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Archives FY 16/17 5th Annual Network Office Spring Provider Meetings SAVE THE DATES Mental Health Network Office Spring Provider Meetings • Wednesday, March 30th, 2016, from 2:00pm – 4:00pm • Wednesday, May 4th, 2016, from 2:00pm – 4:00pm Substance Use Disorder Network Office Spring Provider Meeting • Friday, April 29th, 2016, from 2:00pm – 4:00pm Please save the dates on your calendar, more information to follow. FY 15/16 4th Annual Network Office Spring Provider Meetings Mental Health Network Office Spring Provider Meeting Mental Health 2015 Spring Provider Meeting Presentation MH Agenda Substance Use Disorder Network Office Spring Provider Meeting Substance Use Disorder 2015 Spring Provider Meeting Presentation SUD Agenda . Welcome and Congratulations to our New and Promoted Network Office Staff Members! If you haven’t already, please take a few minutes to get to know our new and promoted staff. Daivee-Chantel Allen, Secretary This is Daivee-Chantel’s first venture in County employment and filling our vacant Secretary I position. She is an enthusiastic, self-starter who strives to get work done quickly and correctly. She comes equipped with strong customer service, communications, writing, administrative support and records management skills. With an eye for detail she can create documents and spot errors in both Word and Excel effortlessly. She comes to us holding both a Bachelor’s in Theater Arts and a Master’s in English. Julie Johnson, Administrative Assistant Julie is the newest member of the Network Support Team and will be primarily assigned to support Procurements but may be pulled to help with the Mental Health Plan Provider Network, as needed. Sharon Jones, Program Contract Manager We are thrilled to announce that Sharon has returned to the Network Office! Sharon will be putting her contract management and organizational skills to work right away as we transition staff and contract assignments. Lani Pallotta, Management Analyst Lani will be taking on the role of Acting Supervisor of the SUD fiscal team in the Network Office. Lani has been with BHCS for seven years and is very familiar with our contracting business. We have a very challenging year ahead in SUD financing with the implementation of the DMC waiver, so please lend Lani your support as she takes on this new role. Newsletter Network Office Newsletter 2015 New Network Office Staff Member The Network Office is pleased to announce our new Program Contract Manager, Marthea Alley, who will be joining our team. Marthea has a wealth of experience in navigating the public system in both Alameda and Riverside Counties, and comes to our office with a strong background in overseeing public system contracts related to both social services and probation, data utilization, and working collaboratively to strengthen effectiveness. Please join me in welcoming Marthea to the Network Office! -- Wendi Vargas FY 14/15 Network Office Spring Provider Meetings FY14/15 FY14/15 Contract Renewal Season! These informational meetings will address the FY14/15 contracting process as well as upcoming changes to contracts. We strongly recommend that a program and fiscal representative from your organization attend. A flyer for each contracting unit (AOD & MH) is below. AOD FY14-15 Network Office Spring Provider Meeting Flyer_AOD AOD Agenda BHCS Network Spring Provider Mtg 2014 AOD Presentation Exhibit A Language Changes Summary-AOD MH FY14-15 Network Office Spring Provider Meeting Flyer_MH MH Agenda BHCS Network Spring Provider Mtg 2014 MH Presentation Exhibit A Language Changes Summary-MH Newsletter Network Office Newsletter 2014 Network Office Newsletter 2014 Insert AOD & MH Provider Deadline August 1, 2014 InSyst Data Input Deadline 080414 Out-of-County Provider Deadline July 11, 2014 (Providers who do not enter their own InSyst Data) InSyst Data Input Deadline OOC 071114 FY 13/14 Spring Provider Meetings MH Network Office Spring Provider Meeting AOD Network Office Spring Provider Meeting Fall Provider Meeting BHCS Network Office Fall Provider Meeting Updating Contractor Contact Information The Network Office is pleased to announce that for FY 13-14, provider contact information will be collected electronically. We have established a secure online form that takes only a few minutes to complete. The content of this form is almost identical to the Contact Update Sheet previously used for FY 12-13; the additional item we are requesting is the required information about your organization’s Board of Directors. We ask that one person from each organization complete this form by visiting https://networkoffice.wufoo.com/forms/alameda-county-bhcs-annual-contact-update. A confirmation and a copy of the completed information will be sent your organization’s Executive Director’s email. If your organization’s Executive Director does not receive the confirmation email, please make sure to remove no-reply@wufoo.com from your junk/spam inbox. Moving forward, we hope to use more tools like this to improve the way we do business.