Andrews Center

Local Planning & Network Development

for Public Mental Health Services

 

Andrews Center (Center) is required to develop a local network development plan regarding the configuration and development of its mental health provider network. The plan must reflect local needs and priorities and maximize consumer choice and access to qualified service providers.

The goal of this process and plan is for Andrews Center to incorporate strategies to ensure continuous consumer access to services while the Center increasingly expands its network of providers and maintains a steadily decreasing share of services provided by the Center. The desired outcome is for consumers to have choice from among multiple service providers and for the Center to provide management and oversight of the provider network.

The extent to which this goal can be achieved and how quickly it can be reached will depend on the circumstances, needs, and preferences of the local communities served by the Center.

The Center will gather and obtain input from its stakeholders regarding such things as:

• Service needs and priorities of children, adolescents,  and adults;
• Crisis response system and services;
• Development of the external provider network; and
• Other significant issues and concerns.

Under the new rules and requirements, the Center may be a Provider of services if:

• There are no interested qualified providers
• There is only 1 other qualified provider
• The responding qualified providers do not propose to meet at least 100% of the Texas Department of State Health Services contract target population or meet the same level of current access to services
• Proposed service locations from interested providers would result in a reduced level of access to services
• The Center must maintain some services to preserve critical infrastructure
• Existing agreements impose restrictions on the Center’s ability to contract a portion of services because there would be an unsustainable loss of revenue.

YOUR INPUT INTO THIS PROCESS IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE. WE WANT YOU TO PARTICIPATE. Learn more by utilizing one of the resources below.

 

Other Helpful Resources:

Texas Department of State Health Services

Andrews Center

 

Andrews Center Contacts for Network Development:

Jim Hartung or Cindy Grace

903-597-1351

lpnd@andrewscenter.com

 

Dates and Locations of County Stakeholders Meetings:

 

County	Date	City	Location
Smith County	April 23rd	Tyler	Tyler Public Library
Henderson County	April 24th	Athens	1st United Methodist Church
Van Zandt County	April 28th	Canton	Van Zandt Public Library
Rains County	April 29th	Emory	Rains Public Library
Wood County	April 30th	Mineola	Addie McFarland Center

 

All meetings will begin at 4:00 p.m. on the

above dates.