Vanity post- I am tootin my own horn

[commander bunnypants]

This week I probably saved the Virginia State Medicaid system about 40 grand. I diverted three psychiatric admission- through hard work, dillengence, meeting the client where they are at, offering them a person they can trust, visting one client 2 times a day and visually watching him take his meds-and he is comming out of the severe schizophrenic state he has been in. Got one person into a Methadone program on an emergency basis. And got a psychiatrist interested in studing the effects of moon phases on Mental Illness


Let the congrats come in.


DDQM

[patdem]

1. I live in VA....so congrats..and no one starved as a result of the savings

good for YOU!!!! :bounce: (my favorite all time icon)

[GOPisEvil]

2. Good for you!

And they say government employees don't care. We know better, don't we? :D

:toast:

[idontwantaname]

3. good workin Demman!

keep it up and change the system.

[Mairead]

4. Well done! That's serious accomplishment!

The people are getting their money's worth out of your salary!

[commander bunnypants]

5. Shameless

:kick:


DDQM

[soleft]

6. A real hero, unlike that guy in California

:thumbsup:

[proud patriot]

7. Woooooo Hoooooooo !

Right On ...Thank You !:loveya:

[roguevalley]

8. Bravo!

Tough job but gratifying when it works I would imagine. :)

[rbnyc]

9. toot away!

That is great work! I'm proud of you.

:)

[trof]

10. WAYTAGO! MORE HORNS!

[prolesunited]

11. That's awesome!

It's a great feeling to know that you have made a difference in just one person's life and to think of all the people that you've touched. Thank you for all your efforts. The world is truly a better place because your are in it.

[Wickerman]

12. Nice work

thats the way it should be done. Nice practice of community mental health service delivery. Minnesota is working to significantly reduce hospitalizations - long-term and short. Great stuff since its not just a fiscal cost savings; its also good for the consumer to stay in their community rather than be uprooted and placed in the unfriendly confines of a crisis hospital. Glad to see that premise in practice.

:yourock:

[salin]

13. Kudos!

Very important work! :thumbsup:

Not sure about that last item - any info?