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
K9 units in hospitals: Building a framework using best practices - August 22
Hear an overview of developing and implementing K9 units in hospital settings using best practices shared by Bassett Healthcare and Ellis Medicine.
Recordings
Managing New York’s behavioral health resource challenges
Join MILMIC and HANYS to learn about the pressing behavioral health care resource challenges facing providers and strategies to mitigate associated liability risks. March 26, 2025
OMH TRUST training informational session
Informational session on OMH’s Therapeutic Relationships and Universal Safety Training for Article 28 and Article 31 hospitals. December 6, 2024
Navigating non-emergency medical transport
Learn about DOH’s Medicaid Transportation program and how it can assist with discharge planning. This webinar is offered as part of our Complex case discharge delay learning series July 23, 2024
Comment letters
2025
2024
- OMH: Reproposed regulations to standardize admission and discharge criteria
- DOH: Proposed regulations on flexibility in medical and mental health services
- DFS: Network adequacy standards for behavioral health services
- OMH: Proposed residential treatment facility admissions regulations
- DOH: Proposed hospital emergency services behavioral health regulations
- 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
