Department of Medical Assistance Services
Board of Medical Assistance Services
Amount, Duration, and Scope of Medical and Remedial Care and Services
[12 VAC 30 ‑ 50]
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CLOSED Opened on 11/4/2013 and Ended on 12/11/2013
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| Comment Title | Commenter | |
|---|---|---|
| MHSS/ I believe in this program/ So many clients have changed for the Better! How aawesome! | M Turner | 12/11/13 11:57 pm |
| MHS is an excellent program.. For the benefit of our Clients lets work together to make this work! | M Turner | 12/11/13 11:48 pm |
| Defining Absudity and Stupidity | former Virginia Tech student | 12/11/13 11:48 pm |
| Program works..Clients appreciate support and will express their gratitude. .This is very rewarding | M Turner | 12/11/13 11:41 pm |
| Clearly it's time to talk about some things | Mellisa May, QMHP, Hall Community Services, Inc. | 12/11/13 11:27 pm |
| contradicting to both best practice and the governor's recent declaration | KJ Holbrook | 12/11/13 11:21 pm |
| More accountability is key | Mental Health Worker | 12/11/13 11:00 pm |
| What is Virginia doing to it's citizens? | Betsy Dennis | 12/11/13 8:10 pm |
| MHSS is least restrictive care | Worker | 12/11/13 7:59 pm |
| Recommend Reconsideration | Child and Family Council of VACSB | 12/11/13 6:37 pm |
| This is just wrong! | Schnetta Braxton, In Home Clinical and Casework Services | 12/11/13 6:10 pm |
| Heartbroken | Concerned MSW | 12/11/13 5:35 pm |
| Help clients with their best interest in mind | Rachel Jones | 12/11/13 3:22 pm |
| Services are important | Howard Hall, Roanoke County Police | 12/11/13 3:03 pm |
| Detrimental effects to those in need of MHSS | Aimee Ellinwood, Hall Community Services, Inc | 12/11/13 2:24 pm |
| Concerned Service Provider | Travis Burns | 12/11/13 1:44 pm |
| repeal, reevluate, revise | Mike Abajace, Hall Community Services | 12/11/13 1:23 pm |
| Broken System | Anita Mitchem, Behavioral Health Quality Management Consulting | 12/11/13 12:43 pm |
| Too much, too rushed, puts the mentally ill at serious risk. | Adrien Monti, LCSW, Hall Community Services, Inc. | 12/11/13 11:49 am |
| take a second look and let us help | Dayna Shesko | 12/11/13 11:44 am |
| Concerned Employee For MHSS...Because of MHS there are far less hospital visits..This is plus! | M Turner | 12/11/13 10:50 am |
| Concerned Employee For MHSS..This program is so desperately needed and it WORKS! | M Turner | 12/11/13 10:22 am |
| Some Rethinking is Needed | Mary Ann Bergeron | 12/11/13 9:54 am |
| MHSS | Deborah Jones, MSW | 12/10/13 9:31 pm |
| Unfair and Unrealistic. Decision makers need to access the community before making decisions | Caring Mental Health Worker | 12/10/13 8:40 pm |
| Why does Virginia want to violate my rights? | MHS client- anonymous | 12/10/13 5:39 pm |
| Our community cannot afford the repercussions of these changes | A. Thompson | 12/10/13 4:51 pm |
| MHSS | Tonya Butler | 12/10/13 4:01 pm |
| DON'T FIX WHAT IS NOT BROKEN | T. Loney-Akhigbe | 12/10/13 3:54 pm |
| MHSS | Kristy Hodges BSW, QMHP, Trinity Support Services | 12/10/13 3:42 pm |
| MENTAL HEALTH CUTS | Concerned Social Worker | 12/10/13 3:26 pm |
| Not Well Thought out changes | Kimberlee Mack, HHRSCLLC | 12/10/13 3:21 pm |
| Wrong Direction, Wrong Time | disAbility Law Center of Virginia | 12/10/13 3:09 pm |
| Wrong Direction, Wrong Time | disAbility Law Center of Virginia | 12/10/13 2:52 pm |
| MHSS Changes | Darlene Rawls | 12/10/13 2:37 pm |
| Access to care | Trevor Hipps | 12/10/13 12:01 pm |
| MHSS changes | Carla Yopp, Trinity Support Services | 12/10/13 8:38 am |
| DMAS has created an Emergency | L.Swain | 12/10/13 8:00 am |
| Mental Health Skill-Building regulation changes | Kimberly White, LPC, Creative Family Solutions, Inc | 12/9/13 9:59 pm |
| MH Skill-building Emergency Regulations | 12/9/13 9:38 am | |
| Help us help them | Rebecca Myers | 12/9/13 6:50 am |
| This is so sad | Amber Phillips | 12/8/13 10:38 pm |
| Mental Health Skill Building Services | Angie Deem, Alleghany Highlands Community Service Board | 12/6/13 4:43 pm |
| I hope you never need services | suffer from mental illness | 12/6/13 12:03 pm |
