Archived Meeting Minutes

September 13, 2005 Meeting Review

Administration and Organization Work Group

  1. RECRUIT ADMINISTRATION
    1. Specialty Services
    2. Residential Facility
    3. HCBS – Day Care Centers
    4. AAAs
    5. Hospital Administration
    6. Primary care practices
  2. PROBLEM DEFINTION
    1. Specialty Services
    2. Residential Facility
    3. HCBS – Day Care Centers
    4. AAAs
    5. Hospital Administration
    6. Primary care practices
  3. ALTERNATIVES
    1. Education
    2. Financing – Reimbursement
    3. Staff
Clinical Practice Work Group

BACKGROUND

Program Reports

  1. PC-MH co-location (Clarinda, eyerleyball)
    1. Barriers– approaching pc physicians and establishing svc
    2. Keys- Flexible approach (e.g., provide work at individual’s home limiting role of MH provider– not case man.
  2. Outreach: Efforts Cedar Rapids

AGENDA ITEM

  1. Identify 2-3 tools to help screen in primary care setting (quick, easy to administer, spec to older adults)
  2. Define problems w/ provider reimbursement specifically
    1. get information from private practices health care system that can inform viability
    2. do these practices vary by staffing (e.g., more nurses)

Policy and Administration Work Group

BACKGROUND

  • coalition should maintain interest with residential care, not be limited to community based services
  • movement of block grant funds to EBP services but older adults are not recognized by mental health administrators – providers
  • consider role of nurses to fill staffing shortages
  • public education campaigns to raise awareness
  • strategies to capture providers’ interest
  • funding issues complicated by county (mental health) state (aging) financing mix
  • differentiate SPMI population from late-onset
    • bring SPMI to health
  • capitalize on success of mental health parity bill
  • tie with older Iowans legislature

AGENDA

  • Adopt New York’s 10 point agenda
  • Recruit missing stakeholders (e.g., consumers)
  • Populate advisory & other bodies (Mcaid Ad Council)
    • Mental health conference in October
  • Define data elements that can be used for policy
  • Add MH+A issues to legislative liaisons agendas