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 patients exhibiting aggressive behavior; 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.
Recordings
- Preventing and responding to aggressive patient behavior, part two: Deploying an emergency emotional support team to foster staff well-being - Dec. 8
- Complex case discharge delay learning series: Documentation strategies to facilitate timely discharge for individuals with I/DD - October 20, 2022
- Complex case discharge delay learning series: Insurance eligibility and authorization - Aug. 25
Comment letters
2023
2022
- Building behavioral health specialties within MA networks – CMS
- Clinical practice guidelines for prescribing opioids – CDC
- Clinic treatment program regulations – OMH
- Comprehensive program regulations update – OASAS
- Strategic plan – OMH
- Strategic plan – OPWDD
- Telehealth services – OMH
2021
- Crisis stabilization centers – OMH
- Designated services regulations – OMH
- eFMAP and block grant funding – OMH
- eFMAP funding – OPWDD
- Integrating services offered by OASAS and OMH – Assembly
- Interventions to support healthcare worker mental health – CDC
- Patient characteristics survey – OMH
- SUPPORT act; dispensing and administering controlled substances for MAT – DEA
- Video technology for MHL proceedings – Unified Court System
2020
- Integration of OMH and OASAS into one agency – OMH, OASAS
- Substance use disorder services – OASAS