| Eligibility Based on Mission | George Braunstein, Fairfax Falls Church CSB | 12/6/13 11:03 am |
| Very Concerned | Blake O'Brien | 12/6/13 9:51 am |
| Counter-intuitive Reform | Demetrios Peratsakis | 12/6/13 9:25 am |
| greater flexibility | Michael O'Connor | 12/6/13 8:43 am |
| Lets re-think the proposed regulations...PLEASE!!!! | Jenny Brummitt, BS,QMHP-A | 12/5/13 2:19 pm |
| Under 21 and screwed cause can't live on their own | Kristiana Overstreet, Mom | 12/5/13 1:50 pm |
| This will effect us all! | A.Grzanka | 12/4/13 5:30 pm |
| Who's Next | Robbie Boyd | 12/4/13 3:56 pm |
| Advocating for our clients! | Crystal Grooms, LPC | 12/4/13 3:08 pm |
| Saddened | Cara Moser, MA, QMHP-A | 12/4/13 2:24 pm |
| Concern over changes | Ashley Lucas, Resident in Counseling | 12/4/13 11:26 am |
| Enforce current regulations | Meredith Stafford | 12/4/13 11:04 am |
| Consider the consequences | Zizi LoFaro, LPC | 12/4/13 10:56 am |
| Increase audits vs decreasing services | Jack Smith | 12/4/13 9:09 am |
| Making a Difference... | Hollie Harmon Smith BS,QMHP-A | 12/3/13 11:04 pm |
| Voices from the frontline | Roseann Kolosine | 12/3/13 8:55 pm |
| Hurting VA’s Most Vulnerable | Todd Stanley, MS, LPC, NCC | 12/3/13 8:21 pm |
| Can we make a difference? | Alyce Dantzler | 12/3/13 4:39 pm |
| No more cuts! | Bill Bestpitch, Roanoke City Council | 12/3/13 3:47 pm |
| MHSS is an amazing service. | Stevie Phillips | 12/3/13 2:32 pm |
| We Are the Voice for Our Clients | Brad Carmichael, BS, CCTP | 12/3/13 11:58 am |
| Mental Health Support Services | Robert Williams | 12/3/13 9:12 am |
| Mental Health Availability | Elizabeth Godfrey | 12/3/13 7:59 am |
| Concern that action is misplaced | Ellen Groff | 12/3/13 7:55 am |
| I support the People with Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Anxiety Disorders | Aref Nahhas | 12/3/13 4:58 am |
| We Deserve Better | Nina Gregory, Concerned Citizen | 12/3/13 12:17 am |
| PTSD | Former student | 12/2/13 10:44 pm |
| Prevention will save the state money | Sam Nickels, Director, Center for Health and Human Development | 12/2/13 10:15 pm |
| Mental Health Services | Carolyn Edelstein, RN | 12/2/13 8:52 pm |
| No more "fluff" | Randi Paxton | 12/2/13 4:45 pm |
| Enforce regulations already in place | Bernard N. Curry, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. | 12/2/13 4:32 pm |
| Virginia is better than this! | AM | 12/2/13 4:09 pm |
| Concerning | Nick Baldi | 12/2/13 4:01 pm |
| Changes to MH support services | Rodney Carrigan | 12/2/13 12:00 pm |
| Concern for consumers | K. Lee | 12/2/13 11:43 am |
| Mental Health Skill Building Services | Captain Jack Sparrow | 12/2/13 10:51 am |
| Now is not the time to pull back mental health services | Charles Burnette | 12/2/13 10:34 am |
| Please Think! | Francis | 12/2/13 10:30 am |
| Enforce Regulations Already in Place | Katye Hale | 11/30/13 6:16 pm |
| We need these Services | Karen Brown, NATASHA House, Inc. | 11/30/13 2:48 pm |
| We need these Services | Karen Brown, NATASHA House, Inc. | 11/30/13 2:35 pm |
| Mental Health Services and providers CAN AND DO make a difference | Mount Rogers CSB | 11/26/13 5:19 pm |
| Advocacy for our clients | Tracie Cookston, Director MHSS Agency Roanoke | 11/26/13 10:12 am |
| Sweet and simple | Joan Hammond | 11/26/13 8:28 am |
| Mental Health Services | Angela Berry, LPC | 11/26/13 8:09 am |
| What a sad decision | Parent of a child with mental illness | 11/22/13 10:17 pm |
| Virginia continues to consider the emergency about money not the mental health needs of constituents | Laura Davis, LCSW, LSATP | 11/22/13 9:53 am |
| I will lose a vital service | Recieves MHS | 11/22/13 9:39 am |
| These regulations do not meet emergency reg requirements | Jonathan Joseph | 11/19/13 5:23 pm |
| Service definition | Kristina Derderian | 11/9/13 11:20 am |
| Catastrophic implications | Rachel Page MPNN Community Services Board | 11/6/13 11:39 am |
| Standing up for those most in need | Margaret Duke, LPC, CSAC; Consultant for Compliances of Reg's & Standards | 11/4/13 3:51 pm |
| Cutting off services to those most in need - per usual the poor suffer | Margaret Duke, Contractor for Ensuring Compliances and Regulations | 11/4/13 11:32 am |
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