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01/20/12 Eating Disorders- Beginner Level AND 02/03/12 Eating Disorders- Advanced Level Presented by Denise M. Styer & Michelle Gebhardt	IMHCA Member Special Presentation $35 IMHCA Members Dealing with Avoidance Resistant Individuals and Difficult Behaviors Registration-more info What to Say When you Don't Know What to Say Presented by Dr. Robert Wubbolding


New Test Prep Dates	New Supervision Workshop Dates

	DBT -Dialectic Behavior Therapy presented by Dr. Paul Holmes Mindfullness presented by Dr. Paul Holmes

EMDR in the Treatment of Trauma presented by Carrie Cherep	Starting, Maintaining, and Expanding a Successful Private Practice presented by Norm Dasenbrook and Bob Walsh

IDFPR New Rules for individuals with a criminal conviction to request a non-binding, advisory opinion from the Department on the impact their criminal conviction might have with respect to an application for licensure.

Full rule on our blog

Breaking News

Changes to Tricare allowing LCPCs to practice independently. ...more members only area under public policy.

10/14/11 ILBCBS adds enhancement makes it possible to include Behavioral Health (Professional) Areas of Expertise. ...more members only area under public policy.

09/14/11 ILBCBS raises rates 17% for LCPCs. ...more members only area under public policy.

IMHCA/ICA meet with ILBCBS to advocate for rates. See summary in members only area.

New Mental health services rules in IL defines medically necessary treatment in Medicaid programs (Rule 132) http://1.usa.gov/k0ZDIF

IDFPR Sets New Counselor Licensure Rules
See a summary in the latest IMHCA newsletter

May/June 2011 Newsletter

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12/31/10
UPDATE
The preauthorization requirement has been eliminated for outpatient professional behavioral health visits! BCBSIL has made a change to its new Behavioral Health program effective Jan. 1, 2011. more...(members section Public Policy)

12/23/10
UPDATE
BCBSIL will not be implementing the preauthorization requirement for the first 10 outpatient behavioral health visits, except for specific services. more...(members section Public Policy)

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VA establishes qualification standards for LCPCs to work in the VA. Basics:

U.S. Citizen
Graduate CACREP Counseling Program
LCPC license

IMHCA has expressed it's serious dissapointment that this policy from the VA is not more inclusive. We are forming a Task Force to work on changing this VA policy that is not consistent with the law that enabled it to happen.
Full policy at: http://bit.ly/9kbC14
ACA Comments at:http://www.counseling.org/PublicPolicy/

To join the CICO(Coalition of Illinois Counselor Organizations) Task Force email me at myimhca@gmail.com

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