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Grading the States 2009 Report Card: Oklahoma
In 2006, Oklahoma's mental health care system received a D grade. Three years later, the grade is a B, reflecting remarkable improvement and significant opportunities. Full narrative (PDF).
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Health Promotion and Measurement: B 25% of Total Grade
Basic measures, such as the number of programs delivering evidence-based practices,
emergency room wait-times, and the quantity of psychiatric beds by setting.
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Financing & Core Treatment/Recovery Services: C 45% of Total Grade
A variety of financing measures, such as whether Medicaid reimburses providers for all, or part of evidence-based practices; and more.
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Consumer & Family Empowerment: C 15% of Total Grade
Includes measures such as consumer and family access to essential information from the
state, promotion of consumer-run programs, and family and peer education and support.
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Community Integration and Social Inclusion: C 15% of Total Grade
Includes activities that require collaboration among state mental health agencies and other state agencies and systems.
Innovations
- Mental health and drug courts
- Collaborations with Department of Corrections and Department of Health
- Peer recovery support specialist certification
- Inclusive transformation grant process
Urgent Needs
- Invest in comprehensive plan
- Expand ACT and other evidence-based practices
- Expand cultural competence activities
- Supportive housing
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"Medications are constantly changing and when I find some that work, the doctor says the Medicaid agency has to approve it and it doesn’t approve it."
"Link between the hospital system and the outpatient community system is uncoordinated. It can take too long to get outpatient care after the hospitalization is complete."
"Funding is always an issue, but advances such as ACT teams and mental health court and drug courts, which have been proved to be effective, are in jeopardy because of cutbacks in funding."
