Virtual Regional Meeting
PO Leads, Clinical Practice Champions, and Practice Liaisons who were unable to attend an in-person regional meeting can attend a virtual regional meeting on Thursday, Aug. 1 from noon to 2 p.m. Attending one regional meeting will fulfill the Value-Based Reimbursement (VBR) requirement for these roles.
Regional Meeting Presentation Opportunities
Clinical Practice Champions and Provider Organization leads are invited to present at the regional meetings, including the virtual regional meeting on Thursday, Aug. 1. Presentations are 10 to 15 minutes long and can describe how you have strengthened your care pathway, partnered with other resources or organizations to prevent suicide, or another topic related to MI Mind protocols, processes or suicide prevention. Presenters receive additional points on their PO’s scorecard for making a presentation to colleagues. For more information and to express your interest, email the MI Mind team at MIMind@hfhs.org.
Regional Meeting Highlights
In-person Regional Meetings were held May 22 in Ann Arbor and June 11 in Traverse City. Visit our News & Events page to see photos from the meetings.
All P.O. Leaders invited to Collaborative Meeting
All Provider Organization (P.O.) leaders, including new MI Mind members, will be invited to a Collaborative Meeting on Friday, Oct. 11 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. John’s Resort in Plymouth, Mich. Watch your email, the MI Mind Memorandum newsletter and the MI Mind website for details.
MI Mind Terminology Changes
In order to better describe the roles of MI Mind providers, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has made the following changes to these descriptive terms:
- Site is changed to practice
- Site Champion is changed to Practice Clinical Champion
- Administrative Liaison is changed to Practice Liaison
The roles of site champions, now Practice Clinical Champions, and Administrative Liaisons, now Practice Liaisons, have not changed. These terms have been updated on the MI Mind website. We will transition to the new terminology in The Mem newsletter and all new materials. Existing MI Mind materials will be updated over the coming months.
What is MI Mind?
It is a collaborative quality initiative (CQI) bringing providers, health systems and suicide prevention experts together to reach shared goals: Improving suicide prevention, care and access to key behavioral health services in the State of Michigan. Our mission is to engage psychiatrists, psychologists and primary care physicians in the use of care pathways to significantly reduce suicides in Michigan.
Led by Henry Ford Health in partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan, the program offers providers evidence-based suicide prevention practices backed by training, information, support and evaluation with a long-term goal of furthering research, innovation and advances in clinical care.
What is a Clinical Practice Champion?
A Clinical Practice Champion is a physician or established leader in the participating practice who is engaged, energetic, and passionate about the intersection of behavioral and physical health. Learn more.
MI Mind Provider Organizations
When Upper Peninsula Health Plan (UPHP), Trinity Health Alliance of Michigan (THAM), and Holland PHO joined MI Mind for the second cohort, the total number of MI Mind primary care and behavioral health providers reached nearly 500. Trinity Health and Holland PHO expanded the CQI’s presence in western Michigan, while Upper Peninsula Health Group extended the reach of MI Mind to serve patients and providers in the state's upper peninsula:
- Upper Peninsula Health Plan (UPHP) is based in Marquette and extends the geographic reach of MI Mind throughout the Upper Peninsula.
- Trinity Health Alliance of Michigan (THAM) is headquartered in Muskegon and serves patients in western Michigan.
- Holland PHO is a physician-hospital organization and a cooperative partnership between community physicians and Holland Hospital.
Order Crisis Cards for your practice
MI Mind Crisis Cards are available for participating providers at no cost to give to patients and their loved ones. The cards include the 988 Crisis and Suicide Lifeline, Trans Life Line and Veteran’s Crisis Line. Email MI Mind at MIMind@hfhs.org to request a supply for your practice.
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Support for MI Mind is provided by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan as part of the BCBSM Value Partnerships program. Although Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and MI Mind work collaboratively, the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the author do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of BCBSM or any of its employees.