John O’Brien from SAMHSA Presents in North Carolina on the Future of MH/ SA Systems

February 15th, 2011 by Anthony McLeod

On February 10th, John O’Brien, Senior Advisor on Health Care Financing made two presentations to the North Carolina Practice Improvement Collaborative.   Both presentations are available below.

Note:  Workforce preparation was a Core Consensus Principles he highlighted in his presentation on the subject.  Goal areas to increase the behavioral health workforce, use smart technology to deliver services, develop a national centralized credentialing process for all payment sources and a uniform system of licensing and regulation of service delivery are subjects that many impact the field during the careers of our current young professionals.

  Good_and_Modern_Health_Care_Environment.pdf (661.0 KiB, 508 hits)

  Healthcare_Reform_and_the_Core_Consensus_Principles.pdf (604.2 KiB, 465 hits)

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