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Peer Specialists The Potential Link that Bridges Primary Care to Behavioral Health Over 20 Years of Building Healthier Communities Todays presenters and learning objectives Patrick Hendry, Vice President of Peer Advocacy, Supports and

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Peer Specialists

The Potential Link that Bridges Primary Care to Behavioral Health

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Today’s presenters and learning objectives

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Patrick Hendry, Vice President of Peer Advocacy, Supports and Services for Mental Health America

What a peer specialist does and how their work can benefit a healthcare organization

Malinda Fairbanks, Associate Chief of Staff for Mental Health at the Sheridan VA Medical Center

Finding a place and a role for a peer specialist on an existing care team

Laura Griffith, Executive Director, and Lana Mahoney, Training Coordinator for Recover Wyoming

Recruiting a qualified peer specialist leveraging state resources How to provide training for staff in their organization to become a peer specialist supervisor and ongoing training for peer specialists with state resources

Janet Jares, Advocacy Coordinator for the Wyoming Department of Health, and Charles Smith, Regional Administrator for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Current Billing Opportunities available and other financial opportunities to support a peer specialist program

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Peer Support Overview

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Peer Support Overview

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Peer Support Overview

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Over the last 18 years behavioral health has developed formal systems for training, certifying, and applying peer support. In 2001 Georgia created the first state certification and became the first state able to pay for peer support services through Medicaid. In 2007 CMS acknowledged peer support as an evidence-based practice. As integrated healthcare has grown substantially since the advent of the ACA, peer support has expanded into primary care.

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Peer Support Overview

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“Peer support complements and enhances primary care services by providing practical, social and emotional support to help people do the things needed in order to live healthy lives.” Managing chronic health conditions often requires substantial changes in

behavior. Routine visits with a primary care provider assists people to

understand the steps that they can take to successfully self-manage their illnesses. Well trained peer specialists can assist these individuals implement and sustain the changes, and to develop person-centered plans that increase the likelihood of success.

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Peer Support Overview

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Statistical information drawn from Medicaid managed care programs has shown significant reductions in re-hospitalization rates and emergency room visits. It has also shown strong increases in satisfaction with services, improved quality

f life, and strengthened self-management.

Peer specialists can provide whole health support and increase the efficacy of primary care.

For additional information please visit MHA’s Center for Peer Support at www.centerforpeersupport.org

r contact Patrick Hendry at phendry@mentalhealthamerica.net

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Finding a Place and a Role for a Peer Specialist on Your Existing Care Team

Malinda Fairbanks, LCSW Sheridan VA Medical Center Opportunities through Recover Wyoming

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Recruiting a Peer Specialist

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Option 1: Recruit a Peer Specialist from the 78 persons currently certified in Wyoming.

This number is amazing! Here’s a brief

history of the Peer Specialist movement in Wyoming.

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Peer Specialist History in Wyoming

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2005- First Wyoming Peer Specialists hired 2007- Peer Specialist services became Medicaid billable in Wyoming 2007- Wyoming Peer Specialist Certification

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Peer Specialist History in Wyoming Training

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The first Wyoming training was held in the Spring of 2016. Wyoming Peer Specialists, in collaboration with others, helped to create the training curriculum based on national standards and with Core Competencies and Ethics that provide the foundation for this evidenced-based practice.

In 2015 Wyoming was awarded a SAMHSA funded BRSS TACS grant to establish an evaluation system for peer specialist services and to create the curriculum for the Wyoming Peer Specialist Training.

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Number of Wyo. Certified Peer Specialists

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Recruiting a Peer Specialist

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Option 1: Recruit a Peer Specialist from the 78 persons currently certified in Wyoming.

Agencies interested in recruiting a Peer Specialist can contact:

 Dani Sullivan- Wyo. Dept. of Health, Behavioral Health Division

dani.sullivan1@wyo.gov (307) 777-7903

 Janet Jares- Wyo. Dept. of Health, Behavioral Health Division

janet.jares@wyo.gov (307) 777-8515

 Lana Mahoney- Training Coordinator, Recover Wyoming

lanamahoney@recoverwyoming.org (307) 421-7261

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Recruiting a Peer Specialist

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Option 2: Identify persons within your agency that qualify for the Peer Specialist role and get them the training to become certified.

 This will take some exploration but could be a career

advancement opportunity for individuals already working in the agency.

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Is Your Agency Ready?

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 Utilizing a Peer Specialist and implementing a Peer

Support Program within your agency will take some preparation.

 Some Readiness Factors Include:

Commitment Capacity Culture

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Is Your Agency Ready?

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For further review, see “Peer Specialist Agency Readiness Self- Assessment” handout

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Training – Recover Wyoming

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Training content

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 Peer Specialist Basics  Basic Work Competencies  Sharing Your Story Appropriately  Confidentiality  Medicaid Documentation Requirements  Group Work and Mutuality  Conflict in the Workplace  Reporting to Supervisor/Clinician  Coping Strategies & The Grief Process  Behavior/Physical Health Interactions  Positive Relationships  Community Resources  Natural Supports  Cultural Competency  Resiliency  Person Centered Recovery  Hope and Recovery  Using Recovery Language  Trauma Informed Care  Self-Care  Advocacy  Written Test

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Upcoming Training Opportunities through Recover Wyoming

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Upcoming Training Opportunities through Recover Wyoming

NEW PEER SPECIALIST TRAINING SUPERVISOR TRAINING BASIC FORENSIC PEER SPECIALIST TRAINING FORENSIC TRAINING OF TRAINERS PEER SPECIALIST ANNUAL MEETING

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On-Going Training & Support Info

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Upcoming Training Opportunities through Recover Wyoming

Peer Support and Peer Specialist information, webinars, and technical assistance found through:

 Doors to Wellbeing

https://www.doorstowellbeing.org/

 BRSS-TACS (Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Strategy)

https://www.samhsa.gov/brss-tacs

 SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

https://www.samhsa.gov/

 Peers for Progress

http://peersforprogress.org/

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Current Billing Opportunities & Other Financial Opportunities to Support a Peer Specialist Program

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Funding for peer specialists from Wyoming

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Cost and Benefit Frees up licensed staff time Costs for the community (and your agency) may be reduced Opportunity: Wyoming Medicaid

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Funding Considerations: Peer Support

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Grants: Federal / State / Foundations Contracts: Federal / State Insurance: Public / Private Health Insurance Examples of Federal Funding:

SAMHSA: SAPT; STR/SOR/TOR; Statewide Peer Networks; Recovery Community HRSA: BHWET; FORHP-Community Planning Grants CMS: 1115 Waiver; Rehab Option; 2007 CMS Letter to States DoD-VA DOJ-BJA DoL HUD USDA

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