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Join MHAMD’s volunteer Citizen Action Team
June 2nd, 2016
Want to learn more about behavioral health topics? Interested in volunteering with the Mental Health Association of Maryland? Join the Citizen Action Team! The Citizen Action Team brings together consumers, providers, advocates, and passionate individuals to help those living with…
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Breaking the ice and starting the conversation about mental health
May 18th, 2016
Earlier this week, six runners left California on the IceBreaker Run. These six runners will run a marathon each day as they travel from California to Virginia, stopping along the way to start community conversations about mental health. The six runners have diverse backgrounds and…
Guest Post: “Celebrating through Art!” – Carrie McGraw, Maryland Department of Disabilities
May 13th, 2016
The Children’s Mental Health Matters Campaign, coordinated by the Mental Health Association of Maryland and the Maryland Coalition of families, helped to plan this event to kick off Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week in Maryland. -- "Governor Hogan declared May 1st through 7th…
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Network Adequacy Series, Part II: What are state and federal regulators doing about it?
May 13th, 2016
In the first part of this series, we defined network adequacy and explained why it was critically important to ensure access to care for insured individuals. While most people agree that this issue is a top priority, there has been very little movement in some states to provide more…
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Network Adequacy Series, Part I: What is all the fuss?
May 13th, 2016
A network adequacy report MHAMD released in January 2015 sparked a firestorm of debate early in the legislative session. The finding that only 14% of the 1,154 psychiatrists listed on the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange (MHBE) Qualified Health Plan networks were accepting new…
Hundreds Rally on Lawyer’s Mall to “Keep the Door Open!”
May 13th, 2016
[caption id="attachment_2216" align="alignright" width="326"] Hundreds rally on Lawyer's Mall in Annapolis to "Keep The Door Open"![/caption] More than 500 consumers, family members and advocates gathered in Annapolis February 25 at the Maryland Behavioral Health Coalition’s Keep the…
2016 Open Enrollment
November 30th, 2015
As you may know, it is currently Open Enrollment for state health insurance exchanges. The state of Maryland’s marketplace (Maryland Health Connection) is the only place where qualified Maryland residents can receive federal tax subsidies to alleviate the burden of monthly premium costs (Advanced…
Crisis Intervention Training
November 18th, 2015
Since 2005, the Mental Health Association of Maryland (MHAMD) has chaired the Maryland Mental Health and Criminal Justice Partnership (MHCJP). The MHCJP – which includes representatives from state agencies, local correctional facilities, the judiciary, advocacy organizations, providers and more…
Learning Life Lessons from Our Veterans
November 11th, 2015
In 2014, a group from the Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training (MCVET) in Baltimore City attended a mental health presentation provided by MHAMD at an annual conference entitled “Why Women Cry.” The rookie MCVET case manager took note that many in the group were uneducated about…