the use of telehealth in crisis stabilization centers
- Draft OMH guidance for patient assessment and discharge
- Federal mental health parity
- Joint comments to OMH on evaluation and discharge practices
- HANYS OPPS Proposed Rule Comments to CMS for CY 2024
- 2024 Physician fee schedule; behavioral health provisions
- Continuation of Telecourt
- Continuation of prescribing of controlled substances through telemedicine
- 42 CFR Part 2 Confidentiality of SUD patient records
- HANYS’ comments to SAMHSA on revisions to the medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder
- HANYS’ comments to CMS on changes to the Medicare Advantage, Part D
- HANYS’ comments to HRSA on the 340B drug pricing program; administrative dispute resolution
- Directive to bring psychiatric inpatient beds online – OMH, DOH
