November 2015Volume 9 Issue 11

Editor: Monica M. Simpson

Company Newsletter

DepartmentsCelebrate

Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving will be found throughout the center dur-ing the month of Novem-ber! On November 23rd the Corning building will be celebrating Thanksgiving. Navigator’s staff will provide a Thanksgiving meal for cli-ents in their program on November 24th at noon and the CSS (Community Sup-port Services) will be serving a Thanksgiving meal for cli-ents in the adult program on November 25th at noon!

Labette Center will be closed on November 26th and 27th in observation of the holiday. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Open Access Scheduling a Success forMedical Department!

In May of this year, the Medical department began using a scheduling technique called Just In Time to provide clients with an open access concept for scheduling appointments. After the first 6 months of providing this type of scheduling, the program has proved to be successful. Clients are receiving first appointments within two weeks or less from the time all appropriate paperwork necessary has been submitted (4-6 weeks from initial con-tact with therapist regarding medication). Clients who are already established with the medical department are able to call in to schedule an appointment and be placed on the schedule within 5 days or less. Overall the program has been very successful!

Coming Soon!Therapy staff will soon be able to use signature pads to capture signatures of clients and collateral staff when completing treatment plans and treatment plan reviews. Once we start using the signature pads, therapy staff will not have to print out the treatment plan report, have the client sign in the signature boxes and then place the document in the scanning box. The plan is to have this piece functional by the end of November.

Also new to the system is the ability to use a complexity add on code in conjunction with individual therapy, group therapy, and admission intakes. Reasons for why the complexity option can be used in conjunction with one of the previously mentioned services include:

1. The need to manage maladaptive communication - for example, high anxiety, high reactivity, repeated questions, or disagreement among participants that complicates care.2. Caregiver emotions or behavior that interferes with the caregiver's understanding and ability to assist in the implementation of the treatment plan.3. Mandated reporting such as in situations involving abuse or neglect.4. Use of play equipment or other physical devices, or an interpreter or translator, re-quired because of the patient's lack of fluency or undeveloped verbal skills.

Medicare patients cannot be billed for complexity if the only reason for the complexity is due to a language interpreter. It does not matter if they also have other insurance.

Therapy staff will be trained on using the new features as soon as they become available in the EMR.

Have you checked us out Online?

Have you visited our website lately? If not, stop by and check out the changes we’ve made! Go to www.lcmhs.com and see some of the new features we’ve added. You can now recommend a page from our website to Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter or Google+! Be sure to let your clients know if they need any in-formation they can check our website and they can now pay their bill online!

Updates, quotes, mental health news, etc. are posted on the Center’s pages on a regular basis.

During bad weather or for any other Center closing, updates will be posted to these social media sites as well.

Last Quarter Nov. 3rdNew Moon Nov. 12th

First Quarter Nov. 19thFull Moon Nov. 25th

Anniversaries:

Crystal Witty Nov. 27th 3 years Therapist

Birthdays:

Trisha Forbes November 1st Nurse Care ManagerJennifer Bennett November 7th Peer SupportBetty Reissig November 13th Receptionist

Silver Dollar City/Worlds of Fun Tickets

Great news everyone! Our company rates for Worlds of Fun and Silver Dollar City are working again!

For Silver Dollar City there has been a new promo code assigned to the center. The code is 25712. To utilize this code and receive a 20% discount on tickets, go to http://store.silverdollarcity.com. Silver Dollar City has changed there promotion program. In order to continue receiving this discount on tickets, there needs to be at least 50 tickets purchased with the Center’s code between now and March 2016. If there are not at least 50 tickets purchased with that code, the Center will loose the promotion program.

The promo code for Worlds of Fun is lcmhs15. All you have to do is go to the parks websites and enter the code to be able to buy tickets at the discounted price. This information is available on the employee login section of the website. Posters and other in-formation will be distributed as it becomes available.

Employe Satisfaction Committee

The Employee Satisfaction Committee's role is to identify issues having a bearing on employee turnover, engagement, retention, and satisfaction. The goals of the committee are to reduce undesir-able turnover and continue to improve the overall satisfaction of employees. The committee's mission is to brainstorm ideas, gather information and help define issues associated with employee turn-over, engagement, and satisfaction. The Committee will regularly meet with Matthew Atteberry, Executive Director to provide in-put. The members of the Employee Satisfaction Committee are Liz Davis, Melissa Lunsford, Asha Patel, Virginia Standley, and Jessica Ramsey.

Relias Learning Trainings:Sexual Harassment Prevention &

Workplace Harassment Prevention

The annual employee trainings on sexual harassment prevention and workplace harassment prevention are currently available on the Relias Learning system. This trainings are done by all employ-ees annually to maintain awareness of the issues of sexual harass-ment and workplace harassment. Please be sure to log in to the Relias Learning system and complete these trainings if not already done. Upon completion of the trainings, please be sure to provide a copy of the certificate to Natasha Purcell, Human Resources, to be included in the employee files. For questions or concerns re-garding the trainings please contact Natasha Purcell. For login in-formation please contact Monica Simpson.

http://khs.training.reliaslearning.com

Labette Center for Mental Health Services, Inc.

