RAVI’S PROVIDER UPDATES
Reflect and Connect Cafe Policy Update:
Envision:You provides no-cost virtual telehealth services to support LGBTQ+ individuals with mental health, emotional and substance use issues, and interpersonal relationship concerns that have arisen due to COVID-19.
Effective Jan. 1, 2021, Health First Colorado covers residential treatment, inpatient treatment and medical withdrawal management services for substance use disorder (SUD). With these additions, the full continuum of SUD care is covered for Health First Colorado members. For more information about this benefit expansion, including an FAQ and SUD Provider Manual, visit the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing’s SUD Benefits webpage, or email questions to hcpf_sudbenefits@state.co.us.
Please see attached flyer for a MBSR course starting 2/15 to 4/12. This is an 8 week course that meets weekly for 2 hours each week. The course is held virtually and also has a silent retreat component. MBSR is an empirically supported treatment/intervention/
Using examples from his research and clinical practice, Dr. Ungar explored the nature of young people’s patterns of resilience in contexts where children and adolescents are affected by social marginalization, migration, violence, and mental disorders. In this lecture, Dr. Ungar showed that resilience results from both individual abilities to overcome adversity and the capacity of social and physical ecologies, including mental health providers, to help young people navigate and negotiate their way to the resources they need to build and sustain well-being.
Watch the recording of Dr. Ungar’s presentation or learn more here.
Reflect and Connect Cafes
Resilience1220 is serving the Evergreen and mountain community as an accessible and trusted resource providing counseling and support for young people and their parents. The pandemic has created new challenges for families and we are here to help through Individual & Group Counseling for Teens, Teen Support and Groups and by Providing Resources via our Speaker Series “Conversations & Connections”, Newsletters and Social Media. Visit our website for more information.
Health Insurance Parity Presentation:
Cara Cheevers with the Division of Insurance will be hosting an exceptional presentation on Parity on 2/26 at 2pm. This presentation will focus on parity intention and parity violation with a focus on how parity shows up in the real world. Please register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/
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