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The Pennsylvania Medical Home Initiative (MHI) is seeking input on opportunities and barriers related to medical homes and a medical home approach for children, youth, and young adults, including those with mental health, developmental and other special health care needs. Please note the dates and locations in each region and plan to attend. The agenda for the meeting includes: MHI briefing, identification of local/regional barriers to medical home approach, identification of local/regional opportunities to build upon a medical home approach, discussion of potential strategies and actions, and consensus building around next steps.

Northwest Region on Tuesday, May 9, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
North Central PA Regional Planning and Development Commission
49 Ridgmont Drive
Ridgway, PA 15853

Southwest Region on Wednesday, May 10, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Blair County Convention Center
One Convention Center Drive
Altoona, PA 16602

Southeast Region on Tuesday, May 16, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Berks County Intermediate Unit – #14
1111 Commons Blvd. – PO Box 16050
Reading, PA 19612-6050

Northeast Region on Wednesday, May 17, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Genetti Hotel & Conference Center
77 East Market Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701

All of the facilities have free parking and are fully accessible. Space is limited, so RSVP early. A light lunch is included.

RSVP by calling 717-772-2763 or replying by email to [email protected] at least seven days prior to the meeting(s) you are attending. When RSVPing, include:

1)  Your name
2)  Your email address
3)  Organization you represent (if applicable)
4)  Town where organization is located
5)  Meeting location(s) you are attending

Stipends are available for family members/caregivers. Please call Todd Christophel at 717-772-2763 for more information.

**Please forward this invitation to anyone who has a stake in a medical home approach to primary care, including family members/caregivers, family advocates, health insurers, health systems, public health professionals, health care professionals, mental health professionals, oral health professionals and health care educators.**

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In Pennsylvania, approximately 21,000 babies and their mothers are affected by postpartum depression each year. In January, Representative Schlossberg, with the #StrongMomStrongBaby coalition and Representative Tarah Toohil, re-introduced Pennsylvania HB 200 to support mothers facing postpartum depression and their babies through the state’s Early Intervention System. The legislation would make developmental assessments, follow-up services, and if needed, early intervention services available to mothers and their babies. This Thursday, April 27, a group of Pennsylvania legislators and health care experts come together at the Lehigh Valley Hospital to host a public panel discussion to address questions surrounding postpartum depression and early childhood development. The experts on the panel will discuss their current work with perinatal depression, developmental delays among infants, and early intervention services. Medical and mental health professionals are welcome to attend this event and can RSVP attendance on Facebook or by emailing Sara Gouldman.

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RCPA has joined the many community organizations across Pennsylvania that are now participants in the #FamilyFirstPA Coalition. #FamilyFirstPA is a campaign committed to enabling families to advocate for themselves in the ongoing effort to protect human services in the state budget process. The project works with provider, advocacy, faith-based, and community organizations to identify FAMILIES and provide social media platforms for them to share their stories of the challenges they face and the critical support their family has received from community services that rely on state and county funding. While these families may not know about funding streams, waivers, etc., they know what a difference critical human services are making in the lives of their families. In the current phase of the project, #FamilyFirstPA is seeking and interviewing families in four regions:

  • Lehigh Valley: Berks, Lehigh, Northampton Counties
  • Southeast: Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, Delaware Counties
  • South Central: Dauphin, Lancaster, York Counties
  • Southwest: Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland Counties

More information about the project can be found online and providers and families are encouraged to “like,” participate in, and “follow” #FamilyFirstPA on Facebook and Twitter.

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A report released this week from Millbank Foundation continues that organization’s focus, research, and information on the growing integrated physical and behavioral health (BH) care delivery system. Behavioral Health Integration in Pediatric Primary Care: Considerations and Opportunities for Policymakers, Planners, and Providers reinforces prior and troubling findings that reflect the rate of childhood mental health needs, professional staff shortages, and the extraordinarily high cost of child-adolescent mental health disorders. More important are the findings related to the growth and positive impact of models for consultation, care coordination, and co-located mental health care in pediatrics. The full report as well as other Millbank Memorial Fund publications related to integrating physical and mental health care are available online.

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Drexel University is offering a core training for mental health targeted case managers (TCM) on Wednesday, April 26 and Thursday, April 27, 2017 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. See flyer for details. All new targeted case managers (blended case managers, intensive case managers, resource coordinators) are required to successfully complete the TCM core training within six months of hire.

Drexel University is one of the entities authorized by the Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to provide this training. Please call 877-243-3033 or email with any questions. Have a great day!

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A Story From Southeastern Pennsylvania

The National Association of Social Workers Pennsylvania Chapter (NASW-PA) representative to the Learning Community Leadership, Troy L. Brindle, LCSW, has led his organization in the vanguard of creative approaches to integrated and co-located mental health care. Recent articles in the Chester County and Delaware County Medical Society publications chronicle “The Benefits and Challenges of Behavioral Health Services in the Medical Setting” as experienced at Springfield Psychological. This brief article offers important insight into how this large, multispecialty outpatient practice has, through “persistence, flexibility, and creativity” begun providing co-located mental health services in a range of primary care, patient-centered, medical home model practice settings.

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OMHSAS is looking to create a productive and cohesive group to collaborate on the development of comprehensive Inpatient Regulations. The regulations will contain four (4) subchapters that will address the provision of: Inpatient, Extended Acute Care, Residential Treatment Facilities for Adults, and Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities for Individuals under age 21.

The invitation to collaborate on this process will be limited to one or two representatives per group. Please consider who from your organization might be your best representative for each event.

For your information and planning purposes, Sarah Eyster, RCPA Mental Health division and Robena Spangler, RCPA Children’s Division have RSVP’d and plan to attend all events when possible. The complete invitation and schedule of events is available here.

We are looking forward to the work ahead and providing you with the updates as the process moves along.

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