Behavioral Health Updates
Managed Care Organizations Updates 12/22/2021
Beacon Health Options of Pennsylvania – Provider of Intensive Behavioral Health Services (IBHS) Requests for Proposals (RFP’s)
These standing RFPs do not have a deadline for responses. Agencies interested and eligible to respond can submit their proposals at any time. Responses will be reviewed upon receipt and each application will receive a response following the review.
Below are the links to each RFP:
- Armstrong-Indiana Counties Provider of IBHS
- Butler County Provider of IBHS
- Lawrence County Provider of IBHS
- Washington County Provider of IBHS
- Westmoreland County Provider of IBHS
- Northwest Behavioral Health Partnership (Crawford, Mercer, and Venango Counties) Provider of IBHS
All RFPs have Attachment A. Please review:
Submissions: Email a completed copy of the signed RFP to: RFP-RFI4BeaconPA@beaconhealthoptions.com. Please type the title of the RFP and your organization’s name in the subject line.
Beacon Health Options of Pennsylvania – Pilot Program for Center Based Services Requests for Proposals (RFP’s)
These standing RFPs do not have a deadline for responses. Agencies interested and eligible to respond can submit their proposals at any time. Responses will be reviewed upon receipt and each application will receive a response following the review.
Below are the links to each RFP:
- Armstrong-Indiana Counties Pilot Program for Center Based Services
- Butler County Pilot Program for Center Based Services
- Lawrence County Pilot Program for Center Based Services
- Washington County Pilot Program for Center Based Services
- Mercer County Pilot Program for Center Based Services
- Venango County Pilot Program for Center Based Services
Submissions: Email a completed copy of the signed RFP to: RFP-RFI4BeaconPA@beaconhealthoptions.com. Please type the title of the RFP and your organization’s name in the subject line.
Community Behavioral Health (CBH) – Socratic Questioning for Therapists and Counselors: Practical Strategies to Overcome Common Pitfalls
On Friday, January 28, CBH will host a workshop to teach therapists and clients how to use Socratic cognitive and behavior change strategies. Participants will learn how to use a four-step framework for Socratic questioning and implement Socratic questioning strategies within a single session and across multiple sessions to bring about change in patient schema (i.e., core beliefs).
Friday, January 28, 2022
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Click here to register for and learn more about the workshop.
Community Behavioral Health (CBH) – Provider Bulletin 21-19: Tobacco Recovery Policy Update: Residential Drug and Alcohol Levels of Care
CBH has released the Provider Bulletin 21-19: Tobacco Recovery Policy Update: Residential Drug and Alcohol Levels of Care. Effective Wednesday, December 15, this Bulletin rescinds Provider Bulletin 18-24 to ensure treatment environments support long-term recovery.
Click here to view the full Bulletin.
If you have any questions about the Bulletin, please contact your Provider Relations Representative.
Community Behavioral Health (CBH) – A Post-Master’s Adoption Competency Certificate Program for Licensed Clinicians
Adoptive parents often struggle to find therapists skilled in working with adoptive families. VOCE is committed to ensuring that families are supported to help their adopted children thrive.
Training for Adoption Competency, administered by VOCE in collaboration with the Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.), is a competency-based training program for mental health clinicians who provide pre and post-adoption services.
Applications for the program are due by Thursday, December 30, 2021.
Click here to apply for and learn more about this program.
If you have questions or concerns regarding registration for this event, please e-mail programs@vocetogether.org or call 717-236-8570.
Community Behavioral Health (CBH) – Socratic Questioning for Therapists and Counselors: Practical Strategies to Overcome Common Pitfalls
On Friday, January 28, CBH will host a workshop to teach therapists and clients how to use Socratic cognitive and behavior change strategies. Participants will learn how to use a four-step framework for Socratic questioning and implement Socratic questioning strategies within a single session and across multiple sessions to bring about change in patient schema (i.e., core beliefs).
Friday, January 28, 2022, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Click here to register for and learn more about the workshop.
Community Behavioral Health (CBH) – Provider Bulletin 21-20: Transition from COVID-19 Alternative Payment Arrangement (APA) to Provider Bridge Payments
CBH has released the Provider Bulletin 21-20: Transition from COVID-19 Alternative Payment Arrangement (APA) to Provider Bridge Payments. This Bulletin is to inform providers that the COVID-19 Alternative Payment Arrangement, which has been available since April 2020, will end on December 31, 2021. To support our provider community during this transition back to a Fee-For-Service (FFS)/claims-based funding mechanism, providers currently on the COVID-19 APA will be offered a Bridge Payment. Details about the transition and Bridge Payments are outlined in the bulletin.
Click here to view the full Bulletin.
Community Behavioral Health (CBH) – Webinar: Administrative Supervision –An Organizational Processes View
On Thursday, January 13, CBH’s Provider Training and Development, in collaboration with BHTEN, will present a webinar for supervisory staff titled Administrative Supervision: An Organizational Processes View.
The webinar is open to anyone providing administrative supervision in the DBHIDS provider community who is looking to improve their skills. This training will identify core elements of administrative supervision as it impacts organizational culture and staff retention across the behavioral health field.
Thursday, January 13, 2022
10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Registration for the webinar will close on Tuesday, January 11.
Click here to register for and learn more about the webinar.
Community Behavioral Health (CBH) – Webinar: Culturally Responsive Therapeutic Strategies
On Thursday, March 3, CBH, in collaboration with BHTEN, will present a webinar about applying multicultural principles in therapy and culturally responsive adaption of assessment and cognitive behavioral treatments.
This webinar will discuss the rationale for cognitive behavioral therapies, culturally specific stressors that often impact marginalized groups, and how multicultural principles can be integrated into cognitive behavioral therapies with clients who are experiencing culturally specific stressors.
Thursday, March 3, 2022
9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Registration for the webinar will close on Thursday, February 24.
Click here to register for and learn more about the webinar.
PerformCare – Upcoming January Provider Training Session
CRR-HH/ITP and Evaluator Provider Meeting ― Friday, January 7
This will cover Medical Necessity Guidelines and authorization changes that will go into effect February 7, 2022.
Register here. Please RSVP for this training by January 3, 2022. If you have any questions, please contact Jen Temple at jtemple@amerihealthcaritas.com.
PerformCare – IBHS Written Order Update: Center-Based Recommendations
PerformCare provided a clarification in IBHS 21 108: IBHS Written Order Update: Center-Based Recommendations (PDF) on expectations for prescribing individual services or applied behavioral analysis (ABA) in a licensed Intensive Behavioral Health Services (IBHS) location or “center.”
To provide individual services or ABA in a center setting, providers must include the recommendation for “center-based” as a setting where services may be provided and the clinical rationale to support the need for individual IBHS or ABA center-based services. PerformCare also updated the IBHS Written Order Form (PDF).
PerformCare – Tobacco Cessation Resources
PerformCare wants to inform all network providers of tobacco cessation resources available for members. Resources include a list of state-approved tobacco cessation programs, Pennsylvania Department of Health materials, and more.
Read AD 21 108: Tobacco Cessation Resources (PDF) to access the resources.
You can view our full list of policies and notices on PerformCare’s website.
