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Comparing Value-Based Care and Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) for Foster Care: A Healthcare Provider’s Guide
Value-Based Care and Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) are two strategies proposed to improve the outcomes of children in...
Read MoreUnlock Effective Mental Health Level of Care Assessments for Adults
Mental Health Assessments are an important part of healthcare, providing insight into adults' needs, strengths, and treatment options. But with...
Read MoreUnlocking the Power of CANS Assessment for Decision-Making
Transformational Collaborative Outcomes Management (TCOM) and TCOM Tools have been incorporated throughout the United States, and beyond, within children’s behavioral...
Read MorePutting ‘Pieces’ Together in Achieving Value-Based Care
Why Value-Based Care? Let’s discover the advantages of transitioning to value-based care and how it can benefit healthcare organizations and...
Read More2022 A Year In Review: A Look Back In Preparation For New Year
As we look back at ‘Our Pandemic Year’ we can get a sense of both its enormity and impact on...
Read MoreSupporting Healthy Bodies & Minds In School
Opeeka was honored to have as a guest on their Innovation in Care Collaboration podcast series, Robin Cogan, MEd, RN,...
Read MoreTransformational Integrated Care Solutions
Solutions must be built into the work of every system to ensure sustainability, which supports transformational care.
Read MoreOne Child/Adolescent/Family, One CANS: A Comprehensive Communimetrics Approach
The Transformational Collaborative Outcomes Management (TCOM) Tools serve as the common language to support care between families, providers, and various...
Read MoreFocusing On Solutions: Sharing Secrets For Success
We all know that there are so many dynamics within systems of care (SOC). Sometimes the processes can be confusing...
Read MoreValue-Based Care For Home Healthcare Providers
There are many types of value-based payment models, from shared savings and risk to the integrated team approach. This article...
Read MoreStrengthening Collaborations: A Roadmap for Successful Implementation Strategies
This blog was inspired by the amazing monthly discussions taking place within the California SOC Open-Forums. These 1-hour sessions, coordinated...
Read MoreOpeeka’s P-CIS: Dimensions for Cohesion and Collaboration
It has been a whole year since I moved after serving a statewide children’s system of care for almost two-decades....
Read MoreCollaborations Through Connections: Use of Universal Currency
The essence of any collaboration is connection and within the human-service fields many of those we serve are disconnected. Just...
Read MoreBinti & Opeeka Uniquely Applying Wraparound’s Team Approach: Solutions for Success
There must be collaborations on all levels, from the family team level all the way towards the systems of care...
Read MorePerson-Centeredness, Stamp Collecting, and Healthcare Technology That Transforms
We are entering a brave new world. The innovators will be the organizations that embrace new technology and take risks...
Read MoreChanging the Odds by Increasing ‘Voice & Choice’ in Foster Care: Whole-Person Care & Well-Being
P-CIS can quantify reductions in need for foster care and improvements in child well-being related to each service component, so...
Read MoreMaking It All About the Work: Aligning Assessments with Successful Care Planning
Putting the person is the center of care and focusing on outcomes is the foundation of value-based care. To fully...
Read MoreConstructivist Approach to Person-Centered Care for All: Connecting the Pieces Together
The ‘team’ approach must not be nominal but instead active and knowledgeable of its purpose, person-centered care planning. A care-team...
Read MoreStress, Holidays & the Pandemic: A Trifecta for Resiliency Building!
For many of us working in the ‘field’ of human services we have been inundated with ‘self-help’ articles, books, videos...
Read MoreLooking Through Cultural Lens: Mental Health & Well-Being
Historically mental-health has been associated with ‘illness and dysfunction’, adding on the stigma attached to it and hence the results...
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