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About Cambridge Health Alliance

Cambridge Health Alliance is an innovative, award -winning health
system affiliated with Harvard Medical School. The final phase of the project will explore the
development of screening instruments to identify "complex cases" as
early as possible during the treatment process, and to test whether
different expressions of addiction or mental health disorders share
patterns of risk factors, symptoms, consequences, and temporal
progression. The company is headquartered in
Norfolk, Virginia.com

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The corrected release reads:

DIVISION ON ADDICTIONS AT CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE, A HARVARD
MEDICAL SCHOOL AFFILIATE , LAUNCHES COLLABORATION WITH VALUEOPTIONS

Partnership to Research Quality of Care in Managed Behavioral
Healthcare

ValueOptions announced today that they have formed a research
collaborative with the Division on Addictions at Cambridge Health
Alliance, a regional academic health system affiliated with Harvard
Medical School.
The partnership will conduct ground-breaking research related to
managed behavioral health care with a focus on improving quality of
care and strengthening business practices. Don
Christensen, corporate chief clinical officer for ValueOptions.

State of Connecticut Receives More than $13.6 Million for Mental Health Transformation State Incentive Grant

WASHINGTON , Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) Administrator Charles Curie today announced
the award of $13. Their ability to participate
fully can no longer be derailed by outdated science, outmoded financing
systems, and unspoken discrimination.

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"Collaborative efforts such as these often
yield more useful outcomes than research done in isolation, and we
look forward to improving quality of care in behavioral health through
this dedicated research initiative.
"We know that recovery from mental illness involves more than just
treatment, it's about jobs , education, decent housing, and all the other
things that we would want for our families and ourselves ," the Governor said.

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About ValueOptions

One of the nation's premier behavioral health care management
organizations, ValueOptions serves nearly 23 million people across the
country through publicly funded and commercial contracts with employee
assistance, mental health and substance abuse, behavioral disability
management and integrated programs.

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The second phase of the project will use an epidemiological
approach to analyze the impact of service delivery and treatment
program characteristics on patient progress. The goal of this phase is
to identify operationally-defined optimal levels of care and program
attributes that can both improve treatment outcomes and contain
healthcare costs.
"That's why I've asked fifteen of my agency heads to collaborate on this
effort .

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With this unique
model, the Alliance is able to offer the finest health services, a
diverse working environment, and a premier training experience in
community-based medicine. Howard Shaffer, associate professor and director of the
Division on Addictions.5 million awarded to seven states.
Connecticut is receiving $2,730,000 for the first year to continue
developing a recovery-oriented system of mental health care in which state and
local systems work together seamlessly to offer all of the state's citizens,
across the lifespan, an array of effective, accessible services and recovery
supports to prevent mental illness and promote resilience and recovery.

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NORFOLK, Va. "We are transforming mental health care in
Connecticut by making sure that state and local systems are working together
seamlessly on behalf of people with mental illness and their families.

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The Division coordinates research, education, training, and
communication relevant to substance abuse at Cambridge Health
Alliance. Through its public forums, public education activities,
middle school curriculum development, and high school student
internship program, the Division is reaching a diverse constituency.
For more information, please visit www.6 million to Connecticut over five years for a Mental Health
Transformation State Incentive Grant to transform the state's mental health
system to reflect consumer and family needs and focus on facilitating
recovery .
The states that receive the awards, administered by SAMHSA's Center for Mental
Health Services , will serve as platforms for learning about what strategies
and activities do and do not work in transforming the states' mental health
and related systems.

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"People with mental disorders have a vital role to play in our families, our
neighborhoods, our communities, and our country."
The Mental Health Transformation program seeks to help states create
systems that are more family -centered, reduce reliance on institutional
settings, and allow for seamless navigation and transition through local
mental health services.

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It includes three
hospitals, more than 20 primary care practices , the Cambridge Public
Health Department, and the Network Health plan. They also
require grantees to take a life span approach to services and to provide a
continuum of services including promotion , prevention, treatment, and
recovery.

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About Cambridge Health Alliance

Cambridge Health Alliance is an innovative, award-winning health
system affiliated with Harvard Medical School ." This collaboration will promote mental health issues as part of a
broad agenda that includes primary medical care, education, labor, child
welfare and criminal justice.

SAMHSA is a public health agency within the U.S. The agency is responsible for improving the accountability,
capacity and effectiveness of the nation's substance abuse prevention,
addictions treatment, and mental health service delivery system.

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The partnership's initial collaboration includes the execution of
a three-phase project.

About the Division on Addictions

The Cambridge Health Alliance Division on Addictions directs
educational, medical, and scientific resources toward alleviating the
vast and complex array of public heath problems caused by addictive
behaviors. With this unique
model , the Alliance is able to offer the finest health services, a
diverse working environment, and a premier training experience in
community-based medicine.

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"Their
reputation for excellence in the field complements our commitment to
improving care and together we hope to improve the treatment of
complex behavioral disorders by developing better screening methods
and improving treatment processes. Jodi Rell
during a ceremony in Hartford. In partnerships with these states, SAMHSA will
communicate successful strategies and activities to other states, territories,
and tribes and tribal organizations in order to improve and accelerate
transformation across the nation.

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The first research phase will direct scientific
attention to managed behavioral care by conducting an in-depth
critical analysis of the available managed behavioral healthcare
literature.divisiononaddictions . For more information, please visit
www.

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The grants require the grantees to enlist consumers and family members as
active partners in all transformation planning and activities.

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"ValueOptions is excited to be working with the Division on
Addictions on this important research project," said Dr. Curie presented a symbolic "big check" to Governor M.
"This new grant will significantly advance the transformation agenda
outlined in the federal action agenda for mental health care," Curie said.
"The federal government is investing these grant funds in Connecticut
because of the work we have already done preparing to take our system to the
next level," Governor Rell said.
The Connecticut award is part of $92.

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Department of Health and
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It includes three
hospitals, more than 20 primary care practices, the Cambridge Public
Health Department, and the Network Health plan.
"We are very enthusiastic about partnering with ValueOptions,"
said Dr.

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