Coordinated Behavioral Care

06/02/2023

06/02/2023

Thank you, Governor Hochul, for prioritizing mental health investing in housing with wrap around services, preventive services for children, and a call to health plans to prioritize health equity and access. The CBC Network remains deeply committed to making a difference including the SOS Teams, and Youth Mental Health Awareness Training.

23/11/2022

CBC's Pathway Home™ has been awarded the Impact Prize from Foothold Technology for the innovative use of Foothold’s Electronic Health Record ( ) product, AWARDS. CBC's application was selected for going above and beyond in using AWARDS to clear business bottlenecks, while also improving the lives of the members they serve. Pathway Home™ demonstrated some of the most creative ways to use AWARDS through: streamlining data collection and reporting, using data to drive trainings and clinical staff support, increasing quality oversight, and well-informed decision making on staff trainings and clinical consultations for member support. Identifying and targeting interventions for members, and easily sharing data has been made possible through this collaboration with Foothold Technology.

09/11/2022

Governor Kathy Hochul's Safe Option Support outreach teams have helped find "bed placements" for 150 homeless individuals living in the subways in their first six months of operation, according to the New York State Office of Mental Health.

The SOS teams are made up of medical professionals, social workers, and other service providers, and intended to work with city agencies to find placements and wraparound services for homeless individuals. A majority of the teams, which are administered by Coordinated Behavioral Care, a nonprofit contracted by the state’s Office of Mental Health (OMH), operate in Manhattan, with others in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. CBC is proud to support the Governor in finding solutions for people who are homeless.

Read More about the SOS Teams Here: https://conta.cc/3Umcl1A

26/10/2022

CBC is excited to welcome Gerardo Ramos as Senior VP of Systems of Care. Jerry has vast experience overseeing the full continuum of mental health services, housing, and new program innovations. Jerry is well respected by colleagues, elected officials, oversight agencies such as OMH and OASAS, and clients. We are confident in his ability to lead high performing teams aligned with CBC’s mission.

13/10/2022

CBC is honored to be selected as a grantee. Through this launch of a Community Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Fellowship program in 2023 this grant will serve to advance CBC's clinical integration and workforce development in NYC.

27/09/2022

CBC is delighted to welcome Diane Novy as our first ever Senior Vice President of Managed Care Contracting and Network Development. Diane is joining CBC after 6 and a half years with one of our IPA members the . Prior to her time at Jewish Board, Diane had a long career working in Managed Care developing and managing provider networks for MCOs. We are confident in her leadership and expertise to accelerate CBC’s value based strategy with managed care.

09/09/2022

CBC has had a great Summer and we hope you did too!

This month's bulletin has information on CBC's BHCC award and measures, as well as updates on CBC's IPA's Children's Committee, Safe Option Support Teams operations in Brooklyn & Queens, and the launch of free trainings on CPT for PTSD for NYS providers through the CBC Training Institute.

Read more below. Happy Fall All.
https://conta.cc/3L0Hd3I

12/08/2022

CBC’s award-winning Pathway Home program recognize that issues of equity and social determinants, like transportation affect our ability to thrive in the community. That’s why we’ve partnered with Uber Health to ensure our program participants are able to attend medical and behavioral health appointments that are essential to whole health and wellness.

Check out this article by Uber Health highlighting the difference this partnership has made in the lives of our participants! https://conta.cc/3QHTbB5

05/08/2022

"Employees are more than their productivity."

HR/workforce policies must sustain the whole person. At CBC, we’re practicing this by investing in our workforce and supporting our network to do the same.

CBC TI Director Emily Grossman shares her experience with leadership at CBC, and how they supported Grossman's mental health to allow her time to take necessary medical leave.

Read more in Behavioral Health News about this humanistic perspective and how this approach can potentially increase staff retention here: https://conta.cc/3QiQFl3

12/07/2022

THIS AFTERNOON: Our CEO Pamela Mattel joins PCDC to discuss the art and science of integrated partnerships.

The conversation will include an interactive Q&A with panelists, so don’t miss being part of the discussion!

Register here: http://ow.ly/MppH50JCGuW

08/06/2022

TODAY: City and State NY hosts its annual all-day Nonprofit OpCon! The lineup includes eight panel sessions in which local leaders will discuss matters relevant to effective and streamlined processes and operations.

