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Energized by the ACMHA Summit: leaders emphasize the importance of working together.(PERSPECTIVES)(American College of Mental Health Administration)

Publication: Behavioral Healthcare
Publication Date: 01-MAY-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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In mid-March, 200 leaders from the mental health and substance use care communities gathered in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for the Annual American College of Mental Health Administration (ACMHA) Summit. This year's theme, "Impacting Healthcare Reform '08: Moving the Mental Health and Substance Use...

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...Care Agenda," was designed to reflect several major opportunities that coincide with the 2008 national elections. Participants sought information and strategies so that they can take action to influence the direction presidential candidates are moving national healthcare reform, to influence state universal health insurance coverage initiatives, and to evolve our agenda toward integration of mental health, substance use, and primary care services.

The bringing together of the twin issues of insurance reform and care reform is what set this ACMHA Summit apart from many other meetings. We know that both of these issues must be solved if transformation is to be successful. We also...

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