PMHCA Awardees

TAIC - Quarterly Meeting (Webinar)

Dear PMHCA and MMHSUD Awardees,

You are invited to participate in the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Technical Assistance Innovation Center (TAIC) Quarterly Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, February 5, 2024, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET.

Please feel free to forward this email to any other members of your project staff and/or partners who may benefit from participation. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at mch-ta-innovation-center@jbsinternational.com.

Zoom information to come.

Thank you and we look forward to you attending our quarterly webinar meeting!

Sincerely,

MCHB TA Innovation Center Team

Date

November 7, 2024, 9:55 pm EST

Virtual

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TAIC - Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Screening for Perinatal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Roundtable

You are invited to the roundtable discussion, "Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Screening for Perinatal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Roundtable," hosted by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau’s TA Innovation Center, scheduled for Thursday, December 5, 2024, 3:00 pm – 4:30 p.m. ET.

This roundtable discussion will address the complexities of using screening tools for perinatal mental health and substance use disorders, focusing on cultural and linguistic responsiveness. We aim to delve deeper into the workflows, processes, and context surrounding these tools, exploring how they can better inform patient experiences, guide next steps, and shape follow-up care. The session will highlight the importance of considering the entire process—both before and after the screening—to ensure patients receive appropriate support.

Facilitator:

Nancy Byatt, DO, MS, MBA, DFAPA, FACLP, Executive Director, Lifeline for Families Center & Lifeline for Moms Program, Professor with Tenure of Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Population & Quantitative Health Sciences, Medical Director of Research and Evaluation, MCPAP for Moms

Panelists:

Camila L. Arnaudo, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Interim Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Psychiatry, Medical Director Addictions Treatment Recovery Center, IU Health, Bloomington, Co-Medical Director Indiana CHAMP Program

Janelle Palacios PhD, CNM, Nurse Midwife, Researcher, Consultant, Professional Speaker, Founder, Encoded 4 Story

Jasmine L. Garland McKinney, PhD, LCMHCA (NC), NCC, Postdoctoral Research Associate, The University of Maryland

Sara Wagner Moyer, PhD, RN, Senior Clinical Research Coordinator, School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University

ZOOM

Meeting ID:875 5866 4135 ; Passcode: 188637

Please feel free to forward this email to any other members of your project staff and/or partners who may benefit from participation. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at mch-ta-innovation-center@jbsinternational.com.

Thank you and we look forward to you attending!

Sincerely,

MCHB TA Innovation Center Team

Date

November 7, 2024, 9:55 pm EST

Virtual

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MCHB TA Innovation Center

TAIC Quarterly Meeting (Webinar)

Dear PMHCA and MMHSUD Awardees,

You are invited to participate in the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Technical Assistance Innovation Center (TAIC) Quarterly Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET.

This meeting will feature updates from the TAIC including a review of upcoming TA activities and overview of the TA resources recently released. In addition, the TAIC will conduct a strategic planning session to get input on TA needs including speakers/topics of interest for future quarterly meetings. The strategic planning session will consist of poll questions in addition to brainstorming activities.

Please feel free to forward this email to any other members of your project staff and/or partners who may benefit from participation. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at mch-ta-innovation-center@jbsinternational.com.

ZOOM
Meeting ID: 883 1911 3131
Passcode: 664534

Thank you and we look forward to you attending our quarterly webinar meeting!

Sincerely,

MCHB TA Innovation Center Team

Date

November 8, 2024, 7:53 am EST

Virtual

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TAIC Peer Sharing Session: Increasing Provider Reimbursement: Incentivizing Program Participation Through Use of Consultation Billing Codes

The MCHB TA Innovation Center will be offering a peer-to-peer sharing session for PMHCA and MMHSUD awardees on
Increasing Provider Reimbursement: Incentivizing Program Participation Through Use of Consultation Billing Codes

Co-facilitators: Dr. John Straus, M.D, Founding Director of MCPAP

Session Moderator: Liz Carr

This session is scheduled for
Monday, November 18, 2024, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Eastern
You can register for the session here.

Questions to Guide the Discussion

How do you engage the providers your programs serve to use billing codes?
How have you informed enrolled and unenrolled providers that billing may be an option?
What have been some of the challenges and how have you responded to those challenges?
If codes are not turned on, what guidance do you have for how programs can advocate to get them turned on? Is there a policy requiring or strongly encouraging third party payers to turn on and honor the PCP consultation code in your state/territory?
Tell us about how using the Interprofessional Consultation CPT codes can help with sustainability?
For those in areas using CPT codes for consultation time, when do your enrolled PCPs use these billing codes?
What should other Access Programs know about using these codes? What limitations should programs be aware of?

We look forward to connecting with you!

Thank you,

MCHB TA Innovation Center Team

Things to Note:

Peer-to-peer learning sessions are designed to promote dialogue among peer PMHCA and MMHSUD awardees using an informal virtual meeting format to discuss challenges, share ideas and successes, and exchange lessons learned in the implementation of your programs about a range of topics.
These sessions will be scheduled for an hour, with an extra 30 minutes built in for additional discussion and Q&A for interested participants. Sessions will be “lightly facilitated”, meaning that the floor is yours and facilitators will be there to keep the discussion moving along, but will otherwise be in the background to allow sufficient time and space for you to engage with one another directly.
Your feedback on these sessions is welcomed and encouraged. A QR code link to a brief feedback form will be provided at the beginning and end of each session. We want to hear from you!

