Words Matter Wednesdays: Advancing Equity Through Language
2024-05-08 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago)
Promoting Equity for Black and African American Populations presented by African American Behavioral Health Center of Excellence
Dates and Times: 05/08/24 from 2-3PM CT / 3-4PM ET / 12-1PM PST / 10-11AM HAST
Please join us for a series this May that will explore equitable terminology that promotes social justice for populations where language has often been used to shame individuals, patronize, enforce prejudice, or limit visibility. Each session will provide updated language that helps advance equity within their population of focus. We encourage behavioral health professionals and those who interact with or write about these populations, including those leading other Centers of Excellence, Technology Transfer Centers, and others administering programs aimed at increasing assess to mental health care to attend. Together, we hope to move forward in advancing equity through language
Learning Objectives:

Identify language that is unhelpful to Black and African Americans
Identify updated language that helps advance equity for Black and African Americans
Utilize effective language to promote equity for Black and African Americans

Please register here.

Implementing the 4Ms-Behavioral Health: Applying the 4Ms of an Age-Friendly Health System in Mental Health and Substance Use Services
2024-05-10 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-06-14 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-07-12 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-08-09 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-09-13 12:00 - 13:00
Speakers: Erin Emery-Tiburcio, PhD, ABPP and Laura Porter, PhD
Dates and Times: Second Friday of the month May through September at 10-11AM PT / 11AM-12PM MT / 12-1PM CT / 1-2PM ET
Built on the foundation of the 4Ms of an Age-Friendly Health System (What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility), the 4Ms – Behavioral Health (4Ms-BH) provides mental health and substance use clinicians with a unique version of the framework to guide and enhance care for older adults. This eight-hour live online series will provide essential background knowledge about the needs of older adults in mental health and substance use settings, practical tools for assessing and applying the 4Ms-BH across professions and theoretical orientations, and strategies to support framework sustainability. The series includes a three-hour overview webinar followed by five monthly one-hour sessions to apply and solidify training content. Free continuing education credits will be provided at the conclusion of the full series following completion of the post-test and evaluation.

Learning Objectives
Learners who participate in the full series will be able to:

Define the 4Ms of an Age-Friendly Health System – Behavioral Health and describe the connections between the 4Ms.
Describe the unique needs of older adults regarding mental health and substance use.
Utilize tools for assessing and acting on the 4Ms-BH.
Identify strategies and tools for sustaining this framework in their practice settings.

Sessions:
04/05/24: 10AM-1PM PT/11AM-2PM MT/12-3PM CT/ 1-4PM ET
05/10/24: 10-11AM PT / 11AM-12PM MT / 12-1PM CT / 1-2PM ET
06/14/24: 10-11AM PT / 11AM-12PM MT / 12-1PM CT / 1-2PM ET
07/12/24: 10-11AM PT / 11AM-12PM MT / 12-1PM CT / 1-2PM ET
08/09/24: 10-11AM PT / 11AM-12PM MT / 12-1PM CT / 1-2PM ET
09/13/24: 10-11AM PT / 11AM-12PM MT / 12-1PM CT / 1-2PM ET
*Please note registration and attendance at all sessions is required to claim CE credits. Registration information for the monthly series will be shared with all who attend the April 5th webinar. We highly suggest using “Add to Calendar” now to keep the events marked on personal calendars.*

Words Matter Wednesdays: Advancing Equity Through Language
2024-05-15 14:00 - 15:00
Promoting Equity for Older Adult Populations presented by E4 Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Disparities in Aging
Dates and Times: 05/15/24 from 2-3PM CT / 3-4PM ET / 12-1PM PST / 10-11AM HAST
Please join us for a series this May that will explore equitable terminology that promotes social justice for populations where language has often been used to shame individuals, patronize, enforce prejudice, or limit visibility. Each session will provide updated language that helps advance equity within their population of focus. We encourage behavioral health professionals and those who interact with or write about these populations, including those leading other Centers of Excellence, Technology Transfer Centers, and others administering programs aimed at increasing assess to mental health care to attend. Together, we hope to move forward in advancing equity through language
Learning Objectives:

Identify language that is unhelpful to older adults
Identify updated language that helps advance equity for older adults
Utilize effective language to promote equity for older adults

Please register here.

