Freestanding Clinics
Overview
The Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Initiative for Health Promotion and Care Coordination focuses on quality concerns related to health promotion and behavioral health care coordination. The Health Promotion and Coordination project includes quality indicators that focus on ensuring that appropriate planning and coordination takes place for individuals at risk for high utilization of medical inpatient services and medical emergency room (ER) services as well as individuals who may be in need of appropriate laboratory monitoring/screening and outpatient medical visits. The Behavioral Health Care Coordination project includes indicators that focus on enhancing planning and coordination for individuals at risk for high utilization of inpatient and emergency room behavioral health services, as well as individuals with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar, or depression and who might have concerns related to adherence and discontinuation of certain medications.
As part of the initiative, the Center for Practice Innovations provides online training and implementation support targeted to clinics’ selected project.
Eligible clinics receive a Medicaid fee enhancement for their active participation in the CQI Initiative. For details, see the memo, “Brief Financial History and Status of OMH’s Quality Improvement Initiative for Clinics.” 
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News
Two webinars,”Quality Concerns” and “Activities and Expectations,” provide information on the CQI Initiative for Health Promotion and Care Coordination. They were conducted live in early 2013; a recorded version is on the webinars page.Calendar
| Date | Time | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, May 23, 2013 |
3 p.m. to 4 p.m. |
Webinar: PSYCKES Consent Module May 23 |
| Monday, June 10, 2013 |
1 p.m. to 2 p.m. |
Webinar: PSYCKES Consent Module June 10 |
| Tuesday, June 11, 2013 |
1 p.m. to 2 p.m. |
Webinar: Using PSYCKES for Clinicians June 11 |
| Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
2 p.m. to 3 p.m. |
Webinar: PSYCKES for Managers and Administrators |
| Wednesday, July 10, 2013 |
11 a.m. to noon |
Webinar: PSYCKES Consent Module July 10 |
| Wednesday, July 17, 2013 |
11 a.m. to noon |
Webinar: Using PSYCKES for Clinicians July 17 |
Comments or questions about the information on this page can be directed to the PSYCKES Team.