The report includes a regional overview: behavioral health needs, treatment, and financing, as well as focused subsections of the report provide more in-depth data on: 1) racial/ethnic disparities in behavioral health care access; 2) community behavioral health; and 3) transportation and geographic access to care.
Read MoreAt the September meeting, the BHT Board of Directors approved an allocation of up to $207,000 in funding from Integrated Managed Care (IMC) dollars to support the Washington State Broadband Office's Feasibility and Grant Maximization Initiative.
Read MoreWashington Listens is a new program to support anyone in Washington experiencing stress due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreBHT’s equity journey, resources that are teaching and inspiring us, and an important call to action.
Read MoreContent warning: this letter addresses the topic of missing and murdered indigenous women including domestic and sexual violence.
Read MoreThe Better Health Together Board of Directors approved the first allocation of dollars from our Community Resiliency Fund to go to the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund.
The COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Funds will provide funding to organizations that have deep roots in community and strong experience serving the elderly, homeless, residents without health insurance and/or access to sick days, communities of color, people with limited English language proficiency, healthcare, hospitality and gig economy workers, and low-wage employees, among others.
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The BHT team is trying to be mindful of what is happening in our community and not unnecessarily burden our organizational partners during this time. We fully expect that most, if not all, of our Transformation work together will pause as you redirect your resources toward addressing the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read MoreAs coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread, for the safety of our staff, as well as our partners and the communities we serve, Better Health Together has decided to implement the recommendation for social distancing. On Monday, March 16, the following protocols will go into effect for BHT…
Read MoreOn March 5th, BHT finalized our Pay-for-Equity Menu. Organizations who completed our Equity Assessment now have the opportunity to commit to a Pay-for-Equity item that they will implement in their organization. Committing to an activity earns additional financial assistance from BHT, as well as 8 hours of free Technical Assistance from our Equity TA Bank, made up of consultants who can offer trainings and facilitation to support your equity work.
Partners will be invited to select an activity via survey in early April. As a reminder for Partnering Providers, this is a requirement in your contract.
BHT will be updating our website soon to add an Equity page where we can list resources and information about our TA partners – stay tuned for that reveal!
In 2019, BHT contracted with Xpio to do an HIE assessment for our region. The report shares detailed findings for data and technology, process, and knowledge.
Read MoreWe are proud of the great proposals that we received. BHT is working to formalize partnerships with six organizations that have the potential to be funded for 2 years. The projects selected will touch across housing, food, transportation, education, primary, and behavioral health settings.
Read MoreCurious about how BHT scored on the Organizational Equity Assessment? Read how we did and what we plan to do with the information.
Read MoreAlison talks about our organizational journey to explore what we mean by “health equity” and how we could make it actionable.
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Read MoreThe Health Care Authority (HCA), in partnership with Manatt, has released a Value-based Purchasing (VBP) Resource Catalog. The purpose of this resource is to connect partners to available VBP visioning documents, technical assistance, and other relevant information. The HCA says this is a starting point and foundational set of resources, especially for providers who have been less engaged in VBP discussions to-date. This is not meant to replace other VBP support mechanisms and resources but may inform future efforts.
The initial draft of the Midpoint Assessment Report (MPA) developed on behalf of the Health Care Authority, has been released. Big thanks to the BHT partners who participated!
Read MoreBHT staff, Board members, and Partners will travel to Olympia this January to tell our collective Medicaid Waiver story, spotlight the work of the region, and talk policy change. We hope to raise our voices together with representation from across sectors and county Collaboratives.
Read MoreThe Board has approved funding decisions recommended by the Waiver Finance Work Group.
Read MoreThe 2019 Legislative Session showed a common agreement to prioritize behavioral health.
Read MoreIn our second episode of Transformation Talks, Charisse Pope interviews Torney Smith, Administrator of the Spokane Regional Health District. The two discuss how Medicaid Transformation allows us to address upstream causes of medical need, value-based care in a capitalist society, and the role privilege plays in health equity.
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