Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs)

A1 - CCBHC and FQHC — Navigating Opportunities and Sustainability

Monday, April 11, 2022

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Location: Gaylord National, National Harbor 4/5

Staff Moderator(s)

Renee Boak, MPH, CADCI

Consultant
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Potsdam, New York

Slides

Workshop Presenter(s)

Peter R. Epp, CPA

Partner
CohnReznick LLP
New York, New York
Lauren Moyer, LSCSW, LCSW

VP, Clinical Innovation
Compass Health Network
Blue Springs, Missouri

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, payers are focused on reasonable payment models for behavioral health providers. Community mental health centers that were traditionally funded through government grants and contacts are now pursuing new service delivery and payment models to ensure financial sustainability. The CCBHC program has allowed many behavioral health providers to provide critical services to their clients and the integration of primary care with behavioral health has introduced the Federal Qualified Health Center (FQHC) program to the behavioral health community. We’ll examine these opportunities and how you can financially sustain behavioral health services into the "new normal."

Learning Objectives:

Examine the changing behavioral health payment landscape and new payment models under development.
Discuss the CCBHC program, its core requirements and the payment methodologies available to sustain operations.
Evaluate the integration of primary and behavioral health care and how the FQHC program intersects behavioral health and could be a part of a sustainability plan for the "new normal."