Crain’s Detroit: Local behavioral health providers band together amid health care uncertainty

Crain’s Detroit Business (Oct. 4, 2017) A group of 18 behavioral health providers based in metro Detroit are banding together in response to uncertainty the sector faces locally and nationally. The MI Behavioral Health & Wellness Collaborative officially formed last month to give providers a more unified voice amid a leadership shakeup at Detroit Wayne Read more about Crain’s Detroit: Local behavioral health providers band together amid health care uncertainty[…]

Oakland Press: Oakland Community Health Network wants community feedback before drafting 2018 budget, service delivery plan

The Oakland Community Health Network is seeking input from county resident before drafting its 2018 budget and service delivery plan. The health network provides, through contracting with other agencies and directly, services for county residents that have intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental illness, or substance use disorder, as well as children with serious emotional disturbance. Read more about Oakland Press: Oakland Community Health Network wants community feedback before drafting 2018 budget, service delivery plan[…]

The Detroit News Opinion: Make wise behavioral health plan

They often say the best predictor of future behavior is what we have done in the past. As the Legislature is examining how best to integrate physical health care with behavioral health care within the Medicaid/publicly-funded system, the current proposed language is pointing to the Medicaid Health Plans as the best solution. But this must Read more about The Detroit News Opinion: Make wise behavioral health plan[…]

Crain’s Detroit: Michigan HMOs propose pilot projects to reform mental health system

Michigan’s 11 Medicaid health plans Tuesday called on the state Legislature to go further than a state panel recommended on putting Michigan on the path to giving the HMOs a greater role in the state’s $2.4 billion Medicaid behavioral health system. Earlier this month, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services issued a 91-page interim report Read more about Crain’s Detroit: Michigan HMOs propose pilot projects to reform mental health system[…]

MLive: Lawmakers say mental health cuts put Michigan counties in bad spot

ANN ABROR, MI – Lawmakers representing the Ann Arbor area in the state Legislature say they’re concerned about the state of mental health funding and service delivery in Michigan, and what might be coming next. Cuts at the state level in recent years already have created a crisis for community mental health service providers across Read more about MLive: Lawmakers say mental health cuts put Michigan counties in bad spot[…]

Crain’s Detroit: Voices of families need to be considered in debate to reform state’s Medicaid behavioral health system

Some of the voices least heard in the discussion to privatize the Medicaid-funded behavioral health system in Michigan or improve the current system are the families of those 350,000 people with mental health problems, substance abuse addictions or the intellectually or developmentally disabled. I sat down recently with 10 family and board members of the Read more about Crain’s Detroit: Voices of families need to be considered in debate to reform state’s Medicaid behavioral health system[…]

The Detroit News: Lyon – House health bill threatens Medicaid expansion

Lansing — The U.S. House health care overhaul legislation approved last week could trigger the end of the state’s Healthy Michigan Medicaid expansion program or require legislators to make major changes, the state’s health director said Tuesday. It would cost the state roughly $800 million a year to continue the low-income insurance plan on its Read more about The Detroit News: Lyon – House health bill threatens Medicaid expansion[…]

Crain’s Detroit: Snyder’s proposed health budget up 2.8%, but no funding for mental health integration pilot projects

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is proposing a 2.8 percent increase in the state’s fiscal 2018 health and human services budget, but no additional funding for mental health integration pilot projects or potential cutbacks in federal Medicaid funding. Of the state’s proposed $56.3 billion state budget, 45 percent, or $25.54 billion, is to fund the Michigan Department of Read more about Crain’s Detroit: Snyder’s proposed health budget up 2.8%, but no funding for mental health integration pilot projects[…]

Oakland Press: Housing services offered in Southfield for homeless veterans

The Southfield Human Services Department, in conjunction with Training And Treatment Innovations Inc., will offer housing services to veteran families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The services will be offered on the first Tuesday of each month from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Southfield Human Services Department, 26000 Evergreen Road. Read more about Oakland Press: Housing services offered in Southfield for homeless veterans[…]