Online Flexi Course 4A for California and Texas Social Workers, MFTs, Professional Counselors (LPCs), and Texas LCDCs - 4 Credit Hours, Only $32.
'This is Managed Care - and Its Impact on YOU!'
a.k.a. 'It's Not Your Grandpa's Chevy! It's The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly!'
This Managed Care Course (FlexiCourse 4A) earchs four (4) contact hours. It contains the first 2 modules from FlexiCourse 10A. Bite-sized portions of this course are found in MiniCourses 1B and 1C.
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If you are a social worker, LPC, MFT or LMFT, LCDC, or other mental health or substance abuse treatment provider, and are concerned about Managed Care - particularly RISK BASED MANAGED CARE - this 4-hour online home study Continuing Education (CE) FlexiCourse is timely and relevant. It's inexpensive. It's fast-paced, in a dazzling FLASH format slide presentation.
This online CEU course provides an unvarnished view of what has CHANGED due to the coming of Managed Care to the Mental Health (MH) and Chemical Dependency (CD) / Substance Abuse (SA) treatment fields - including what can go WRONG in the State's design of its plans, and what type of Provider Agreements to avoid.
CEU FlexiCourse 4A contains the course materials for two (2) separate CE certificates:
- One CE certificate totaling 1 (or 0.1) CE Credit, "Module 101 - Managed Care In Public Health Programs: It's Not Your Grandpa's Chevy!" . . . and
- One CE certificate totaling 3 (or 0.3) CE Credits, "Module 201 -- The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Managed Care Contracts, Including Clinical and Programmatic Options for Professionals"
You may earn both online CEU Certificates now, or you may wish to delay earning one or both of the certificates for up to one year after purchase of the course -- whenever you need them most! It's your choice!
Module 101- 4A - Managed Care In Public Health Programs: It's Not Your Grandpa's Chevy!
This fast-paced colorful slide presentation gives you a basic, no-holds-barred introduction to the most common problems occurring in behavioral health managed care programs which are put into place by State Government, such as Medicaid, Medicare, and Substance Abuse (SA) Block Grant conversions . . . coming on strong all over the country.
- Intro to Goals and Objectives of Behavioral Health Managed Care - 'Why Are They Doing This to Us?'
- What can go wrong - at both the MCO end and the Provider end and within the delivery system?
- Understanding RISK BASED MANAGED CARE - 'Capitation' Contracts (the primary type of State Managed Care Contract including Medicaid) - and the MAJOR ways that they impact providers in both clinical and financial ways.
- Intro to the important clinical concerns and opportunities for treatment providers under a managed care contract.
If you are already involved in a public sector managed care conversion, be prepared to shout YES! - or maybe NO! - as you scroll through our no-holds-barred slides and humorous artwork. Who says that Continuing Education has to be boring?
Module 201
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Managed Care, Including Clinical and Program Options for Professionals
Are there different kinds of Managed Care plans? Yes indeed. There's The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - for the Managed Care companies AND for the providers! But we don't just throw you out there - we identify those plans that are 'mostly safe' (like Fee for Service and Case Rates) vs. those that are 'nerve wracking' vs. those with 'don't even think about it!' written all over them.
1. Understanding the impact of this new health care approach upon providers.
2. Review of 'What's a Capitation Contract' - the primary type of State-HMO managed care contract used in Medicaid and Medicare managed care conversions. Can it possibly work? Yes. And what about FEE FOR SERVICE?
3. Understanding a couple of other Managed Care designs - one is The Good, and one The Truly Ugly (Watch Out! Run Fast!).
4. And should providers take on ANY of these high-risk arrangements, working as a provider for an HMO? Or as the 'substitute' for an HMO? What kind of risk are they taking? And can they succeed in any of these arrangements? (Answer: Yes.)
5. How does Managed Care affect the way that we deliver treatment to Mental Health and Chemical Dependency clients? Here's some creative service options for treatment providers which allow more autonomy.
CEU By Net's Continuing Education Courses meet the CE requirements of the State Boards of Texas, Arizona , District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, and Virginia for designated licenses. Other States may approve our courses because we are certified by the Texas State Boards which regulate Social Work, Licensed Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and LCDCs. Check with YOUR state board regarding approval of our dynamic Continuing Education (CEU) Courses!
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If so, be prepared to shout YES! - or maybe NO! - as you scroll through our no-holds-barred Continuing Education (CE) FlexiCourse 4A for Social Workers, Licensed Counselors, LCDCs, and MFTs. We describe the factors which make for 'success' under a managed care plan vs. major problems - for the MCOs and for the providers as they go about the business of delivering treatment. Want to PASS that TREATMENT RECORDS AUDIT? Consider 
You want the 'uncensored' version of The Good, The Bad, and The Just Plain Awful of managed care? (And YES, there is plenty of good stuff if you know how to deal with this new health care approach.) This is the place to get it! Naylor & Assoc's