Peer Supports

Helping Plans Collect Enrollee Data on Social Determinants of Health and Health-Related Social Needs

Click Here to View the Tip Sheet This tip sheet both identifies the broad range of social determinants of health (SDOH) and health-related social needs (HRSN) data collection toolkits and offers additional guidance around using these resources most effectively. Specifically,

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Strengthening Awareness and Positive Regard for Peer Support Staff: Spotlight on Advocates

This provider spotlight features Advocates, a nonprofit organization located in Framingham, Massachusetts that provides comprehensive behavioral health and social services. The spotlight describes Advocates’ approach and strategies used to strengthen awareness and positive regard for peer support staff. Peer support

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Self-Management Support in Behavioral Health: Organizational Assessment Tool

This assessment tool is designed to assist behavioral health organizations in delivering self-management support to clients managing serious mental illness and/or substance use conditions. These conditions often coincide or are dually diagnosed; an estimated 50 percent of individuals with a serious mental illness also have

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RIC Event: Assessing Organizational Ability To Support Client Self-Management

https://youtu.be/PncJ7IKxwWs?si=pzE_KD4fbCb9A3Mx Description: Providing self-management support (SMS) is a key activity for health care providers seeking to deliver integrated, high quality health care. For many providers, supporting self-management involves a paradigm shift away from the traditional medical model towards a shared

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