PHILADELPHIA – Mayor Kenney today accepted the resignation of David T. Jones, Commissioner of the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS). The Mayor has named DBHIDS Deputy Commissioner Jill Bowen as Acting Commissioner while a...
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Philadelphia DBHIDS HIPAA Breach Update
View official DBHIDS update here. The Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (“DBHIDS”) is posting this notice to alert individuals that their personal health information may have been compromised as a result of a cybersecurity attack....
DBHIDS Heat Safety Policy, Resources, And Training
As the warm weather returns, DBHIDS has released an updated Heat Safety Policy (.docx) and a collection of flyers, resources, and checklists. The policy contains safety requirements for the following DBHIDS-funded programs: residential programs (including congregate...
HIPAA Breach Discovered At The Philadelphia DBHIDS
Updated August 14, 2020 View official DBHIDS update here. The Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (“DBHIDS”) is posting this notice to alert individuals that their personal health information may have been compromised as a result of a...
HHS Announces Relief Fund Distributions For Safety Net Hospitals, Medicaid, And Chip Providers
View the full press release here. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is announcing additional distributions from the Provider Relief Fund to eligible Medicaid and Children’s...
CBH Reflection And Action
Philadelphia — The impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been felt by all around the world, but none have felt it more disproportionately than minority communities who must navigate disparities in access to basic needs including health care, education, housing,...
Message From DBHIDS Commissioner David T. Jones
Click here to view the official release. Text of the release can be viewed below: Philadelphians are impacted to the core of our being, like the rest of the world, by the compilation of traumatic events experienced over the past several months. From the ongoing...
CBH Provider Closure – Tree Of Life
Tree of Life, a Provider in the CBH Network offering outpatient mental health services, will be leaving the CBH network effective December 30, 2019. All CBH enrollees currently receiving services from Tree of Life will need to transition to a new provider...
CBH CEO Joan Erney Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
On Wednesday, September 25, CBH CEO Joan Erney received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2019 Rehabilitation & Community Providers Association (RCPA) Conference award luncheon in Hershey, Pennsylvania. With over 350 members, the RCPA is among the largest and...
CBH Awarded Accreditation From The National Committee For Quality Assurance
Community Behavioral Health (CBH) has earned the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s (NCQA) Managed Behavioral Health Organization (MBHO) Full Accreditation. The NCQA MBHO Accreditation, designated by Full or One-Year Accreditation, measures the effectiveness...
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