Additional Resources

Coalition Partners

• American Association of Community Psychiatrists (AACP)
  www.comm.psych.pitt.edu

• American Psychiatric Association (APA)
  www.psych.org

• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
  www.nami.org or 1-800-950-NAMI (6264)

• National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)
  www.nasmhpd.org

• National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (NCCBH)
  www.nccbh.org

• National Mental Health Association (NMHA)
  www.nmha.org or 1-800-969-6642

• Treatment Effectiveness Now (TEN)

 

Additional Resources

• Access to Benefits Coalition
  www.accesstobenefits.org

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  www.cms.gov (for providers) and www.medicare.gov (for consumers)
  1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227)

• Partnership for Prescription Assistance
  www.pparx.org and 1-888-477-2669

• Social Security Administration (SSA)
  www.ssa.gov or 1-800-772-1213

• State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIP)
  www.shiptalk.org or 1-800-MEDICARE (633-4227)

• State Medicaid agency
  www.cms.gov/medicaid/statemap.asp

• State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs (SPAPs)

• Your local Mental Health Association
  www.nmha.org/affiliates/directory/index.cfm

• Your local NAMI
  www.nami.org/Template.cfm?section=your_local_NAMI

 

Legal Resources

• The American Bar Association website for free legal services: www.abanet.org/legalservices/findlegalhelp/freehelp.shtml

• If you are over 60 years old, you may find legal help here: www.aoa.gov/eldfam/Elder_Rights/Legal_Assistance/Legal_Hotline.asp

 

Additional Materials

• CMS Toolkit for Providers
  http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medlearn/provtoolkit.pdf
• NCCBH Manual for Providers
  http://www.nccbh.org/SERVICE/Bookstore/ABCs.htm#abcs
• NMHA Workbook for Consumers http://www.nmha.org/federal/MedicareConsumerWorkbook.pdf