SAMHSA CCBHC Certification requirements include integration of mental health and substance use services and primary care screening and monitoring. Many of the services and evidence-based practices include medical components requiring evaluations, diagnosis and treatments that must be performed or involve physicians or APRNs.
 
The CCBHC Medical Director role includes multidimensonal leadership and oversight of administrative, operations, education and clinical action. The role provides guidance and direction regarding behavioral health clinical service delivery, ensure the quality
of the medical component of care, and provide guidance to ensure that the coordination of behavioral health and primary care are facilitated.

Launching in April 2023, this series will convene CCBHC Medical Directors interested in receiving guidance and education on the role of CCBHC Medical Directors to effectively support the strategic framework and implementation of the CCHBC model to enhance the integration and quality of care. This ECHO series is designed to provide brief case presentations, the opportunity for Medical Directors to engage collaboratively with other CCBHC executives on integration and medical aspects of care, and to participate in peer-to-peer learning discussions with other medical director experts.
 
 
Participant Learning Objectives:
By participating in this ECHO, participating organizations will be able to…
  • Describe and execute on the CCBHC requirements for the integration and coordination of mental health, substance use and primary care 
  • Identify the medical components of care in CCBHC certification requirements and facilitate their execution
  • Develop and implement the responsibilities and role of the CCBHC Medical Director as a member of the executive management team
  • Develop skills to manage teams in a changing environment
  • Develop skills to understand budgeting and finances in the context of strategic planning

Session Dates
Session 1: April 3, 2023 @12:00-1:30pm est. 
Session 2: April 17 2023 @12:00-1:30pm est. 
Session 3: May 8, 2023 @12:00-1:30pm est. 
Session 4: May 22, 2023 @12:00-1:30pm est. 
Session 5:June 12, 2023 @12:00-1:30pm est. 
Session 6: June 23, 2023 @12:00-1:30pm est. 
Session 7: July 10, 2023 @12:00-1:30pm est. 
Session 8: July 24, 2023 @12:00-1:30pm est. 
Session 9: August 7, 2023 @12:00-1:30pm est. 
Session 10: August 21, 2023 @12:00-1:30pm est. 

Application Deadline: March 30th

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* 1. First and Last Name

Organization Demographics

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* 2. Organization Name: (A-K)

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* 3. Organization Name: (L-Z)

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* 4. Clinic Name (if different from organization name)

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* 5. City:

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* 6. County

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* 7. State

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* 8. Counties Served

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* 9. Geographic location(s) your clinic serves (select all that apply): 

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* 10. Number of organizational staff (estimated)

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* 11. Number of clients served by your organization annually (estimated)

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* 12. Number of clients served through CCBHC grant (estimated)

CCBHC Status

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* 13. What is your current CCBHC status?
Learning community curriculum is designed for those who are new to CCBHC implementation and may not feel relevant to those who are familiar with the model and grant implementation.

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* 14. CCBHC Grant Status - please select year(s)of award(s) (select all that apply)

ECHO Questions

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* 15. What do you hope to gain from being involved in this ECHO series?

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* 16. Barriers and Challenges. At my organization, the following are often barriers to implementing the administrative, operational, clinical and educational oversight under the Medical Directors role

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* 17. Describe your past and/or anticipated challenges or barriers to the Medical Director role

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* 18. Actionable Change or Activity Participating teams are encouraged to propose and work towards an actionable change or activity related to advancing the Medical Director Role throughout this ECHO.

Time to share about these planned changes with peers will take throughout the ECHO.

Is there an actionable change or activity related to advancing the CCBHC Medical Director role that your team would like to pursue throughout the duration of this ECHO series? Please describe. (Max 200 words)

CCBHC Team Information and Demographics

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* 19. We request that every organization designate a team lead and key point of contact for the learning community who will be expected to participate in most sessions.

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* 20. We encourage you to involve an interdisciplinary project team in the learning community experience to spread knowledge and application. Please enter information (name, role email address) of other regularly participating team members here. You are also encouraged to welcome others within your organization to attend specific sessions, as relevant to them.

Case Presentations: Discussions around case presentations from participating organizations is a core component of all ECHOs. We ask that all participating organizations be willing to submit a case presentation form to share their organizations current experiences, successes, challenges, and lessons learned related to the following topics are especially encouraged:
  • Advancing or improving integrated health services – through integrated care models approaches, and/or partnerships with other organizations
  • Improving the policy, delivery, quality or outcomes of the medical components of one or more specific evidence-based service at your organization
  • Improving either the integration or medical components of crisis services
  • Utilizing data to measure and better manage either integration or the medical components of one or more of your services
  • Revising and improving utilization of the medical director role on your executive team and in your organization

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* 21. Please indicate if you and your team are committed to submitting a case presentation form to possibly present this case presentation during an ECHO
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Disclaimer: The demographic information collected for registration is optional to provide and will be used to measure and report aggregate analysis on the racial, ethnic, and gender composition of the TTA Center’s audience to inform understanding of the diversity of participation and improve the reach of our events. This demographic information be held in strict confidence and will not be shared with any third parties and will not be used at an individual level. 

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* 22. How would you describe yourself?

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* 23. Which of the following best describes your gender? 

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* 24. Which of the following best describes your sexual orientation?

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* 25. Special Accommodations

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* 26. Attendance: It is strongly recommended that all participants attend every ECHO
session, as this will make learning much more meaningful and will ensure each participant
gets the most out of this opportunity.

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