If you read this blog often, you will notice that I regularly link to articles and other resources posted by The National Council. While we have exhibited at their conference, our organization has never been a member of The National Council. We have, however, been a grateful promoter of the resources that this organization shares freely with the behavioral health community. If you have never gone to their website or attended a webinar, you should take the opportunity to do so. They provide outstanding information in a timely manner. In spite of not being members, we have never been prevented from attending webinars or sharing in their well-researched and well-documented information.
I wanted to point you to some of the current information being provided by The National Council.
- Last week I talked about the need to have your own emergency contingency plans in case of storms and other natural and unnatural disasters. Since most of you are providers of behavioral health services, you will also find yourselves dealing with clients who have experienced the same trauma you have gone through. Just this afternoon, a webinar entitled Mitigating Disaster Trauma: Lessons from Sandy was presented by The National Council. While the webinar is over, The National Council routinely records webinar presentations for later viewing. You should be able to view this one within 48 hours.
- On November 9, Manon and I attended the Council’s webinar on CPT Code changes for 2013. Both the recording of the webinar and the slide deck from the presentation are available. In addition, a December 3 webinar has been scheduled to provide additional information about the new Evaluation and Management CPT Codes and how to use them. Registration is still open for that event.
- A new report announced by The Council reveals the incredible costs of the unmet mental health needs of returning U.S. Veterans. Having just passed Veterans Day, this is a sad reality we all need to be educated about. Those of you who provide services to Veterans will find the report of interest.
Please be sure to reference these resources properly if you refer to them in any of your own newsletters and announcements. The National Council does outstanding work in educating the behavioral health community and deserves credit for all the work they do!
Please share other resources that you find useful in your work. We love to be able to let our readers know about the wonderful materials that are available to them to enhance the outstanding work you all do in providing mental health services to all who need them.
