Causes: Mental Health, Mental Health Treatment

Mission: The mission of cbhs is to support its members' efforts to provide effective behavioral health services to the medicaid, medicare, and uninsured population. Cbhs develops the resources necessary to establish leading edge responses to the evolving health care system in new york state. Cbhs promotes recovery oriented and outcome-based services designed to ensure high quality and affordable costs.

Programs: Cbhs realizes the need for nimble, responsive, cost effective ways to serve people with behavioral health challenges, and other populations. In order to accelerate our knowledge and preparation for value-based contracting, we are partnering with healthcare providers, health homes, and managed care companies to create the outcomes needed for the future. Cbhs is creating a deep menu of innovative services that are financially viable and responsive to people's needs. We have been leaders in new york state's transformation to a person-centered model of care and are recognized for our recovery services that are outcome-driven and that incorporate peer and natural supports. We utilize strength-based planning in our behavioral health and child welfare services that draws heavily upon natural supports to promote positive outcomes. During 2017, cbhs inc was awarded an expanded contract through westchester medical center pss to continue improvements in population health from people with complex needs including transitioning to community outpatient care following psychiatric hospitalization. In addition, cbhs inc. Provided leadership through the hudson valley in providing care management for people with complex needs and integrating primary and behavioral health care.