Practice Management Insight

May 2009

A report on events affecting Oklahoma providers

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May 7-8, 2009

ASI with Steve Stewart

Tulsa Technology Center, Lemley Campus, Career Services Center Section E, 3420 South Memorial Drive, Tulsa, OK

Contact: 405-522-8300

Fax: 405-522-8320

Event Information

Online Registration

May 7-8 & 21-22

Certified Problem
Gambling Counselor Training

ODMHSAS Training Center

2401 NW 23rd, Suite 1F Shepherd Mall

Contact: 405-522-8300

Fax: 405-522-8320

Event Information

Online Registration

May 14-15

SOAR Training

Disability Determination Division

9801 N. Kelly, OKC, OK 73131

Contact: Kelly Earles,

405-522-0103

Fax: 405-522-8661

Event Information

May 15, 2009

ASAM with Steve Stewart

Tulsa Technology Center Riverside Campus

Alliance and Conference Center

Building Room # A-144

801 E. 91st Street, Tulsa, OK

Contact: 405-522-8300

Fax: 405-522-8320

Event Information

Online Registration

May 19

Improving Access to
Medicaid and Food Stamps

Tulsa Technology Center

Riverside Campus

801 E. 91st Street, Tulsa, OK

Contact: Kelly Earles,

405-522-0103

Fax: 405-522-8661

Event Information

May 28-29

ASI with James Patterson

ODMHSAS Training Center

Suite 1F, Shepherd Mall

2401 NW 23rd Street, OKC, OK

Contact: 405-533-8300

Fax: 405-522-8320

Event Information

Online Registration

May 29

Psychological First Aid: The Acute Disaster Intervention of Choice, Thomas Thomson, Robert Stewart & Loren Stein

Great Plains Technology

Auditorium Bldg. 100

4500 W. Lee Blvd., Lawton, OK

Contact: 405-533-8300

Fax: 405-522-8320

Event Information

Online Registration

ThinkHealth Online Training Sessions Go Live May 8

Mental Health America

With increasing economic troubles piled on to the stress of work and family demands, more and more Americans are suffering. In fact, 58 percent of Americans reported struggling in their lives at the end of 2008, according to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.  This represents an increase of more than 22 million Americans who reported struggling earlier in the year.  Read more.

National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day

In 2006, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services launched an annual national initiative called “National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day.” This day presents an opportunity for children’s mental health initiatives within SAMHSA to promote positive youth development.  Awareness Day is designated as a day in May of each year to coincide with May Is Mental Health Month.  The theme of Awareness Day is “Thriving in the Community.”  Read more.

Celebrate Children's

Mental Well-Being!

You may not realize it, but chances are a child or adolescent you know has a serious mental health need. In fact, mental health problems affect one in five young people. Read more.

16TH ANNUAL

CHILDREN’S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONFERENCE

Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

MAY 6 – 8

Download conference brochure

Have you heard? ThinkHealth Online Training Sessions are going live May 8!

Check out what’s coming up for our annual subscribers:

Upcoming LIVE ThinkHealth Online Training Sessions:

(for ThinkHealth Online Training annual subscribers only)

Client Data Cores – The Magic of the CDC Wizard

Session 1

Friday, May 8, 1pm

Presenter: Brian or Mark

Length: 45 minutes, plus a 15-minute Q&A session

Treatment Plan Tips – Keys to Getting Auto-Authorizations

Session 2

Friday, May 22, 1pm

Presenter: Brian or Mark

Length: 45 minutes, plus a 15-minute Q&A session

As each session is created, it will automatically be added to the archives and will then be available to anyone in your center for your own review at any time.

There are also several videos listed below that are already in the archives and will be available immediately to all ThinkHealth Online Training annual subscribers, beginning May 8:

ThinkHealth Online Training Archives:

(for ThinkHealth Online Training annual subscribers only)

Patient Module – A Basic Walk-Through of Functionality

Presenter: Rachel

Length: 9:04

Staff Module – A Basic Walk-Through of Functionality

Presenter: Rachel

Length: 11:00

Schedule Module – A Basic Walk-Through of Functionality

Presenter: Rachel

Length: 10:12

Treatment Plan – A Basic Walk-Through of Functionality

Presenter: Rachel

Length: 14:40

For more information on pricing, or to sign up for the ThinkHealth Online Training Sessions, call 405.286.1674.

Are you getting ready for the single-payer initiative?

April 1 changes were just the first step toward merging OHCA and ODMHSAS into a single authorization and claims payment system.  Target for completion is October 2009.  GET READY!

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