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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 350470" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Doesnt sound very organized. </p><p></p><p>I wonder if what is happening up there is the same thing that has happened down here. Before the big jump to send all state/county run mental health services to "public for profit community based" entities, NC had a county mental health dept in the county seat. Now if someone such as your therapist or caseworker or even a PO, suggested that you needed what for us was known as a Hi Risk Technician or Community Based Interventionist, then we had 2, count them 2, private firms that medicaid paid for these services...or juvenile justice funds. Now that it has all gone public for profit community based...we have dozens upon dozens of these pop up doctor in a boxes places all over the place that claim they are mental health behavioral places and want to provide these techs. BS! The techs are money money money! They actually get funded at a greater rate than therapists! Well...almost. </p><p></p><p>I knew at one point...back when I worked in SS, a tech was only paid 10 bucks an hour but they charged Medicaid 45 bucks an hour! Now consider that Cory had his aide for 7 hours a day, 5 days a week. Or maybe it was 8 hours a day. So...lets say they billed Medicaid 1800 bucks a week for just Cory alone and he had an aide since he was 9 until he was 15! now there were a few breaks in there when he was out of the home...but still. Thats a ton of money! And he is only one kid. You can see why all these little places are popping up trying to get a piece of the pie.</p><p></p><p>Now it is stopping. They are shutting them down. </p><p></p><p>Im telling you what. If they had given us that 1800 bucks we could have babysat Cory ourselves and probably done a better job!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 350470, member: 1514"] Doesnt sound very organized. I wonder if what is happening up there is the same thing that has happened down here. Before the big jump to send all state/county run mental health services to "public for profit community based" entities, NC had a county mental health dept in the county seat. Now if someone such as your therapist or caseworker or even a PO, suggested that you needed what for us was known as a Hi Risk Technician or Community Based Interventionist, then we had 2, count them 2, private firms that medicaid paid for these services...or juvenile justice funds. Now that it has all gone public for profit community based...we have dozens upon dozens of these pop up doctor in a boxes places all over the place that claim they are mental health behavioral places and want to provide these techs. BS! The techs are money money money! They actually get funded at a greater rate than therapists! Well...almost. I knew at one point...back when I worked in SS, a tech was only paid 10 bucks an hour but they charged Medicaid 45 bucks an hour! Now consider that Cory had his aide for 7 hours a day, 5 days a week. Or maybe it was 8 hours a day. So...lets say they billed Medicaid 1800 bucks a week for just Cory alone and he had an aide since he was 9 until he was 15! now there were a few breaks in there when he was out of the home...but still. Thats a ton of money! And he is only one kid. You can see why all these little places are popping up trying to get a piece of the pie. Now it is stopping. They are shutting them down. Im telling you what. If they had given us that 1800 bucks we could have babysat Cory ourselves and probably done a better job! [/QUOTE]
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