Policy Legislation & Quality Archives - Page 21 of 25

Brief Patient Health Questionnaire (Brief PHQ)

Downloadable Resource November 15, 2017

The Brief Patient Health Questionnaire (Brief PHQ) is a self-administered scale for assessing depressive disorders and panic disorders. It is derived from the depression questions within the full Patient Health… Read More

Suicide Awareness In Primary Care

Interview October 31, 2017

In this short interview, Marla Moses, FNP, PMHNP, PsychU Primary Care Providers’ Corner Section Editor and Owner of IN Moses Mental Health in Indianapolis, IN, shared her perspective on suicide… Read More

Using Measurement-Based Care To Improve Addiction Treatment – An Interview With Joanna Conti, MS

Interview September 28, 2017

Researchers have defined measurement-based care (MBC) as the practice of using patient-reported data to inform clinical care. MBC is an evidence-based practice that has been shown to improve many different… Read More

Using LEAN Principles To Transform A Behavioral Health Crisis Center: An Interview With Margaret E. Balfour, MD, PhD

Interview September 28, 2017

How do you quickly and effectively transform the operations of a struggling behavioral health crisis center? One way is to use LEAN principles, a method developed for the auto manufacturing… Read More

Webinar Summary – HEDIS® Behavioral Health Measures: An Update From NCQA©

Article August 15, 2017

This summary was developed utilizing the full recorded presentation of this webinar. You can access the full sourcing, polling results, recording, or presentation slides here: https://psychu.org/hedis-behavioral-health-measures-update-ncqa/. On August 15, 2017,… Read More

HEDIS® Behavioral Health Measures: An Update From NCQA©

On-Demand Webinar August 15, 2017

Quality measurement for behavioral health is gaining more importance as payers and providers of health care acknowledge the impact mental health has on individuals and populations. In this webinar, three… Read More

England & US Face Off: Integration Incentives For Individuals With Serious Mental Illness

Article August 9, 2017

Individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) often suffer from comorbid medical conditions such as heart disease, cancer, and stroke, which can shorten their lives by 20 years. In addition people… Read More

A Tool To Predict Risk Of Violence In Individuals With Schizophrenia Spectrum Or Bipolar Disorder

Article July 26, 2017

A group of researchers from the United Kingdom and Sweden developed a tool to predict the risk of violence in people with schizophrenia spectrum or bipolar disorder. A report “Identification… Read More

Q&A: The MACRA Quality Payment Program: What Behavioral Health Care Professionals Should Know

Podcast July 21, 2017

During this question and answer session, Paul Cotton, BA, Director of Federal Affairs at the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and Elizabeth Arend, MPH, Quality Improvement Advisor at the… Read More

Q&A: Identifying Populations For Care Coordination Interventions: The Health Plan Perspective

Podcast July 14, 2017

During this question and answer session, William Lopez, MD, CPE, Senior Medical Director, and Lisa Kay, MBA, MSW, Clinical Program Manager on the Clinical Program Development Team focusing on behavioral… Read More

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