Our President & CEO Pamela Mattel will make her second City & State NY conference appearance in as many months when she participates in the "Nonprofit Efficiency: Managing Risk, Overhead and Failure" panel at Hebrew Union College.

Register here: https://conta.cc/3aDctrp

Streamlining Processes and Operations for New York Nonprofits

02/06/2022

NYS's is essential to public health.

CBC ensures that the behavioral health workforce is materially supported and well-informed in challenging times. Last year, we hosted Covid-19 Town Halls with nationally renowned epidemiologists in which providers could ask questions about infectious disease, personal protective equipment, vaccines and herd immunity.

That series resulted in a research study, recently published in Behavioral Health News. The findings have important implications for this specific workforce as a line of first defense to stem the tide of .

The article documents the high value of behavioral health professionals as an accessible source of timely and accurate information during public health emergencies. Notably, behavioral health service recipients have a high rate of confidence and trust in their providers, who are also frequently their primary connections to healthcare.

Read "Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Prevention of COVID-19 Among New York State Behavioral Health Employees": https://conta.cc/3Nf5Mdp

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in more than 79 million cases of confirmed infection and over 963,000 deaths in the United States.1 The pandemic has

01/06/2022

CBC TI continues to support NY's workforce with a June program of expertly curated trainings that kick off tomorrow morning!

Behavioral health service providers and administrators are invited to join us for free professional enrichment and support.

This month's training topics address / , eligibility, and !

Register here: https://conta.cc/3z0FkAc

Sign yourself up for self-care and professional enrichment with CBC TI! Coordinated Behavioral Care Featured June 2022 Webinars View Full Training Calendar CBC would like to recognize the Substance Ab

31/05/2022

In these challenging times, CBC continues to respond with programs and resources promoting wellness and care.

Our monthly bulletin rounds up the latest program updates, published articles and meeting recaps from the past several weeks informing network-level pursuits.

Read it below. And let us know what you think of the new format!

https://conta.cc/38gqNVV

20/05/2022

CBC values people with .

And Behavioral Health News has published “How Peers Contribute to Treatment and Recovery on CBC’s Pathway Home™ Care Transition Team”—highlighting the influential role of Peers on Pathway Home™ teams—in its Spring Issue!

Kudos to CBC Pathway Home™ Director Angelo Barberio and Samaritan Daytop Village Pathway Home™ Team Leader Maynor Alas, who authored the article together. And kudos to our Pathway Peers!

Read here: https://conta.cc/3Nqvbk7

Community-based care management services are vital in helping New York City’s most vulnerable members navigate an evolving healthcare landscape. CBC’s

12/05/2022

Hot off the press: CBC's quarterly Pathway Home™ newsletter!

It's your one-stop shop for everything new at Pathway in recent months—from program testimonials and success stories, to information on recent expansion and new hires!

Flip through it here: https://conta.cc/3smaWfl

Our latest newsletter covering all things Pathway Home! Coordinated Behavioral Care Pathway Home™ Newsletter (Vol. 3) CBC Pathway Home™ has published its Spring Newsletter, below. Please circulate wit

10/05/2022

Eagle-eyed readers of our bulletin will have noticed we tried out a new format last month! If you missed it, we've linked again below. Let us know what you think!

And our April Bulletin will be out next week!

Read: https://conta.cc/3LgHCOT

Debuting a new format for our monthly dispatch of everything happening at 55 Broadway! Coordinated Behavioral Care CBC March Bulletin Thanks to all who participated in our Bulletin Reader Survey last

04/05/2022

May is and CBC Training Institute's slate of scheduled trainings kicked off earlier today!

Behavioral health service providers and administrators are invited to join us for free professional enrichment and support.

This month's training topics address , / , treatment and care planning.

Register here: https://conta.cc/385t5GT

Sign yourself up for self-care and professional enrichment with CBC TI! Coordinated Behavioral Care Featured May 2022 Webinars View Full Training Calendar CBC would like to recognize the Substance Abu

22/04/2022

Bravo City and State NY for assembling an inspirational "Healthy New York Summit" on Wednesday.

"Thanks to City & State for consistently bringing behavioral health into the discussion underscoring there is no health without mental health. We have an urgent opportunity to transform systems of care by building more trust and collaboration across multiple sectors, inclusive of individual, family and community voices. CBC looks forward to working with payors in pursuit of excellent value-based care."

