State Indicator Pilot Grants
NEW YORK
A Joint Effort of the Survey and Analysis and State Planning and Development Branches, the Center for Mental Health Services, operated through the MHSIP Program
Principal Investigator
Mederic McGlaughlin
Deputy Commissioner
Strategic Initiatives and Planning
New York State Office of Mental Health
44 Holland Avenue
Albany, New York 12229
Phone: (518) 474-6567
Fax: (518) 473-4690
coqamdm@omh.state.ny.us
GRANT NUMBER: 1 HR1 SM52526-01
FUNDING PERIOD: September 30, l998 - August 31, 2001
TOTAL ALLOCATION FOR FY’ 98: $100,000
PROJECT SUMMARY
The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) has made substantial progress in the past three years in implementing performance management approaches for the monitoring of publicly funded mental health services. Considerable performance management infrastructure and experience in the collection, analysis, reporting, and use of performance data has been a result of various initiatives including establishing a Bureau of Performance and Outcomes Management, designing a performance management system for inpatient services, and designing performance management systems for Medicaid mental health Special Needs Plans for adults and children. In the proposed project, the Five State Feasibility Study performance indicators will be pilot tested in the inpatient and outpatient systems, new mechanisms for systematically collecting and reporting outcome data will be tested, cultural competency indicators will be piloted, and methodologies in risk adjustment will be refined and applied to improve the sensitivity and usefulness of data for decision making by administrators, providers, and recipients of care.