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e) Link organizations with websites to the State Website for the resource list.
3. Region III organizations also have combined two other statewide priorities—assigning staff
to participate in the development of Medicaid regulations, as described in the statewide
priority in Section E-3, and assigning staff to comment on new licensing regulations, as
described in the statewide priority in Section E-4. They will carry out the following action
planning steps pursuant to these combined statewide priorities:
a) Establish a group composed of members who are well grounded in both the mental
health and substance abuse regulatory environment.
b) Know what the regulations are, identify the barriers to service (disconnects), and
provide cross-training to mental health and substance abuse providers.
c) Appoint two individuals (one mental health and one substance abuse representative) as
co-chairs of this group to act as a receptacle for and conduit to BDS Central Office and
to keep larger regional work group informed.
d) Determine where State is regarding dual licensing and other changing policy.
e) Streamline paperwork so there can be single oversight.
f) Measure improvement in quality of care with improved services.
g) Explore the idea of “single release of information”—
‣ Ask community-affiliated Information Management Specialists to have a dialogue
about barriers to single release.
‣ Consider asking for help to facilitate this dialogue, if necessary.
‣ Explore issues of informed consent and release of information.
4. Region III organizations will carry out the following action planning steps to implement the
statewide training priority stated in Section E-5:
a) Use COMPASS as a tool to evaluate providers’ status around dual diagnosis treatment
capability and to identify program strengths and system gaps. Using this data,
providers that identify strengths areas can develop presentations to offer to other
programs.
b) Conduct an assessment of staff training needs, based on use of CODECAT, to evaluate
clinician dual diagnosis competencies and areas in need of development.
c) Identify training resources available to regional providers, locally, regionally, and
nationally. Agencies will collaborate to co-sponsor particular trainings, or may invite
other providers to join in training sessions they are holding.
d) Survey the types of training that are being done nationally, to identify the core
competencies that are generally accepted as “best practices” in the treatment of cooccurring
disorders. Use this information to plan for Maine-based training.
e) Provide staff training, based on “dual diagnosis best practices model,” in the areas of:
‣ Screening.
‣ Assessment.
‣ Diagnosis.
‣ Treatment planning.
‣ Discharge planning.
‣ Aftercare.
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