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March 14, 2024

Top 10 Renewal FAQ’s for the Office of Mental Health & Substance Abuse (OMHSAS) Services Providers

Over the past two years, Licensing Administration has embraced changes to streamline the renewal process for the existing Certificates of Compliance/licenses.  In working through the challenges, Licensing Administration found there ...

March 13, 2024

Behavioral Health Updates

Managed Care Organizations Updates as of 3.13.2024

March 12, 2024

PCCYFS Legislative Updates

It’s official, the 2024-2025 budget hearings have concluded. This week featured some major departments: Health, Human Services, Education, State, and the Governor’s Budget Office. The State House and State Senate ...

March 11, 2024

Federal Funding Opportunities: U.S. Department of Education

Notice of Federal Funding Opportunity for the School-Based Mental Health Services Grant ProgramPositive mental health contributes to success in life and supports our emotional, social, and psychological well-being. Increasing mental ...

March 8, 2024

Graduate Education Program at Shippensburg University

For over 40 years the Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission (JCJC), in partnership with Shippensburg University, has sponsored a graduate education program for working juvenile justice professionals. The program is available ...

March 7, 2024

New Bulletin Notification 08-24-04 from the Office of Medical Assistance Programs (OMAP) – Updates to The PROMISe™ Provider Handbook 837 Professional/CMS-1500 Claim Form, Appendix E – Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)/ Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Handbook

The Department of Human Services’ Office of Medical Assistance Programs has issued the attached Medical Assistance Bulletin 08-24-04 dated March 1, 2024, outlining updates to the PROMISe™ Provider Handbook 837 ...

March 5, 2024

Clinical High Risk for Psychosis (CHR-P) Federal Funding Opportunity

Notice of Federal Funding Opportunity for Community Programs for Outreach and Intervention with Youth and Young Adults at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis Approximately 100,000 adolescents and young adults in ...

March 4, 2024

PCCYFS Legislative Update

March 1, 2024 Week two of budget hearings in the State House and State Senate is in the rear-view mirror. The Independent Fiscal Office released its monthly report for February ...

March 4, 2024

Administrative Claiming for Nurse Advice Lines and for Skilled Professional Medical Personnel for Certain Behavioral Health Professionals

The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) recently amended policies regarding the availability of federal financial participation (FFP) for administrative expenditures. The first topic reverses long-standing CMS policy related ...

March 4, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $36.9 Million in Behavioral Health Funding Opportunities

On 2.26.2024, The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced grant opportunites totaling $36.9 billion to support ...