Thank you! Almost 200 people assisted by sharing thoughts on how Crossroads should allocate about one million dollars in restored state service funds for the 2010-2011 fiscal year.
State Funds Restored for Behavioral Health Care
We sincerely appreciated you taking the time to let us know what services are important to you. We used that information, in conjunction with the Needs Assessment conducted in March 2009, and the Strategic Plan many of you helped us develop in June 2009, to establish our plans for the restored funds.
Following the guidelines from the state and your input, Crossroads will develop a plan that applies restored funds, within the limits of the funds,to the following:
1. Crisis Services – Goal to intervene at the local level to reduce hospitalizations.
a. ACTT expansion for indigent consumers who meet medical necessity criteria for this service.
b. Expansion of urgent walk-in clinic hours.
c. Hospital Transition services for high-cost high-need consumers.
2. Outpatient Services – Goal to reduce crisis events for high-cost high-need consumers.
a. Clinic-based outpatient periodic services for adults and children providing an option of care when Recovery Education Center services are not clinically appropriate.
b. Integrated Care Models as Best Practice – co-location and reverse co-location of services.
c. Child Services – expansion of outpatient, intensive in-home and multi-systemic therapy in a fee-for-service contract arrangement to ensure the units are claimed and paid in a capitated contract. These services may be provided in any appropriate location.
3. Case Management – Goal to provide Case Management for adults and children who do not have Medicaid for this service to coordinate services and reduce costs.
a. New Case Management service began July 1, 2010, for qualifying mental health and substance abuse consumers and on August 1, 2010 for qualifying consumers with intellectual/developmental disabilities. Case management will be Medicaid reimbursable with a weekly rate. Crossroads will commit funds to both adults and children who do not have Medicaid for this service.
The issue of transportation continues to be a significant concern as evidenced by the recent survey as well as the needs assessment. However, lack of sufficient resources and infrastructure restricts Crossroads’ ability to address this need.
David R. Swann
Area Director/CEO
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