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Wednesday, July 21, 2021 — 2:00 pm ET
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For black and indigenous people of color (BIPOC) Mental Health Awareness Month, Magellan is offering a free webinar with their medical directors, Dr. Rakel Beall-Wilkins, MD, MPH, psychiatrist, and Dr. Misty Tu, MD, psychiatrist, as they share their knowledge and tips to support BIPOC mental health and answer questions from the audience.

Course Description: 
Impacts from the pandemic have disproportionately affected BIPOC groups, leading to increased stress and mental health concerns. While African Americans make up 13% of the U.S. population, they make up 30% of COVID-19 cases and 33% of COVID-19 hospitalizations [1]. Data shows that COVID-19-related deaths among BIPOC groups are also disproportionately higher [1]. Among Hispanic adults during the pandemic, reports of increased or newly initiated substance use (SU) was 36.9%, compared to 14.3%–15.6% among all other respondents, symptoms of depression were reported 59% more frequently than by White individuals, and reports of suicidal thoughts/ideation were 4x higher than for African American and White individuals [2]. Among Asian Americans during the pandemic, 32% have reported fear over being threatened or physically attacked, 45% have reported at least one derogatory incident tied to racial or ethnic background, and 81% have reported a general concern that violence against them is increasing [3].

Historically, individuals in racial and ethnic minority groups are less likely to receive treatment for mental health or SU disorders [2]. Among people with any mental illness in 2015, 22% of Asian people and 31% of African American and Hispanic people received treatment, compared to 48% of White people [4].

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This ASAM Alignment Memorandum establishes a procedure for drug and alcohol treatment providers to request from the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) additional time beyond July 1, 2021 in reaching substantial alignment with service delivery conditions under The ASAM Criteria, 2013.

Questions regarding this memorandum can be directed to DDAP, ASAM Transition, or Jason Snyder, Director, Drug & Alcohol Division.

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From the Department of Human Services (DHS):

As you may know, on Monday, June 14, DHS submitted a preliminary spending plan to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that serves as a foundation for Pennsylvania’s planning efforts by outlining our principles and overarching priorities for expanding and enhancing home and community-based services (HCBS). The preliminary plan encompasses many of the stakeholder recommendations that have been made to date. The overarching priorities include:

  1. Increasing access to Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS);
  2. Enhancing HCBS provider payment rates and benefits;
  3. Protecting the health and well-being of direct care workers and direct support professionals through the provision of supplies and equipment;
  4. Recruitment and retention efforts to support the workforce;
  5. Supporting caregivers;
  6. Assistive technology and other supports to improve functional capabilities of persons with disabilities;
  7. Supporting the transition of individuals to community-based living arrangements;
  8. Investing in activities to address Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder treatment and recovery needs of Medicaid beneficiaries; and
  9. Building HCBS capacity and rebalancing Long-term Services and Supports.

The Department of Human Services has already heard from many stakeholders about Pennsylvania’s plan to use the increased Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentages (FMAP) available under the American Rescue Plan, but for those who are unable to submit feedback via email, you are able to do so by participating in Wednesday’s virtual public comment session beginning at 10:00 am. To ensure all who register are able to speak, each individual will have 5 minutes to provide their feedback.

Click on this link to register for the session. You can click here to view Pennsylvania’s preliminary spending plan.

Thank you for your continued collaboration and for all you do to serve Pennsylvanians.

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Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) are one of the critical groups at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19. To show our appreciation, MITC is giving away $5,000 to 13 hardworking and dedicated DSPs who are nominated by someone from their agency.
– 1 prize of $1,000
– 2 prizes of $500
– 10 prizes of $300

MITC values the hard work put forth by DSPs every day and is hoping to show our appreciation through these prizes! The deadline to nominate a DSP is Saturday, July 31, 2021. MITC will share the awardees’ stories during DSP Recognition Week in September 2021.

Nominate Your DSP here.

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Attached are the resources that were issued during last week’s virtual office hours regarding changes to the Enterprise Incident Management (EIM) system that will be effective July 1, 2021.

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Vital Strategies will host a live webinar from 1:30 pm–3:00 pm Wednesday, June 30, featuring Pennsylvania officials and other stakeholders who will discuss overdose-related trends being seen across the Commonwealth as well as new interventions and opportunities to access bulk, no-cost naloxone for overdose prevention initiatives in your community.

Register here. More information is available here.

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