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About – BHECON

WEBAbout. The Behavioral Health + Economics Network, known as BHECON (pronounced “beacon”) unites diverse stakeholders to examine and advance policy reforms that …

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Illinois – BHECON

WEBIn partnership with the Illinois Association for Behavioral Health, the Community Behavioral Healthcare Association and IARF, BHECON is helping to turn …

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Kansas – BHECON

WEBIn partnership with the Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas, BHECON is hosting a series of forums to assess gaps in care delivery and identify …

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New York – BHECON

WEBThis op-ed, co-authored by The New York State Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare and The Coalition for Behavioral Health, looks at the disconnect between …

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The Cost of Mental Illness and Cost-Effectiveness of Care

WEBThe study found mental disorders to be the most costly medical condition is the U.S. with spending at $201 Billion in 2013, exceeding other costly conditions such as heart …

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Behavioral Health Workforce – BHECON

WEBNational Projections of Supply and Demand for Selected Behavioral Health Practitioners: 2013-2025. This brief presents national projections of U.S. supply and …

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Criminal Justice & Behavioral Health in New York

WEBwww.bhecon.org The Coalition is the umbrella advocacy organization of behavioral health agencies in the five boroughs of New York

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Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics: Vital to New …

WEBCertified Community Behavioral Health Clinics: Vital to New York’s Addiction Treatment November 2018 Despite the surging opioid crisis, only one in every ten Americans with …

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Connecticut’s Behavioral Health Workforce Shortage

WEBConnecticut’s Behavioral Health Workforce Shortage . The Problem . The nationwide shortage of addiction and mental health professionals contributes to extended waitlists and

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Support the Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction

WEBSupport the Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act (S. 1905/H.R. 3931) Section 223 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 …

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Missouri CCBHC Initiative

WEBCCBHCs in Missouri report that the demonstration has expanded their ability to provide innovative treatment in the following ways: • “Because of the CCBHC demonstration, we …

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THE COST OF MENTAL ILLNESS: MISSOURI FACTS AND FIGURES

WEBThis chartbook attempts to quantify the magnitude of the challenges facing Missouri in terms of the economic burden associated with mental illness. We describe the size of …

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Increasing New York’s Behavioral Health Workforce Increases …

WEBIncreasing New York’s Behavioral Health Workforce Increases Access to Care and Decreases Avoidable Healthcare Costs In a 2013 Report to Congress, the Substance …

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Addressing Illinois’ Behavioral Health Workforce Shortage

WEB4. Illinois is particularly hard-hit by the behavioral health workforce shortage. Illinois has only 13.8 behavioral health care professionals for every 10,000 residents, compared to …

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Health and Human Services Transformation

WEB2 DRAFT - Confidential and Proprietary As a pressing issue that transcends agencies and populations across Illinois, behavioral health is a lynchpin in the transformation effort

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THE COST OF MENTAL ILLNESS

WEB12 Hospitalizations for mental illness ILLINOIS AND UNITED STATES 2014 4.5 % of all hospitalizations are due to SMI Source: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project …

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THE COST OF MENTAL ILLNESS: CONNECTICUTFACTS AND …

WEBWhile Connecticut’s mental health system is considered to be among the nation’s top regarding access to care, demand has been rising, and funding cuts are straining the …

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THE COST OF MENTAL ILLNESS: PENNSYLVANIA FACTS AND …

WEBDue to symptom overlap, diagnoses of mental illnesses are not mutually exclusive, therefore, patients with two or more diagnoses may be represented in multiple …

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New York’s Medicaid Program is Key to Helping Address the …

WEBNew York’s Medicaid Program is Key to Helping Address the Opioid Epidemic Medicaid and Medicaid Expansion through the ACA are vital allies in the battle against increased …

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Return on Investment for Behavioral Healthcare

WEBNeed to look beyond line-item accounting of cost savings. Consider all types of medical spending, including hospitalizations, outpatient services, medication, social …

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THE COST OF MENTAL ILLNESS: KANSAS FACTS AND FIGURES

WEBA mental illness that severely impairs a person’s ability to function, characterized by the presence of depressed mood, feelings of worthlessness, guilt, or helplessness, reduced …

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