⁠—Pamela Mattel, CBC President & CEO (pictured below with her "Tackling Mental Health" panel colleagues Dr. Mike Lindsey, NYS Office of Mental Health Comm. Sullivan, NYC Council Member Linda Lee, Comunilife's Dr. Rosa Gil & The NY Foundling's Dr. Gerson!)

18/04/2022

Another peer-reviewed journal has published a study on CBC's signature program Pathway Home™!

"The Effect of Time Spent With Participants on Program Outcomes" explores associations between the amount of time Pathway Home™ staff spend with participants in the initial three months of enrollment and their attendance at a behavioral health appointment following return to the community and eventual disenrollment outcomes.

The article appears in the current issue of Professional Case Management. Kudos to authors Ariane Ernst (Pathway Home™ Senior Mental Health Clinician) and Barry Granek (Pathway Home™ Senior Director)!

Read the article here: https://conta.cc/3jJW2e5

01/04/2022

No fooling⁠—the CBC Training Institute's April Training Calendar is live!

This month we've lined up trainings on Dialectical Behavior Therapy ( ), and a self-care opportunity with attached.

Register here: https://conta.cc/3ihL1jm

Sign yourself up for self-care and professional enrichment with CBC TI! Coordinated Behavioral Care Featured April 2022 Webinars View Full Training Calendar CBC would like to recognize the Substance A

25/03/2022

We're closing out this year's with a final fact on local drug use among youth—the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics reports that New York teens are more likely to abuse alcohol and young adults are more likely to abuse drugs than national averages. At CBC, we firmly believe prevention is essential and recovery is possible!

CBC's Health Home offers care management services to this population citywide and in adjacent Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties. Nearly 2000 vulnerable teenage youth and over 1000 young adults are current CBC Health Home members, and this population receives linkage services to various SUD preventive and supportive programming through Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) and Children and Family Treatment and Support Services (CFTSS), as needed. Our Health Home care management agencies are also equipped to connect youth and their families to Youth Peer and Family Supports programs, as well as Respite Services to help offer acute substance use support and family-centered solutions.

NCDAS's Drug Use Among Youth (NY): https://conta.cc/3LiRjf4
CBC Health Home Enrollment: https://conta.cc/3IAxwpL

Current data on teen drug addiction & usage trends. Alcohol, ma*****na, opioid and he**in statistics for high school students & youth included.

24/03/2022

Today's fact and resource: new national data show that in recent years more adolescent girls are reporting alcohol use and binge drinking than boys. This runs counter to historic data in which underage drinking behaviors have skewed male.

Accordingly, SAMHSA has authored a new fact sheet that puts this worrying trend into context and incorporates links to learn more about federal initiatives and resources that address underage drinking and alcohol use by young adults. Chief among these is SAMHSA's own "Talk. They Hear You" substance use prevention campaign, which can help parents and caregivers start talking with their children early about the dangers of alcohol and other drugs.

SAMHSA's "Talk. They Hear You." campaign resources: https://conta.cc/3tB4O3S
SAMHSA's fact sheet on Alcohol Use Among Girls & Young Women: https://conta.cc/3qzaUjq
NIAAA's fact sheet on Underage Drinking: https://conta.cc/3Nk1emE

SAMHSA’s national substance use prevention campaign helps parents and caregivers start talking with their children early about the dangers of alcohol and other drugs.

23/03/2022

Today's fact: Did you know NYC recently opened the nation's first safe injection sites? The Associated Press reports that in just three months, the sites in upper Manhattan’s East Harlem and Washington Heights neighborhoods have halted more than 150 overdoses during about 9,500 visits—many of them repeat visits from some 800 people in all.

In February, we were delighted to include Washington Heights CORNER Project's Director of Programs Kailin See—who is quoted in the AP article—on a panel discussion in which opioid use disorder providers assessed current and novel paradigms for substance use treatment, prevention and recovery services here in NYC. You can stream that event on-demand via the link below!

"A look inside the 1st official ‘safe injection sites’ in US" article via Associated Press: https://conta.cc/3IypYE7
CBC's 'Looking Forward' Conference, "When A Pandemic & Epidemic Collide: The Opioid Crisis in 2022 & Beyond" Panel: https://conta.cc/3ixoiA1

As new administrations in City Hall and Albany begin to enact their vision for a healthier New York, our behavioral health sector continues to grapple with a...