The Private Healthcare Exchanges conference July 16-17 in Chicago will focus on how the Affordable Care Act is changing the way insurers sell health insurance.

The 15-member Federal Coordinating Council on Comparative Effectiveness will hear public comment from 2 to 5 pm. The council will provide agencies with input on the priorities for spending the hundreds of millions of stimulus dollars aimed at studying the comparative effectiveness of medical treatments.

Responsibility and Recovery in the Legal System
Evidence-based practices (EBPs) are services for people with severe and persistent mental illness which have demonstrated positive outcomes in multiple research studies. The Adult Mental Health Division strives to integrate these EBPs and other best practices into the array of services throughout the system. The annual Best Practices Conference highlights one or more EBPs each year to draw particular focus to these essential services and clinically proven approaches.

This conference further allows the AMHD to incorporate leading clinical interventions and promote individual recovery while remaining culturally informed, sensitive and responsive.