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Community Care Hosts Conference on Creating Health Homes

'Creating Health Homes: Embracing Recovery' set for March 8th at Omni William Penn

Community Care Contact: Marianne Baugher
Phone: 412-454-2636 Fax: 412-454-2177
E-mail: baugherm@ccbh.com

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (January 11, 2012) — The Health Home model and how health homes support individuals' efforts to improve their wellness and physical health will be the subject of the annual spring conference of Community Care, a nonprofit behavioral health managed care organization that is part of UPMC and based in Pittsburgh.

Health Homes are person-centered systems of care that facilitate access to, and the coordination of, a full array of physical and behavioral health care services and supports. The Health Home model works to improve health care quality and clinical outcomes as well as individuals' experiences in health care systems.

Creating Health Homes: Embracing Recovery is intended for consumers, families, educators, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, community staff, and other behavioral health stakeholders. Conference presenters will describe the components of a health home and discuss how the Health Home model addresses the need for integrated care and promotes wellness.

Recovery includes wellness. Keynote speaker Peggy Swarbrick, PhD, OT, CPRP, Director, Institute for Wellness and Recovery Initiatives, Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey, will present ways to develop a workforce and service system grounded in a recovery and wellness orientation. Her talk will focus on wellness, which she defines as "a conscious, deliberate process that requires awareness of and making choices for a more satisfying lifestyle." She will also provide an overview of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Wellness Campaign.

In addition to her keynote presentation, Dr. Swarbrick will lead a workshop entitled, Activating Wellness Within Your Agency. Other workshops will be offered on topics such as drug and alcohol challenges facing people in the forensic system, homelessness, wellness coaching, recovery tools that support health homes, and finding joy in recovery.

Click here to download the brochure for more information, workshop details, and registration form.

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About Community Care

Community Care, a provider-owned, federally tax-exempt, nonprofit behavioral health managed care organization headquartered in Pittsburgh, manages behavioral health benefits for members throughout Pennsylvania whose health insurance is sponsored through Medicaid and UPMC Health Plan’s Medicare and commercial plans. Community Care is part of the Insurance Services Division of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, an $8 billion integrated health system. Community Care manages behavioral health services for approximately 600,000 members covered by Medical Assistance.

Community Care was founded in 1996 with a mission to provide accessible, high-quality, cost-effective, culturally sensitive behavioral health care. Community Care has been awarded “full” National Committee on Quality Assurance accreditation for its Medical Assistance product line, receiving the highest rating given in all applicable standards.

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