Kennebec behavioral health CDS funding for ccbhc - kennebec behavioral health's congressionally directed spending allocation will support the agency's continued integration of the certified…

Kennebec behavioral health CDS funding for ccbhc - kennebec behavioral health's congressionally directed spending allocation will support the agency's continued integration of the certified community behavioral health model in kennebec and somerset counties in central maine. On august 31, 2021, kennebec behavioral health received a two-year ccbhc expansion grant from samhsa. During the last nearly three years, the agency has implemented systemic changes throughout the organization to meet the nine required ccbhc core services: crisis services; outpatient mental health and substance use services; person- and family-centered treatment planning; community-based mental health care for veterans; peer family support and counselor services; targeted care management; outpatient primary care screening and monitoring; psychiatric rehabilitation services; screening, diagnosis and risk assessment. Although the ccbhc expansion grant has ended, kennebec behavioral health's work to integrate the ccbhc model continues in two significant ways: 1) samhsa improvement & advancement grant activities and 2) congressionally directed spending funded activities. The ccbhc IA grant enables the agency to focus on priority populations in somerset county and refine our care coordination model. The congressionally directed spending funds will enable the agency to continue the ccbhc model in kennebec county. The continuity of the ccbhc model as a whole for the two-county area is critical. On march 20, 2024, the maine office of behavioral health applied to samhsa to be a ccbhc demonstration state-and kennebec behavioral health is included in the demonstration application. Kennebec behavioral health has received provisional ccbhc certification from the state of maine, however the state of maine does not anticipate being ready to reimburse providers through the ccbhc's PPS reimbursement model until january 1, 2025 at the earliest. In the meantime, several internal KBH workgroups will start meeting in may to work on the first-year deliverables for our ccbhc improvement & advancement grant in somerset county and our ccbhc certification work over the next several months: access & care coordination structure workgroup; population health workgroup; referral tracking & care coordination agreements workgroup; training plan & EBP tracking workgroup; billing & reporting infrastructure workgroup; and the ccbhc implementation team.