Words Matter Wednesdays: Advancing Equity Through Language
2024-05-22 14:00 - 15:00
Promoting Equity for LGBTQIA2S+ Populations presented by Center of Excellence on LGBTQ+ Behavioral Health Equity
Date and Time: 05/22/24 from 2-3PM CT / 3-4PM ET / 12-1PM PST / 10-11AM HAST
Please join us for a series this May that will explore equitable terminology that promotes social justice for populations where language has often been used to shame individuals, patronize, enforce prejudice, or limit visibility. Each session will provide updated language that helps advance equity within their population of focus. We encourage behavioral health professionals and those who interact with or write about these populations, including those leading other Centers of Excellence, Technology Transfer Centers, and others administering programs aimed at increasing assess to mental health care to attend. Together, we hope to move forward in advancing equity through language
Learning Objectives:

Identify language that is unhelpful to LGBTQIA2S+ individuals
Identify updated language that helps advance equity for LGBTQIA2S+ individuals
Utilize effective language to promote equity for LGBTQIA2S+ individuals

Please register here.

Schaalman Senior Voices Thought Leader Lecture: From Isolation to Inspiration
2024-05-23 11:00 - 12:00
Speakers: Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH
Date: May 23rd 11AM-12PM CT
Location: Virtually and in-person at Searle Conference Center, RUSH Professional Building 1725 W. Harrison St. 5th Floor (Elevator II) Chicago, IL 60612
In celebration of Older Americans Month, please join RUSH Generations and the RUSH Center for Excellence in Aging for our annual Schaalman Senior Voices Thought Leader Lecture, featuring Dr. Jeremy Nobel.
This lecture will explore loneliness and social isolation among the older adult population and how the arts engage, inspire, empower, and connect us. Dr. Nobel is the author of Project UnLonely: Healing Our Crisis of Disconnection.
Register HERE.

Words Matter Wednesdays: Advancing Equity Through Language
2024-05-29 14:00 - 15:00
Promoting Equity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Populations presented by The AANHPI ‘Ohana Center of Excellence
Date and time: 05/29/24 from 2-3PM CT / 3-4PM ET / 12-1PM PST / 10-11AM HAST
Please join us for a series this May that will explore equitable terminology that promotes social justice for populations where language has often been used to shame individuals, patronize, enforce prejudice, or limit visibility. Each session will provide updated language that helps advance equity within their population of focus. We encourage behavioral health professionals and those who interact with or write about these populations, including those leading other Centers of Excellence, Technology Transfer Centers, and others administering programs aimed at increasing assess to mental health care to attend. Together, we hope to move forward in advancing equity through language
Learning Objectives

Identify language that is unhelpful to older AAPI individuals
Identify updated language that helps advance equity for AAPI individuals
Utilize effective language to promote equity for AAPI individuals

Please register here.

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Considerations for Older Adults to Prevent Suicide in Later Life
2024-06-05 12:00 - 13:30
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Considerations for Older Adults
Speakers: Richard McKeon, PhD, MPH and Erin Emery-Tiburcio, PhD, ABPP
Date: June 5th, 2024
Time: 10-11:30AM PT / 11AM-12:30PM MT / 12-1:30PM CT / 1-2:30PM ET
The 988 hotline offers 24/7 access to trained crisis counselors who can help people experiencing mental health-related distress. In this webinar, Dr. Richard McKeon, Senior Advisor in the SAMHSA 988 Office, will discuss the shift from the previous hotline to the new number, services available, and impact of 988 thus far. Dr. Erin Emery-Tiburcio will introduce training modules designed for 988 call center staff about working with older adults that are currently being adapted for professionals who encounter older adults in crisis in person.
Learning Objectives
Learners who participate in this learning activity will be able to:

Recognize the services offered by 988 call centers.
Understand the impact of the 988 service.
Identify resources for learning more about older adults in crisis.

Please register HERE.

Aging and Traumatic Brain Injury: Understanding the Intersection and Implications
2024-07-10 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker: Teresa Ashman, PhD, ABPP-RP
Dates and Times: July 10th from 10-11:30AM PT/11AM-12:30PM MT/12pm-1:30pm CT/1pm-2:30pm ET
As the population ages, the incidence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) among older adults is rising, presenting unique challenges and considerations for healthcare professionals. This presentation delves into the intersection of aging and TBI, whether aging with a TBI or sustaining a TBI in older age. The presentation will focus on the latest research on TBI in older adults, including risk factors, recovery trajectories, and long-term outcomes. The session will also highlight innovative approaches to prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation tailored to the aging population. Join us to enhance your understanding and improve care strategies for this vulnerable and growing demographic.
Learning Objectives

Explain the consequences of aging with a TBI versus sustaining a TBI at an older age
Identify key risk factors and mechanisms of TBI in older adults
Evaluate the cognitive and physiological impact of TBI on older adults

Please register here.

