Programs & Services

Behavioral Health Managed Care - The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)

New York State is moving Medicaid behavioral health services from a fee-for-service system into Managed Care. Medicaid Managed Care plans and Medicaid providers will work together with Medicaid enrollees to create a person-centered service system focused on recovery and on integrating physical and behavioral health to improve health outcomes. Person-centered means that providers listen to the person receiving care, that they help the person understand their choices, and that people can be in control of their own lives and recovery. To meet these goals for people with mental health and/or substance use conditions, the Governor appointed a Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) Behavioral Health Workgroup. The Workgroup developed these principles and recommendations for moving behavioral health services into managed care:

• Coordinated Care
• Integration of physical and behavioral health services
• Recovery oriented services
• Patient/consumer choice
• Protection of continuity of care
• Ensure adequate and comprehensive networks
• Tying payment to outcomes
• Track physical and behavioral health spending separately (firewall)
• Reinvest savings to improve services for behavioral health populations
• Address the unique needs of children, families and older adults

The Office of Mental Health (OMH) is working closely with the Department of Health (DOH) and Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) to make sure that the MRT's recommendations and principles guide the change to managed care.

Behavioural Health Information - The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)

Testing Organisation - American Mental Health Foundation

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The Behavioral Health Services Advisory Council - The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)

The Behavioral Health Services Advisory Council considers any matter relating to the improvement of behavioral health services in the State.

The Division of Behaviour Analysis - The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI)

The Division of Behaviour Analysis promotes the development of Behaviour Analysis as a legitimate body of psychological knowledge and as a professional field of psychological activity.  

WayAhead Workplaces - WayAhead

The NSW Mentally Healthy Workplaces Strategy is the NSW Government’s long-term plan for mentally healthy workplaces and represents the single-biggest investment in workplace mental health in the nation’s history.