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Members Present: Christine Smith, Bill Cook, Tracey Turner, Howard Graves, Bob Carey, Ruth Anne Bradshaw, Leslie Huntley, James Lane, and Rosemary Weaver
Members Excused: Candi Davis
Members Absent: Joe Crowder and Kelly Rowe Rodriguez
WHN Staff: Heidi Pedersen and Arthur Carder
Guests: Cathy Kocian, Nancy Baker, Rich Munger, Stephanie Fisher and Kristie Sluder
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Team: Consumer Family Advisory Committee
Date: October 26, 2009
Time Started: 5:45pm
Time Ended: 8:00pm
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TOPIC
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DISCUSSION/FINDINGS/CONCLUSIONS
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RECOMMENDATIONS/ACTIONS
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Community Connections
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Joe Martin will be taking Nancy Carey’s place on the WHN Board representing Yancey County.
Prescription Drug Abuse Seminars in Rutherford County. Rutherford County has also applied for Weed and Seed grants but has not yet heard anything.
Tracey Turner emailed the group a You Tube Video link about Jail Diversion Information. Please let me know if you need any help to view this link.
NAMI is now open in Buncombe County located in the WHN building.
WHN will be receiving 12 new hospital beds.
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Welcome & Introductions
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Kristie Sluder from Madison County came to her first meeting tonight. Also Stephanie Fisher from Henderson County came to her first meeting tonight.
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Approval of Agenda
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Approved.
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Approval of September Minutes
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Minutes approved as written.
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Heidi will post the minutes to the WHN Website.
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Announcements
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Hearing Voices Training was held on October 17th and it went well.
Reminder about the Peer Support Specialist phone conference being held on October 30th.
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Voting on New Members
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CFAC voted on Kristie Sluder from Madison County becoming a member of CFAC. The group voted unanimously to accepting Kristie as a member. Kristie will represent MH for Madison County. A huge welcome to Kristie.
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Action/ Crisis Items
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Recruitment: CFAC is still looking for members to represent Yancey, Rutherford, Henderson and Transylvania Counties.
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WHN Update
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WHN was given back around 1.2 million in funds. The money will be returned to Developmental Therapies since this is where money was originally taken from.
CABHA (Critical Access Behavioral Health Agency) – Criteria for providers will be to provide at least 2 Medicaid Enhanced services and also do medication Management, case management, and have a clinical supervisor. A provider would be certified to deliver the service one time but then can provide the service anywhere in NC. The idea is to start streamlining the system of services.
Plan for Medicaid Waivers – Piedmont has two waivers and the idea is to span the Piedmont waivers across the state. The piece they are still working on is who will manage the waivers. The idea will be to move it to just a few LME’s for now and as things run smoothly, the waiver will then move onto other LME’s. LME’s will have to apply to start this process. The reason is to reduce overhead across the state.
Hospital Diversion Project – Reduced by 4,000 day usage at about $800 per day. The idea was for the LME to keep the saved money to support services but the money goes directly back into the project which is a good thing.
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November and December Meetings
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The November meeting will remain on the 23rd and New Member Orientation will also meet that same day at 5:00pm before the regular CFAC Meeting.
The December meeting will also remain on its original date of December 28th at 6:00pm.
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Local Business Plan
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Bob handed out copies of the Quality Management Section of the LBP.
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Bob Carey will make corrections and email out to the group when completed.
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WHN Board Meeting Report
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Bob went over the report he will bring to the November Board meeting. Bob commented on CFAC not agreeing with the WHN Board holding closed sections. Arthur suggested CFAC comment on how the CFAC has grown with new members and the ratio of consumer to family members is great. CFAC has also gained SA representation but is still lacking in the DD area.
CFAC had many concerns about the WHN Board going into closed sessions to discuss membership. Bob will put together a formal notice regarding this issue and will present the notice to the WHN Board at the November meeting. Rosemary motioned. Leslie seconds the motion and all agreed.
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Bob will email the group a copy of the CFAC Report for the WHN Board meeting in November.
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On-Going Business
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Peer Support Committee: The committee met with Donald Reuss on Wednesday. Rosemary emailed the group some concerns about Peer Support Training/Employment. Not much is very certain at this point so more information will be provided as the information becomes more concrete.
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Committee Reports
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Executive Committee: New Member Orientation has been completed. Bill and Cathy spoke about the Hospital ER admissions. Cathy has emailed the group some information on this already and will email the group as information comes in. The CEO Evaluation is done except for the comment section. James Lane will finish the comments and email
Finance/Budget: Rosemary was given a finance report. The subject of trainings was discussed. Traveling for conference and trainings is not being encouraged at this point but if someone feels an event is extremely useful, they are asked to fill out an application and the application will be reviewed for approval.
CQI: Minutes will be sent to the group.
Membership: New Member Orientation will be held on Monday, November 23 at 5:00pm.
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