Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC)

Feldesman Partner Susannah Vance Gopalan will present a session at the American Public Human Services Association Education Conference on October 21, 2025 in Reno, NV. During “Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC) [...]

Feldesman Partners Kathy Ghiladi and Adam J. Falcone will speak at the Community Behavioral Health Association of Maryland’s (CBH) Annual Meeting on Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Columbia, MD. Ms. Ghiladi will [...]

Feldesman Partners Susannah Vance Gopalan and Carrie Riley will present at the National Council for Mental Health Wellbeing’s NatCon25, taking place May 5–7, 2025, in Philadelphia, PA. Ms. Gopalan will speak during [...]

One of the comprehensive funding bills for the federal government enacted in recent weeks, the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2024 (Pub. L. No. 118-122), contains a provision that creates a permanent State plan [...]

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently issued updated guidance on implementing Prospective Payment Systems (PPS) for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs). This revised CMS guidance aligns with [...]

FTLF Partner Susannah Vance Gopalan recently presented at the Information Technology Solutions Management for Human Resources (ISM) and Public Human Services Attorneys (PHSA) Education Conference held in Kissimmee, FL, on September 11, [...]

The month of March brought several significant new developments for the certified community behavioral health clinic (CCBHC) program. CCBHCs are outpatient safety-net behavioral health providers that, among a variety of program requirements, [...]

FTLF Partner Susannah Vance Gopalan will present at the American Association of Health and Human Services Attorneys (AAHHSA) 2022 Annual Education Conference in Columbus, OH, on October 11, 2022. Ms. Gopalan and [...]

On June 25, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, Pub. L. No. 117-159. In addition to adding new gun control requirements, including measures relating to background checks [...]

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) can contract with designated collaborating organizations (DCOs) to provide services they do not directly offer, including primary care screening and monitoring, targeted case management, psychiatric rehabilitation [...]