Date

November 8, 2024, 9:04 am EST

Virtual

Event Summary

TAIC Peer Sharing Session: Increasing Provider Reimbursement: Incentivizing Program Participation Through Use of Consultation Billing Codes

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Mental Health and Schools: Best Practices to Support Our Students - Implications for Policy, Systems, and Practices

It is well documented that one in five children will experience a diagnosable behavioral health concern, and half of all lifetime mental illnesses begin by age 14. Strikingly, as few as 50% of these children will receive any kind of treatment and even fewer receive evidence-based treatments. Schooling is a legal requirement until age 16. As a result, schools encounter most children ages 5 to 17 and are therefore a highly impactful setting to ensure children’s behavioral health needs are identified and met as quickly as possible – either through school-based supports and services or through links to services in the broader community.

Audience

Mental Health and Schools: Best Practices to Support Our Students - Implications for Policy, Systems, and Practices (PDF, 2.39 MB)

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Psychiatric Consultation in Primary Care: Examining Treatment Access for Adolescent Depression

Psychiatric Consultation in Primary Care: Examining Treatment Access for Adolescent Depression

Laura E. Hurst, M.S.W., Elizabeth Tengelitsch, Ph.D., Teryn Bruni, Ph.D., Joyce Lee, M.D., M.P.H., Sheila Marcus, M.D., and Joanna Quigley, M.D.

Abstract

Purpose: Youth in the United States are experiencing mental health concerns at an unprecedented level. Child Psychiatry Access Programs offer an innovative approach to close the gap between the need for care and insufficient mental health workforce. This study examined whether primary care provider consultation with a Child Psychiatry Access Program, Michigan Clinical Consultation & Care (MC3), was associated with greater access to treatment for adolescents with moderate to severe depression symptoms.

Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted of primary care visits between 2017 and

2021 for adolescent patients with first-time positive scores on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were used to examine if patients whose primary care provider used MC3 psychiatric consultations had improved access to depression treatment

compared to those who did not.

Results: Four hundred seventy nine patients reported Patient Health Questionnaire-9 scores

indicating moderate to severe depression symptoms. Compared to non-MC3 consult patients (n ¼ 409), MC3 consult patients (n ¼ 70) had higher odds of being prescribed antidepressant medications (odds ratio [OR], 2.16; 95% confidence interval [CI] [1.11e4.22], p ¼ .05), 4 times higher odds of having a primary care follow-up visit to monitor depression symptoms (OR, 4.56, 95% CI [2.56 e8.14], p < .001), and higher odds of accessing mental health therapy (OR, 2.14; 95% CI [1.13e4.05], p ¼ .05).

Discussion: Use of MC3 consultations was associated with increased utilization of evidence-based depression treatments including medication, therapy, and follow-up care. Greater adoption of models such as MC3 may increase the capacity for addressing mental health needs in children.

Audience

Psychiatric Consultation in Primary Care: Examining Treatment Access for Adolescent Depression (PDF, 350.94 KB)

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Children in Mental Health Crisis: Pediatric Primary Care Providers’ Role in Bridging Treatment Following Higher Levels of Care

Children in Mental Health Crisis: Pediatric Primary Care Providers’ Role in Bridging Treatment Following Higher Levels of Care

Rebecca A. Ferro, Sarah Edwards, Kelly Coble, Mark Riddle, Shauna P. Reinblatt, Chelsie Ader, Meghan Crosby Budinger, Amie F. Bettencourt

Abstract

The current study examines the role of pediatric Primary Care Providers (PCPs) in bridging treatment for youth who have experienced mental health crises and the characteristics of these patients for whom PCPs sought psychiatric consultation and referral support from a child psychiatry access program, Maryland Behavioral Health Integration in Pediatric Primary Care. Psychiatric consultation and referral calls between 2012 and 2021 were included if a) the patient was recently seen in a higher level of care and b) the PCP was bridging treatment following the patient's discharge; 208 calls met criteria. The most common mental health concerns included depressed mood, suicidal thoughts/gestures, and anxiety. Acute concerns of aggression, suicide attempts, and hallucinations were also reported. Over half of the patients had two or more mental health diagnoses. At the time of the call, only one quarter of these patients had outpatient therapy services while about half were receiving medication treatment. Most of these patients were discharged from the higher level of care without a care plan. Pediatric PCPs are managing their patients' complex mental health concerns following receipt of higher levels of care. Improvements in collaboration and care coordination between pediatric PCPs and emergency department providers are needed.

Keywords: Pediatric mental health • Mental health crisis • Child psychiatry access • Primary care

Audience

Children in Mental Health Crisis: Pediatric Primary Care Providers’ Role in Bridging Treatment Following Higher Levels of Care (PDF, 4.22 MB)

Documents

MCH Behaviroal Health Program TA Portal - User Guide

Audience

Behavioral Health Program TA Portal - User Guide (PDF, 1.73 MB)

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TAIC - 2024 New Awardee Community of Practice Summary

The 2024 Community of Practice (CoP) was designed to support newly awarded Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) and Screening and Treatment for Maternal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders (MMHSUD) programs. This CoP series has been a crucial platform for fostering collaboration, sharing knowledge, and building capacity among awardees. The initiative aimed to enhance the operational frameworks and service delivery models of these programs to better address the behavioral health needs of children, youth, and their families.

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