This week WI Commissioner of Insurance Mark Afable issued a bulletin directed to health plans regarding the importance of continued coverage of telehealth services as the pandemic persists. The bulletin emphasizes that issuers “who lack access to telehealth services where in-person services are not available may be found by OCI to lack...
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HHS Announces Phase 3 Provider CARES Act Payments – New Behavioral Health Provider Eligibility
Under this Phase 3 General Distribution allocation, providers that have already received Provider Relief Fund payments will be invited to apply for additional funding from this $20 Billion allocation. Phase 3 funding considers financial losses and changes in operating expenses caused by the coronavirus. Previously ineligible providers, such as...
Conversation with Mental Health Professionals from Diverse Cultural, Racial, Ethnic & Linguistic Backgrounds. October 27
Conversation with Mental Health Professionals from Diverse Cultural, Racial, Ethnic & Linguistic Backgrounds
Webinar: Navigating Teen Depression and Substance Use as a Family
Webinar: Navigating Teen Depression and Substance Use as a Family
WISH Center Employment Opportunities
WISH Center Hiring Statewide Project Coordinator and Regional Coaches for Resilient Schools The Wisconsin Safe & Healthy Schools (WISH) Center is expanding its services to provide coaching to school teams on mental health and social and emotional learning (SEL). They are hiring eight Regional Coaches and a Statewide Project Coordinator. These are two-year, limited-term contracts...
Grant Opportunities from DPI
AODA Student Mini-Grant Competition – Now Open! Comprehensive school health programs require youth involvement to create environments conducive to healthy, resilient, and successful learners. Funds will be available on a competitive basis for schools throughout the state to support education, prevention, and intervention programs designed by the students, targeting alcohol...
June 2020 ForwardHealth Update
ForwardHealth Update 2020-27 Revision – Clinical Consultations Supporting Students. The June 2020 ForwardHealth Update (2020-27), titled “Coverage of Mental Health Clinical Consultations for Students Policy Expands to Include Parents,” has been revised since its original publication. The definition of a mental health clinical consultation has been revised and appears...
CASEL releases SEL Roadmap for Reopening School
As you prepare to welcome students and adults back to school, you face the layered impact of schools closures, the pandemic, racial inequities amplified by nationwide mobilization, and more. To aid you in this transition, CASEL collaborated with more than 40 partners to illuminate a way forward with social and emotional...
Innovative Practices Committee sponsors July 17 online Presentation Telehealth: Our New Reality
Medicaid/CHIP Provider Relief Fund Payment Forms and Guidance
In case you did not see the information released by DHS on June 9,> federal HHS expects to distribute $15 billion to eligible Medicaid and CHIP providers through the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund. This funding will supply relief to Medicaid and CHIP providers experiencing lost revenues or increased...