CMHPSM’s Health Accessibility Team (HAT) is tasked with sharing resources promoting health accessibility strategies and practices to support populations disproportionately impacted by rates of overdose, substance use disorder, and access to services.

Trainings Courses & Webinars:

• Breastfeeding for Professionals Working with Families
  • Free online course designed to provide professionals working with families the tools to build a culture of breastfeeding within the workplace and the families they serve
  • Continuing education is awarded for successful completion of this course: 1.5 Nursing contact hours, 1.5 Social Work clock hours, 1.5 LCERPs, 1.5 CME credits, and 1.5 Health Educator contact hours
• Implicit Bias Training – Family Planning Program
  • Webinar aimed at developing and deepening participants’ understanding of how implicit bias may impact reproductive health providers and empowering participants to reduce barriers and disparities in the access to and delivery of healthcare services
• From Cell to Community: Supporting Individuals Reintegrating after Incarceration
  • Registration Required – May 6^th from 12:00-1:00pm
  • Session will explore the health risks associated with incarceration, with a focus on the transition from carceral to community settings among individuals with a history of opioid use disorder

Data & Other Resources:

• Equitable and Accessible Data-Sharing Guide
• Michigan Maternal Mortality Surveillance (MMMS) Program - Data 
• Free Video Library – Supporting Recovery with People Living with SUD During the Prenatal, Perinatal and Postpartum Periods

QAPIP: Quality Assessment Performance Improvement Plan

As we wrap up the calendar year, the CMHPSM Quality Team begins work on evaluating our Quality Assessment Performance Improvement Plan (QAPIP) performance for the previous fiscal year and updating the plan for the upcoming fiscal year. These documents can seem pretty daunting – last year’s version included an 87-page evaluation of Fiscal Year 2024 and 72-page plan for Fiscal Year 2025 – but simplified, these documents detail the various ways the region and all of its providers work to improve care and outcomes for the individuals served. Through a combination of metrics and planned actions, the QAPIP addresses:

1. Access to care:

Who is getting services?

How efficiently (time and effort) are we getting people in the door to have their needs addressed?

What barriers are there to getting services?

What can we address to make getting services easier?

2. Care provision:

What clinical guidelines do we use to provide our services, and how do we determine best practices?

How are we identifying and serving vulnerable individuals?

How are we making sure our providers are qualified, safe, skilled, and effective?

How are we addressing serious incidents or events that pose risks to the individuals we serve or to our providers?

How are we verifying that the care we authorize is being competently given?

How can we better address the needs of diverse individuals?

How are we ensuring compliance with governing laws, policies, and regulations?

3. Satisfaction with care:

How do the individuals we serve feel about the care they receive?

How are we getting input from the individuals and communities we serve?

How well are we communicating with the individuals we serve?

What kinds of problems are individuals reporting with their care?

How quickly and effectively are we resolving those problems?

4. Care outcomes:

Are we getting people what they need: the right services, at the right time, at the right level of care, and for the right duration?

When we deny services, are we making those decisions correctly and communicating them quickly and effectively?

How are we addressing care for individuals who need long-term support?

Are we seeing changes in our population over time?

Are we seeing decreases in restrictive settings and interventions and increases in health and autonomy?

Currently, the Fiscal Year 2024 QAPIP Evaluation and Fiscal Year 2025 QAPIP Plan are available on our website at https://www.cmhpsm.org/quality. Look for our newest editions of the Evaluation and Plan in the spring, following their approval by the organization and submission to the state for review.

If you have any questions, please reach out to the CMHPSM Quality staff at 734-344-6079.

Correcting Corrections

When a batch of claims is returned for correction, please do not add any new claims to the batch - otherwise, we will need to return the batch to you and have the additional claims removed. If you have additional claims, just start a new batch.

Commercial Insurance

Asking the individual if they have Commercial Insurance is the best way to determine if someone has Commercial Insurance. CHAMPS is the next best way to look for commercial insurance. Using the CRCT Eligibility/Insurance screen will let you know if a person is currently eligible for Medicaid. The insurance policies that appear on this screen are the Medicaid Health Plans and not commercial insurance.

Electronic Claim Submission

If your EHR is set up to do electronic claims submission with an 837 file, please let us know. This process will save time on both sides and we will work with you to get things setup.

The FY 2025-2026 Substance Use Services Program Guide is now available. Discover more about the funded programs providing substance use prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services to individuals in Region 6. Click here to learn more!

Concluding this past September, the “Know Your Limits” media campaign was an initiative of the Michigan Gambling Disorder Prevention Project developed by CMHPSM. The campaign’s purpose was to increase awareness of the risks associated with gambling and of available treatment resources, most notably the MI Problem Gambling Helpline. Click here to discover more about the campaign’s content and reach!