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Notes and resources from BHT’s Behavioral Health COVID Forum.

Email sarah@betterhealthtogether.org to receive the calendar invite. Call-in information is also posted at the bottom of this page.

See our BHT COVID-19 Resource Center for additional resources & updates.

May 6, 2020

Meeting minutes
Zoom recording
Other follow-up & resources:

  • BH Agency Dashboard survey

  • BHI survey & resources

  • Partner Bright Spotting

    • BHT interest in knowing what you’d like to continue beyond COVID. We are looking for successes & bright spots to tell that story to policymakers, as well as anything that isn’t working well.

    • If you didn’t get a chance on the call, please tell us what is working well and what changes you would like to keep beyond the COVID response era - email sarah@betterhealthtogether.org

  • Dr. Darryl Tonemah community & provider sessions

    • Dr. Tonemah is an American Indian counseling psychologist of Kiowa, Comanche, and Tuscarora descent, and incredible speaker. There are multiple dates for each session.

    • Provider session “Lunch & Learn on Historical Trauma & Stress”, register here

    • Community sessions “Trauma Response & Managing Stress”, info here

    • Please share widely with staff & clients!!

April 29, 2020

Based on what we’ve heard from you, we’re moving the BH Forum call to every other week. We want to this space to be useful and also respectful of your time. That means no meeting on April 29. We will resume next week with a biweekly cadence. Updated calendar invitations have been sent.

This week’s resources

  • Provider Updates page – we’ve updated the Provider Updates section on the BHT COVID Resource Center. If you are looking for a quick reference on what changes and services other organizations have during this time, as well as how to contact for clients services, check out this page. If you have updates to share, please send to me. 

  • How to Conduct a 30-minute Tele-visit webinar – Thurs, April 30, 8:00-8:30am, register here. BHT is teaming up with the AIMS Center for this webinar focused on skills to structure a 30 minute tele-visit during COVID-19. 

  • BHI Survey – The HCA is partnering with the Behavioral Health Institute (BHI) to provide training resources around telehealth. They’ve asked us to share this survey to help them identify emergent needs and long term training needs post-COVID. Please take if you have a moment.


April 22, 2020
Meeting minutes
Zoom recording
Warmline feedback survey
Other resources:

April 15, 2020
No meeting
Updates & resources:

  • Capacity Ask – We want to understand who in our BH system has capacity and how we can connect others to you. If your organization has capacity, please let us know and the best way for partners to get in touch. Email sarah@betterhealthtogether.org

  • DBHR weekly call – notes, slides, registration, and other HCA resources can be found here

  • HCA Loaner Laptops – details & application to request laptops available here

    • Please note, if you completed the initial interest survey, this does not count as an application. I clarified with HCA today that they would not be specifically reaching out to folks who completed the survey. So please complete the application at the link above if you need tech for your staff.

  • BHT Staff Care & Support series – Thanks for your feedback on this last week! BHT is teaming up with the local experts and the UW AIMS Center to bring you webinars focused on wellbeing and how to adapt in the current work environment. These are optional and free to any interested staff.

    • Friday, April 17, 8-9 am - Distress Tolerance and Stress Management During COVID-19, register here

    • Thurs, April 23, 12-1 pm – Telehealth Tips & Tricks, register here

    • Thurs, April 30, 8-8:30 am – How to Structure a 30 Minute Tele-Visit, register here

    • More offerings to be announced soon!

April 8, 2020
Meeting minutes
Zoom recording
Other resources:

  • BHT COVID-19 Resource Center

  • Special Enrollment Period extended thru May 8 – details here

  • Spokane Collaborative Listening Session – April 9 (2-3pm) and April 16 (1-2pm)

  • National Council of Non-Profits “Federal COVID-19 Legislation” webinar recording, to help non-profits understand what various provisions of the new federal laws mean for nonprofits

  • Updated supervision policies & procedures for remote supervision should be sent to HCADBHRBHCOVID19@hca.wa.gov. You can send questions to that inbox, or ask on the weekly DBHR call Q&A.

  • Weekly virtual parent/caregiver support group offered by HCA - FLYER. Please feel free to share widely with clients & staff.

April 1, 2020
Meeting minutes
Zoom recording
Other resources:

  • BHT COVID-19 Resource Center

  • Funding

    • Small business loans – Council of Nonprofits (LINK)

    • HCA - For behavioral health treatment providers contracting with the MCOs, please email the HCAmcprograms@hca.wa.gov inbox IF you cannot cover necessary operation costs over next 2-4 weeks. Subject line should be URGENT FINANCIAL CONCERNS. Fact sheet here.

  • DBHR Telehealth Training – Friday, April 3 from 10:30-12:00, REGISTER HERE

  • Special Enrollment Period still open – details here

  • SRHD Incident Management Team (IMT) – see attached PDF with details about being a taskforce member or contact dan.barth@uhsinc.com

  • DOH Electronic Consent Mgmt (ECM) Project is looking for SUD providers to help inform guidance on managing consent & sharing patient information. See attached slides for details, and email Marybeth.brown@doh.wa.gov if interested.

  • If you need or anticipate needing additional billing specialists, please let me know. Our dental community has indicated interest in helping.

  • Resources from the AIMS Center – see attached for recorded trainings & opportunities individual orgs.

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