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Medicaid’s OhioRise initiative kicks off July 1st. Focus on Supporting Youth in need of Intensive Behavioral Stabilization Services

Date: July 1, 2022Author: Root Consulting, LLC0 Comments Today is a great day for supporters of the advocacy work done by The Elijah Glen Center, Step By Step and so many other parents and advocates. It’s July 1st and parents no longer have to give up custody to the state to access behavioral stabilization services for their children. …

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Governor DeWine’s OhioRISE Announcement 

Governor DeWine Announces Launch of OhioRISE, First-Ever Highly Specialized Behavioral Health Program for Kids with Most Complex Needs July 01, 2022 (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced the official launch of Ohio Resilience through Integrated Systems and Excellence (OhioRISE), a new Ohio Medicaid specialized managed care behavioral health program for young people with the most …

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Department of Insurance: Understanding Mental Health Insurance Benefits for Healthcare Professionals

This live webinar hosted by the Ohio Department of Insurance is geared toward behavioral health providers, billing staff, and other administrative professionals and will explain how the department regulates Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder benefits and provide a tutorial of the department’s Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits tools and resources on the …

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Mental Health Parity Law: What is it?

Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) “Parity Act” Passed in 2008, MHPEA is a federal law that generally prevents group health plans and health insurance issuers that provide mental health or substance use disorder (MH/SUD) benefits from imposing less favorable benefit limitations compared to medical/surgical benefits. It brought mental health and addiction treatments …

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Making Mental Health Parity a Priority, a Blog post from Department of Labor

Mental health is health – period. “When someone gets the flu, or sprains an ankle, there’s no question about whether care is needed. If that person has health insurance, they can go to their doctor, or nearest urgent care or hospital. It’s often a commonplace, run-of-the-mill experience. You go in, you pay a copayment, you …

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Check out our session at the 2021 Milestones Conference

Our founder Marla Root was a speaker for the virtual 2021 Milestones National Autism Conference. Her presentation,Autism Insurance Services including Telehealth in a Post-Pandemic World, focused on four key areas: identifying health insurance options such as covering ABA, speech, and occupational therapy services; identifying how telehealth may be a viable option for autism treatment delivery; …

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Autism Speaks’ Toolkit

Is your Self Funded Employer Health Plan not covering ABA? Check out Autism Speaks’ ToolkitACCESS TO TREATMENT BARRIERS

Self Funded or ERISA large group employer health plans are not impacted by mandates or state legislation. Each company chooses whether or not to provide an ABA benefit. Currently, about 65% of larger employers understand the impact of ASD on families and have added the benefit. The Autism Speaks’ Self-Funded Company Toolkit is a great …

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Learn how OhioRise will stop custody relinquishment and provide new stabilization services

The Ohio Children’s Budget Coalition provided a budget update explaining Ohio’s proposed Medicaid benefit program to support Multi-System Youth (youth in crisis) called OhioRise. Check out this webinar to provide an overview of the stakeholder engagement process that will be used to inform about the proposed OhioRISE Medicaid program and services that could be offered …

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