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  • CALL TO ACTION!!! MaMHCA Legislation - HD57

    With the newly sworn lawmakers taking their positions over the past week, we have had our "Section 12 Bill" already refiled and ready to move. We need your support to make this work.

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  • Proposed Mass HIway Regulations

    Draft Regulations regarding providers’ use of the Mass HIway for health information communication were issued in November 2016. MaMHCA focused on this at our 30th Annual Conference, and also in the current Winter/Spring Newsletter. The HIway is here and is in use NOW. Learn about requirements for LMHCs and how to connect. Not a member, join now:

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  • MaMHCA’s Clinical Supervision Training Program Expands to Mental Health Agencies

    MaMHCA is very pleased to announce that we have a contract with Gandara Mental Health, Inc. to train a cohort of six LMHC clinicians from their system in MaMHCA’s Clinical Supervision Training program. The Group started the program this Fall 2016, and expect to complete their 30 CE training this Spring, 2017.

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  • MaMHCA Expanding Programs in Western MA

    MaMHCA will be running our 2-day LMHC License Exam Prep Workshop in collaboration with Westfield State University on March 19 and 20, 2017, at Westfield State. The workshop will be open to anyone who is planning to take the LMHC License Exam in 2017.

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  • MaMHCA’s New Staff and Board Members

    MaMHCA is pleased to announce that Evan Schinell, LMHC, is our new Web-Based Communications Director. Additionally, Leigh-Ann Larson, LMHC, has joined the MaMHCA Board and will Co-chair the Membership Committee with Berna Haberman, LMHC.

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  • MaMHCA 2016 Annual Awards

    This year MaMHCA was honored to present 5 awards at our Annual Meeting on November 12, 2016. This year MaMHCA inaugurated a new award - the President’s Award...

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  • Updates with BCBS

    MaMHCA met with the Provider Relations Management Team at Blue Cross Blue Shield in December to discuss two proposed projects that would expand practice opportunities for LMHCs.

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  • Changes to ICD-10 Mental Health Codes Coming Soon

    Beginning October 1, 2016, key changes to diagnostic codes in the mental health chapter of the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Edition, Clinical Modification (ICD-10) will take effect to reflect the updated diagnoses in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). "These include changes to align the terminology used in DSM-5 with that used in the mental health chapter of ICD-10.

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  • Update: 2017 Mandate for Electronic Health Records, Interoperability & the State eHighway

    The Mass. Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) is currently developing regulations regarding statutory requirements (See M.G.L. Chapter 118I, Section 7) that providers must adopt fully interoperable electronic health records (EHRs) that connect to the Mass HIway.

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  • MaMHCA’s 30th Annual Conference, on November 12, 2016, “Getting Ready! Behavioral Health in the Age of Electronic Health Records”

    MaMHCA’s 30th Annual Conference, on November 12, 2016, “Getting Ready! Behavioral Health in the Age of Electronic Health Records” will be addressing the EHR legislated mandate and its impact for LMHCs. Look for your brochure coming soon.

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