by Hogg Staff | Aug 22, 2011
Recovery. What does it mean to you? The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) wants your help defining recovery in mental health. The goal is to assist everyone involved in behavioral health systems – from policy makers to consumers – to...
by Hogg Staff | Aug 15, 2011
When I attended the American Psychological Association (APA) Convention last week, I was surprised and pleased to see two recovery-oriented presentations offered the first morning of the conference: Will Psychology Be Relevant in the Era of Health Care Reform? The...
by Hogg Staff | Aug 10, 2011
The city of Houston loses more than $5.6 billion every year in total productivity and annual earnings as a result of serious mental illness. This statistic comes as part of a new study on the consequences of untreated mental illness from the Mental Health Policy...
by Hogg Staff | Aug 9, 2011
It’s a common misconception that federally qualified health centers in Texas can’t bill for two services in one day because federal Medicaid rules won’t allow it. Participants in the Hogg Foundation’s Financing Integrated Health Care webinar learned that this belief...
by Hogg Staff | Aug 8, 2011
A recent article in Psychiatric News highlighted the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that California must reduce its prison population due to substandard general and mental health care. The ruling indicated that substandard care violates the Eighth Amendment’s...
by Hogg Staff | Aug 4, 2011
A recent Huffington Post article confirms what we already know about the important role of social workers and the value they contribute as members of the health care workforce. In many respects, social workers are the “unsung heroes” of our health care...
