HANYS’ Behavioral Health Task Force

10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

HANYS’ Behavioral Health Task Force is charged with developing and recommending policies to the Association on issues relating to the provision of mental health and chemical dependency services, including but not limited to, financing, legislation, regulations, and state and federal policy.

A major component of this meeting's agenda will be a discussion related to hospital readmissions. Reducing unnecessary hospital readmissions is a major component of both state and federal health care reform agendas. The Governor’s proposed 2010-11 budget authorizes the Department of Health (DOH) to link Medicaid payment rate reductions (including behavioral health) to qualityrelated measures pertaining to potentially preventable readmissions and complications. The methodology is yet to be developed but is expected to reduce Medicaid payments statewide by at least $49 million in SFY 20102011 and by at least $108 million in SFY 20112012.

In addition, the tentative agenda also includes:

• the Governor’s proposed 2010-2011 state budget;
• the federal budget, and the status of federal health reform; and
• an update on OMH and OASAS activities, including the new inpatient psychiatric methodology and the outpatient clinic restructuring to Ambulatory Patient Groups (APGs).

There will also be time for member items, so if you have an item you would like added to the agenda, please note it on the registration form.

Continuing Education Credits

There are no continuing education credits available for this event.

Registration Deadline

The registration deadline for this meeting is March 4. If you have any questions regarding registration, please contact Joan Stewart, Registration Coordinator, at jstewart@hanys.org.

If you have any questions regarding the program, please contact Cindy Levernois at (518) 431-7744, or via e-mail at cleverno@hanys.org.

Materials

Materials will be provided at the meeting.