Call for more information.

Call for more information.

1730 Belmont, Parsons KS

Virginia Standley or Renee Roberts

620-421-3770 or 800-303-3770

New Employee

Labette Center would like to welcome Melinda Ewan to our team! Melinda be-gan working at Labette Center on October 19th in the Community Sup-port Services department as an Adult Case Manager. A St. Paul native, Melinda attended and graduated from St. Paul Schools. She then went on to receive her Bachelor’s in Psychology from Pittsburg State Uni-versity and her Master’s in Management from Indiana Wesleyan University in In-diana. She enjoys photog-raphy, scrap-booking, trav-eling, and being outdoors. Welcome to Labette Center Melinda!

Our Vision ~ Provide the highest quality of comprehensive services to empower the people and communities of Labette County. We envision fulfilling and meaningful lives for those we serve. Our Mission ~ Create hope and opportunities for life change by providing education, support, consultation and therapeutic behavioral health services to the people and communities of Labette County.

November is . . . .

Adopt A Senior Pet MonthAmerican & National Diabetes MonthAmerican Indian Heritage Month Aviation History MonthBanana Pudding Lovers MonthEpilepsy Awareness Month Family Stories MonthGluten-Free Diet Awareness MonthLung Cancer Awareness MonthMilitary Family Appreciation MonthNational Adoption MonthNational Alzheimer’s Disease MonthNational COPD MonthNational Georgia Pecan MonthNational Inspirational Role Models MonthNational Memoir Writing MonthNational Marrow Awareness MonthNational Family Literacy MonthNational Novel Writing MonthNational Peanut Butter Lovers MonthNational Pet Cancer Awareness MonthNational Runaway Prevention MonthNational Scholarship MonthNoSHAVEmberPancreatic Cancer Awareness Month Prematurity Awareness Month Stomach Cancer Awareness Month Sweet Potato Awareness Month Triple Crown of Surfing (11/12-12/20)Vegan MonthWorldwide Bereaved Siblings MonthNational Fig Week: 1-7National Patient Accessibility Week: 1-7World Communication Week: 1-7 National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week: 2-8 National Farm Toy Show Days: 6-8 (First Full Weekend)Dear Santa Letter Week: 7-13National Nurse Practitioner’s Week: 8-14 National Split Pea Soup Week: 8-14World Kindness Week: 9-15National Young Reader’s Week: 9-13 National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week: 14-22 Rodents Awareness Week: 15-21American Education Week: 16-20National Family Week: 22-28National Game & Puzzle Week: 22-28Better Conversation Week: 23-29National Authors’ Day: 1National Family Literacy Day: 1Daylight Saving Time Ends: 1 (Turn Back One Hour)Cookie Monster Day: 2Election Day: 3Sandwich Day: 3 SOS Day: 3Traffic Directors Day: 3 National Candy Day: 4 National Men Make Dinner Day: 5National Nachos Day: 6 Pumpkin Destruction Day: 7

Sadie Hawkins Day: 7 Sausage and Kraut Day: 7Abet and Aid Punsters Day: 8Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day: 8Domino Day: 6 National Parents As Teachers Day: 8X-ray Day: 8World Freedom Day: 9 World Orphans Day: 9Marine Corps Birthday: 10Sesame Street Day: 10National Young Reader’s Day: 10

Origami Day: 11Red Lipstick Day: 11Veterans Day: 11World Pneumonia Day: 12World Kindness Day: 13 International Girls Day: 14National American Teddy Bear Day: 14 National Spicy Guacamole Day: 14 National Pickle Day: 14Spirit of NSA (National Speakers Association) Day: 14World Diabetes Day: 14International Selfie Day (Diabetes Founda-tion): 14 America Recycles Day: 15

I Love to Write Day: 15National Bundt (Pan) Day: 15National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day: 15World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims: 15International Day for Tolerance: 16Homemade Bread Day: 17Married To A Scorpio Support Day: 18Mickey Mouse Day: 18National Apple Cider Day: 18 Great American Smoke out: 19Have A Bad Day Day: 19International Men’s Day: 19 Rocky and Bullwinkle Day: 19Women’s Entrepreneurship Day: 19World Toilet Day: 19 National Peanut Butter Fudge Day: 20 Universal Children’s Day: 20Family Volunteer Day: 21Guinness World Record Day: 21National Adoption Day: 21National Survivors of Suicide Day: 21Humane Society Anniversary Day: 22Mother Goose Day: 22Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day: 24Thanksgiving Day: 26Black Friday: 27Flossing Day: 27 National Day of Listening: 27 National Native American Heritage Day: 27World Day of Giving: 28Small Business Saturday: 28Square Dancing Day: 29Cyber Monday: 30National Meth Awareness Day: 30