Information provided by UHC.
This week a district court ruling granted UHC’s motion to stay and ordered that UHC must be included in all readiness activities for the Centennial Care 2.0 contract starting immediately. UHC will be working with the Human Services Department on preparing for open enrollment pending the hearing on the merits of their appeal in late August.
Please contact Nancy Chapa at 505.449.4132 with any questions.
Submitted by Brian Serna, Serna Solutions
MARIPOSAS PROJECT
Opportunity for free CEU’s.
This is a special project with the Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe to provide CRAFT training to Mariposas group facilitators all over the Northern New Mexico. The plan is to implement Mariposas groups to provide support and skills to parishioners who have a loved one struggling with addiction. I’m looking for ANY mental health workers who are Catholic in Northern NM to participate in this training. You will get 6 FREE CEUs, a small stipend for co-facilitating these groups in your local parish, and referrals from the parish into your practice/agency. Please tag your friends who might be interested and share this post. Call 505-831-8117 to register! Again, its FREE and lunch will be provided
The NMBHPA announces the election of new Board of Directors and Board of Directors officers.
Board of Directors Officers: July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019
President – Krisztina Ford, All Faiths
Vice-President – Chris Tokarski, Mental Health Resources
Secretary – Neal Bowen, Hidalgo Medical Services
Treasurer – Sylvia Barela, Santa Fe Recovery Center
Board of Directors *** Term expires June 30, 2019
**Anderson, Carol Luna, The Life Link carol@thelifelink.org
Barela, Sylvia Santa Fe Recovery Center sbarela@sfrecovery.org
**Bowen, Neal Hidalgo Medical Center nbowen@hmsnm.org
Cooper Carrie Guidance Center of Lea County ccooper@gclcnm.org
**Davidson, Rex Los Cumbres rex.davidson@LCCS-NM.org
Everitt, Marti La Casa Behavioral Health meveritt@lacasahealth.com
Ford, Krisztina All Faiths kford@allfaiths.org
Harris, Joe UNMH (Past President)
jharris3@salud.unm.edu
Johnson, Steve New Day sjohnson@ndnm.org
Ley, David New Mexico Solutions
delay@yahoo.com
Nickless, Cate SW Independent Practioners cate.nickless@hotmail.com
**Nomberg, Beverly La Familia-Namaste
bnomberg@la-familia-inc.org
Palmer, Stacey Presbyterian Medical Services Stacey.palmer@pmsnm.org
Serna, Brian Serna Solutions, Inc. briserna@yahoo.com
Tokarski, Chris Mental Health Resources, Inc. ctokarski@mhrnewmexico.com
The application is available here. http://www.nmbhpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Partners-in-Policy-Making.docx Please pass along to anyone you know who may be interested. Please contact the UNM Center for Development and Disability with any questions you might have! Contact information is included in the attached application.
Thank you. Wendy
The New Mexico Primary Care Association (NMPCA) has received a $240,000 two year grant to implement value-based revenue models based on pay for performance, pre-established quality indicators, and integrated primary care and behavioral health services. The NMPCA has engaged the New Mexico Behavioral Health Providers Association (NMBHPA) as a grant recipient partner on the project, and the two Associations will collaborate on incorporating both behavioral health and primary care interventions and outcome measures.
The grantee, the Delta Center for a Thriving Safety Net, received funding for this project from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The four goals of the project are:
Maggie McCowen and Brian Serna will participate on the grant team with the NMPCA, along with additional NMBHPA members TBD interested in serving as advisory committee to the project.
Stay tuned for project updates.