Suicide Loss as a Crisis of Meaning: Implications for Grief Therapy
2024-09-04 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker: Robert A. Neimeyer, PhD
Date and Time: September 4th from 10-11:30AM PT/11AM-12:30PM MT/12pm-1:30pm CT/1pm-2:30pm ET
Research suggests that much of the complicated and prolonged grief that frequently follows bereavement by suicide is mediated by its assault on the survivor’s world of meaning, and the attendant struggle to make sense of (a) the relationship to the deceased, (b) the death itself, and (c) the survivor’s own identity in its aftermath. Viewing this struggle through the lens of the Tripartite Model of Meaning Reconstruction in Loss, we will first consider common obstacles to integrating such loss adaptively within survivors’ meaning systems, and the implications this carries for the construction of the therapeutic relationship as well as specific interventions to address each impasse. Paradoxically, however, the same effort after meaning can be a catalyst for posttraumatic growth, which studies suggest is facilitated by identifiable psychological and social conditions. Illustrating these concepts with brief client videos, we conclude with general guidelines for conducting therapy with this traumatically bereaved population.
Learning Objectives

Summarize evidence that meaning making mediates the impact of traumatic loss on bereaved survivors
Discuss three narrative obstacles to meaning making in suicide loss, noting relevant signs and symptoms that serve as markers directing subsequent therapy to the client’s implicit needs
List three therapeutic procedures that promote reaffirmation or reconstruction of client meanings and the character of the therapeutic relationship required for their safe administration with suicide loss survivors

Please register here.

Caregiving in Aging Families Series: Families Age
2024-09-06 10:00 - 12:00
Speaker: Sara Qualls, PhD, ABPP
Dates and Times: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Friday of September from 8-11AM PT/9AM-11AM MT/10AM-12PM CT/11AM-1PM ET
When caregiving challenges family systems in the later part of life, individuals and families often struggle with practical and emotional burdens that are too often fraught with family conflict. Families with long histories are expected to engage in novel work related to declining functional health of aging member(s) without training. Not surprisingly, many families find themselves overwhelmed with practical tasks that are emotionally loaded and interpersonally complicated. In this three-part series, participants from all mental health professions are invited to consider how the intersection of three major bodies of research on family development, family systems, and successful aging can help them guide family members toward more successful strategies to handle the very daunting tasks they face.
Learning Objectives
Learners who participate in the full series will be able to:

Name three developmental tasks of family development in later life
Describe how family relationships change in later life
Discuss factors that influence how caregiving for older adults emerges as a developmental task within the family
Compare challenges experienced while caring for persons living with dementia with those experienced by families caring for persons with other diseases and conditions that are not cognitively impairing to the care recipient.

Please register here.

Caregiving in Aging Families Series: Family Systems Shifting into Caregiving
2024-09-13 10:00 - 12:00
Speaker: Sara Qualls, PhD, ABPP
Dates and Times: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Friday of September from 8-11AM PT/9AM-11AM MT/10AM-12PM CT/11AM-1PM ET
When caregiving challenges family systems in the later part of life, individuals and families often struggle with practical and emotional burdens that are too often fraught with family conflict. Families with long histories are expected to engage in novel work related to declining functional health of aging member(s) without training. Not surprisingly, many families find themselves overwhelmed with practical tasks that are emotionally loaded and interpersonally complicated. In this three-part series, participants from all mental health professions are invited to consider how the intersection of three major bodies of research on family development, family systems, and successful aging can help them guide family members toward more successful strategies to handle the very daunting tasks they face.

Learning Objectives

Learners who participate in the full series will be able to:
Identify the key constructs of family systems theory
Describe how family systems are affected by developmental tasks of adulthood
Discuss how caregiving shifts family system dynamics
Differentiate first order and second order systems change intervention strategies for caregivers

Please register here.

