Integrated Care DC January 2022 Newsletter

In this Edition…

  • Mental Wellness Month
  • Upcoming events
  • Rev-Up DC Program: Space still available
  • Funding opportunities
  • Survey: We want to hear from you
  • Featured resources – Staff Wellness & Support Strategies
  • From the library
  • Dive into a topic

January is Mental Wellness Month

January is Mental Wellness Month. It is a great reminder to check out Integrated Care DC resources for tools on how to better cope with the normal stresses of work and home life. It is also an opportunity to provide patients with mental wellness programs that build resiliency at home and in their communities. We’ve included several resources below that could help.

Upcoming Events

SOON: January 7 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
DBH/MTM Services Webinar Series – Business and Administrative Operations Best Practices Manual – Session 1: Manual Orientation

SOON: January 11 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
TeleMAT Part 1: Showcase of Tele-MAT Grantees: Lessons Learned From the Field

January 18 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Bundle Up! What’s a Bundled Payment & How Does It Fit Into a VBP framework?

January 20 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
DBH/MTM Webinar Series – Business and Administrative Operations Best Practices Manual – Session 2: Value Based Care

January 21 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
DBH/MTM Services Webinar Series – Business and Administrative Operations Best Practices Manual – Session 3: Data Driven Decision Making

January 25 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
TeleMAT Part 2: Treating Addiction, Including MAT via Telehealth

More Events

Rev-Up DC Program: Space Still Available


REV-Up DC will provide revenue cycle technical and training support to DC Medicaid behavioral health service providers as they move toward managed care. Foundations of revenue cycle training classes are filling fast. If you are interested in this free program, sign up here! Registration is limited to the first 35 registrants.

Upcoming Rev-Up DC Training Events:

January 12 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Revenue Cycle Foundations 101

January 19 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Revenue Cycle Foundations 102

January 26 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Revenue Cycle Foundations 103

Funding Opportunities

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants
The CCBHC Expansion grant program must provide access to services including 24/7 crisis intervention services for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) or substance use disorders (SUD), including opioid use disorders; children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED); and individuals with co-occurring mental and substance disorders (COD).
>>Apply Now!

Harm Reduction Grant Program
Funding will be used to enhance overdose and other types of prevention activities to help control the spread of infectious diseases and the consequences of such diseases for individuals with, or at risk of developing substance use disorders (SUD), support distribution of opioid overdose reversal medication to individuals at risk of overdose, build connections for individuals at risk for, or with, a SUD to overdose education, counseling, and more.
>>Apply Now!

Survey: We want to hear from you!


Recognizing these are challenging times for all providers, Integrated Care DC needs your feedback to ensure our video sessions are helpful and responsive to you and your practices’ needs. Would you please provide input on this very short survey? It should take 5 minutes or less to complete. Link to survey!

Featured Resource | Short Take Video:

Staff Wellness & Support Strategies


In this quick take video, Dr. Kima Joy Taylor highlight strategies that support staff wellness and retention. You can click here to watch the full video.

More from the resource library

More Resources

Dive into a Topic

Behavioral Health | Econsult/Telehealth | Screening and/or Assessment | HIE | Care Team Optimization | MAT | COVID-19 | Patient Engagement | Stigma Abatement | Substance/OUD

We publish on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month. If you have content for our monthly newsletter, or mid-month update, or have feedback or comments, we want to hear from you. Please send us an email at: communications@integratedcaredc.com.