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New Toolkit: A Path Forward for Appealing Denials of Coverage
Nicholas Addison Thomas
Director of Content Marketing, National Council for Behavioral Health
Here’s a sobering truth: Sometimes insurers deny coverage of more intensive levels of care for reasons that are not consistent with the actual current community standards of care. The guidelines followed by mental health and substance use service providers and insurers – known as “utilization management standards” or “medical necessity criteria” – don’t always match […]
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What Does Black History Month Mean to Me?
Victor Armstrong, MSW
Vice President of Behavioral Health for Atrium Health, and a member of the National Council's Board of Directors
To me, Black History Month is an opportunity to rewrite and reclaim the narrative. History has always been recorded and recited from the perspective of the majority. That is neither right nor wrong, good nor bad – it simply “is.” For one month of the year, the nation’s focus is on the contributions of African […]
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Interest Group: Connecting Children to High-Quality Care
Susie Huhn
National Council of Behavioral Health Board Member, and Secretary-Treasurer of CEO Casa de los Ninos
Alongside our Board of Directors, we recently launched Interest Groups to give our members the tools, knowledge and networks they need to accelerate their learning of – and impact on – various populations of interest. In this blog post, we highlight our new Children, Young Adults & Families group. I have been working for more […]
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Interest Group: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Susie Blue and Nicole Cadovius
Interest Group Co-Leads
Alongside our Board of Directors, we recently launched Interest Groups to give our members the tools, knowledge and networks they need to accelerate their learning of – and impact on – various populations of interest. In this blog post, we highlight our new Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities group. Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) […]
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LGBTQ+ Interest Group: Taking Steps toward Inclusivity
Paul Curtis and Michael Carrone
Interest Group Co-Leads
Last month, more than 100 people attended the first virtual meeting of the LGBTQ+ Interest Group, where in a webinar, they learned more about the issues facing this population, insights into ongoing needs, and next steps regarding the Group and its growing community. We were overwhelmed by the excitement and energy of the participants, as […]
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Interest Group: Helping Older Adults Heal and Thrive
Nicole Cadovius
Director of Practice Improvement
Alongside our Board of Directors, we recently launched an Interest Group initiative to give our members the tools, knowledge and networks they need to accelerate their learning of – and impact on – various populations of interest. In this blog post, we highlight our new Older Adults group. Did you know that 25 percent of […]
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