Caregiving in Aging Families Series: Growing Caregivers into Successful Aging
2024-09-20 10:00 - 12:00
Speaker: Sara Qualls, PhD, ABPP
Dates and Times: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Friday of September from 11AM-1PM CT / 10AM-12PM MT to 10AM-12PM CT / 9-11AM MT
When caregiving challenges family systems in the later part of life, individuals and families often struggle with practical and emotional burdens that are too often fraught with family conflict. Families with long histories are expected to engage in novel work related to declining functional health of aging member(s) without training. Not surprisingly, many families find themselves overwhelmed with practical tasks that are emotionally loaded and interpersonally complicated. In this three-part series, participants from all mental health professions are invited to consider how the intersection of three major bodies of research on family development, family systems, and successful aging can help them guide family members toward more successful strategies to handle the very daunting tasks they face.

Learning Objectives

List three caregiver roles that require adaptation to manage caregiver burden and foster growth
Describe how multiple family members’ roles impact the caregiving experience
Explain client resistance to self-care from a family systems framework
Discuss growth opportunities for caregivers as families interface with formal care systems

Please register here.

Preventing Firearm Injuries in Older Adults
2024-10-02 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker: Chana A. Sacks, MD, MPH
Date and Time: October 2nd from 10-11:30AM PT / 11AM-12:30PM MT / 12-1:30PM CT / 1-2:30PM ET
Across the US, the rate of death from suicide is highest among older adults, and 70% of these deaths are due to firearms. While interdependent factors drive suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among older adults including depression, cognitive impairment and dementia, medical co-morbidity, and isolation, whether a suicide attempt results in death is largely determined by the utilized means. Intentional overdoses are fatal in 2% of cases, compared with firearms, which are fatal 90% of the time. Therefore, suicide prevention efforts specifically for older adults require a focus on firearm access and safety, necessitating that clinicians who care for older adults are equipped with the skills needed to have accurate and culturally competent conversations with patients and families. This session will review the context related to firearm suicide among older adults and focus on concrete clinical skills to improve care for this population.
Learning Objectives:

Explain the scope and impact of firearm-related injuries among older adults.

Develop a clinical framework to recognize older adult patients who may be at risk of firearm-related injuries.

Recognize specific steps clinicians can take to mitigate the risk of firearm injuries among older adults.

Please register here.

Long-term Care Challenges and Evidence-based Practices for Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness
2024-11-06 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker: Stephen Bartels, MD, MS
Date and Time: November 6th from 10-11:30AM PT / 11AM-12:30PM MT / 12-1:30PM CT / 1-2:30PM ET
Description: This presentation will provide an overview of long-term care challenges and evidence-based practices for older adults with serious mental illness. An overview will be provided of the course of serious mental illness in aging adults; preventing and addressing co-occurring health conditions; and evidence-based psychosocial interventions.
Learning Objectives:

Explain the long-term clinical course of serious mental illness in older adults
Describe models of care preventing and addressing cooccurring physical and medical challenges for people w/ SMI
Apply evidence-based psychosocial interventions for older adults with SMI

Please register here.

Exploring Ethical Dilemmas in Capacity Assessments
2024-12-04 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker: Peter A. Lichtenberg, PhD, ABPP
Date and Time: December 4th from 10-11:30AM PT / 11AM-12:30PM MT / 12-1:30PM CT / 1-2:30PM ET
Capacity assessments due to their potential impact on limiting autonomy and decision-making by an older adult can have enormous consequences. We will explore some of the common and uncommon ethical dilemmas and discuss ways to resolve them.
Learning Objectives

Describe unique aspects of consent for capacity assessments.
Identify complexities involved with dual relationship of provider and capacity assessor.
Discern the similarities and differences in feedback to the older person in clinical vs. capacity assessments.

Please register here.

CATCH-ON's Older Adult Mental Health Basics
2024-12-06 13:00 - 15:00
Speaker: Erin Emery-Tiburcio, PhD, ABPP
Date and Time: December 6th from 11AM-1PM PT / 12-2PM MT / 1-3PM CT / 2-4PM ET
While older adults have lower rates of mental health and substance use issues than younger adults, these issues can impact functioning and quality of life much more profoundly. Community based organization staff who interact with older adults would benefit from an understanding of the unique ways that these disorders can present in older adults, along with the impact of life events, the environment, and systemic ageism.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this workshop, learners will be able to
• Increase awareness of the impact of attitudes about aging
• Recognize key differences in mental health and substance use issues for older adults
• Identify environmental modifications needed for older adults
Please register here.

Sleep and Insomnia in Older Adults
2025-03-05 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker: Jennifer L. Martin, PhD, FAASM
Date and Time: March 5th from 10-11:30AM PT / 11AM-12:30PM MT / 12-1:30PM CT / 1-2:30PM ET
Description: This lecture will summarize age-related changes in sleep, then discuss specific considerations in the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia in older patients. The lecture will specifically focus on use of cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I).
Learning Objectives:

Identify age-related changes in sleep architecture and sleep complaints

Describe key factors to include in assessment of insomnia complaints in older patients

Implement components of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in clinical practice

Please register here.

The Impact of Climate Change on Aging: Finding a Way Forward
2025-04-02 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker: Lisa Brown, PhD, ABPP
Date and Time: April 2nd from 10-11:30AM PT / 11AM-12:30PM MT / 12-1:30PM CT / 1-2:30PM ET
The looming threat of an unstable climate and uncertain future can contribute to a sense of existential dread and cause anxiety, depression, and feelings of helplessness about the future. Currently, it is estimated that more than 58 million Americans are aged 65 years and older and that this number will continue to grow steadily to 83 million people by 2050. By recognizing the mental health implications of climate change on older adults and actively engaging in efforts to address these challenges, mental health clinicians can significantly contribute to promoting mental health resilience in the face of environmental crises.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify the mental health effects of climate change on older adults.
2. Describe the relationship between the environment and mental and physical health.
3. Explain the role clinicians can take to address adverse mental health concerns and facilitate climate mental health resiliency.
Please register here.

Evidence Based Practice Series on Prevention: Effective Approaches to Engaging Older Adults with a Focus on Prevention
2025-04-18 11:00 - 12:30
Speaker: Jo Anne Sirey, PhD
Dates: April 18th
Times: 9-10:30AM PT / 10AM-11:30PM MT / 11-12:30PM CT / 12-1:30PM ET
Description: In this talk we will review community-based programs designed to support older adults’ engagement in mental health care. In each program, we work closely with community partners to identify individuals in diverse setting (e.g., senior centers, elder abuse services) who can benefit from mental health services.
Learning Objectives:

Describe at least one model of secondary prevention.

Determine opportunities to apply an evidence-based engagement strategy (Open Door).

Summarize partnership strategies used to detect and refer older adults with depression in community settings.

Please register here.
Rush University designates each session of this live activity for (1.5) Continuing Education credits per session attended live.

Strengthening Crisis Systems for Older Adults: Insights from Cross-Agency Partnerships
2025-04-29 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker: Kimberly Van Orden, PhD and Lynn Cooper
Dates: April 29th
Times: 10-11:30AM PT / 11AM-12:30PM MT / 12-1:30PM CT / 1-2:30PM ET
This workshop series provides information and shares practices with the behavioral health crisis workforce. The goal is to improve understanding of the unique needs of aging adults and the care they receive during a behavioral health crisis. The aging population is expanding, and it’s become increasingly important to address the specific needs of older adults when they face behavioral health crises.
Learning Objectives:

Define trends and risk factors associated with suicide and social isolation in older adulthood.
Review examples of specialized Crisis Services and cross-agency collaborations for older adults across Pennsylvania that can improve care of older adults experiencing a mental health crisis.
Apply best practices to develop sustainable cross-agency partnerships in the crisis service system.

Please register here.
Rush University designates each session of this live activity for (1.5) Continuing Education credits per session attended live.

Evidence Based Practice Series on Prevention: Artificial intelligence: Creating New Paradigms
2025-05-02 11:00 - 12:30
Speaker: Ipsit Vihang Vahia, M.D.
Dates: May 2nd, and May 16th
Times: 9-10:30AM PT / 10AM-11:30PM MT / 11-12:30PM CT / 12-1:30PM ET
This presentation will review how AI is impacting diagnosis, monitoring and intervention for older adults with mental illness. The presentation will provide an overview of a range of AI-based technologies and how they may be applied specifically to early detection and prevention in late life psychiatric disorders.
Learning Objectives:

Describe what digital phenotyping represents.

Recognize 3 ways in which artificial intelligence is impacting the care of older adults.

Apply the principles of equity in digital health.

Please register here.
Rush University designates each session of this live activity for (1.5) Continuing Education credits per session attended live.

Schaalman Senior Voices Thought Leader Lecture: Out of Sync: The Age and Age Perception Disconnect
2025-05-07 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker: Tracey Gendron, MS, PhD
Presentation Title: Out of Sync: The Age and Age Perception Disconnect
Date and Time: May 7th from 10-11:30AM PT / 11AM-12:30PM MT / 12-1:30PM CT / 1-2:30PM ET
Location: Searle Conference Center, Rush Professional Building, 1725 W. Harrison St. 5th Floor (Elevator II) Chicago, IL 60612
This is a hybrid event. You can feel free to join in-person or virtually.
Description: Dr. Gendron begins by exclaiming, “Everything you know about aging is wrong, and it’s not your fault!” Using wit and real-world examples, Tracey transforms decades of research about aging and age discrimination into a thought-provoking and sometimes humorous conversation about the commonly accepted myths and misconceptions people of all ages face.
Learning Objectives:
1) Define ageism and ableism and identify the negative impacts personally and professionally.
2) Describe elderhood as a unique stage of development encompassing later life
3) Examine strategies to address ageism personally and professionally
Please register here.

Evidence Based Practice Series on Prevention: Early Interventions to Address Depression Among Older Adults
2025-05-16 11:00 - 12:30
Speaker: Patrick Raue, PhD
Dates: May 16th
Times: 9-10:30AM PT / 10AM-11:30PM MT / 11-12:30PM CT / 12-1:30PM ET
This presentation will describe several strategies to engage older adults with depression in care, including psychoeducation, motivational interviewing strategies, and shared decision-making. The components of several evidence based brief behavioral interventions for older adults will be presented. Lastly, an innovative lay health delivered intervention based on Behavioral Activation (called “Do More, Feel Better”) will be presented.
Learning Objectives:

Describe the value of brief psychosocial strategies to engage older adults in mental health care.

Describe the components of evidence-based psychotherapies for older adults with depression.

Describe components of the “Do More, Feel Better” intervention.

Please register here.
Rush University designates each session of this live activity for (1.5) Continuing Education credits per session attended live.

Implementing the 4Ms of Behavioral Health for CCBHCs: Applying the 4Ms of an Age-Friendly Health System in Mental Health and Substance Use Services
2025-06-27 11:00 - 14:00, 2025-07-11 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker: Erin Emery-Tiburcio, PhD, ABPP, Laura Porter, PhD, and Caryn Blanton, LCSW
Date and Time: Every 2 weeks starting Friday, June 27th, 2025
Description: Built on the foundation of the 4Ms of an Age-Friendly Health System (What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility), the 4Ms – Behavioral Health (4Ms-BH) for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) staff provides these mental health and substance use focused providers with a unique version of the framework to guide and enhance care for older adults. This six-hour live online series will provide essential background knowledge about the needs of older adults in CCBHC’s, practical tools for assessing and applying the 4Ms-BH across professions and theoretical orientations, and strategies to support framework sustainability.
Sessions:

Jun 27th, from 9AM-12PM PT/10AM-1PM MT/11-2PM CT/ 12-3PM ET

Jul 11th,from 9-10AM PT/10-11AM MT/11-12PM CT/ 12-1PM ET

Jul 25th, from 9-10AM PT/10-11AM MT/11-12PM CT/ 12-1PM ET

Aug 8th, from 9-10AM PT/10-11AM MT/11-12PM CT/ 12-1PM ET

If your CCBHC team would like to join this training, email Caryn Blanton, caryn_L_blanton@rush.edu.

Rush University designates this live activity for (6) Continuing Education credits.

The Changing Medicare Landscape: What Behavioral Health Providers Need to Know
2025-07-02 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker: Kate Krajci, LCSW and Bonnie Ewald, MA
Dates: July 2nd
Times: 10AM-11:30PM PT/11AM-12:30PM MT/ ​12–1:30pm CT/1-2:30PM ET
Description: Medicare’s evolving approach to behavioral health presents exciting new opportunities for clinicians serving older adults and people with disabilities. This webinar will provide a strategic overview of recent Medicare developments, including expanded coverage of services beyond traditional psychotherapy. Participants will gain insights into the types of services they can provide, the settings in which they are applicable, and the broader recognition of behavioral health roles in healthcare.
Learning Objectives:

Describe Medicare’s evolving policies on behavioral health services and their implications for providers.
Identify new and expanded categories of billable services, such as Health Behavior Assessment and Intervention (HBAI) and Principal Illness Navigation, and how they apply across practice settings.
Apply knowledge of Medicare’s expanded recognition of social work, marriage and family therapy, and licensed professional counselors to enhance service delivery and reimbursement strategies.

Please register here.
Rush University designates each session of this live activity for (1.5) Continuing Education credits per session attended live.
