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(CCBHC) Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics
Sunday, Apr 22
1:00 pm
HD4 - CCBHCs: Drilling Down on the Factors for Success (Ticket Required)
Rebecca Farley David, MPH – National Council for Behavioral Health; Jonathan Brown, PhD, MHS – Mathematica Policy Research; Joshua Breslau, PhD ScD – RAND Corporation
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A1 - Don’t Wait for Congress: Using Medicaid to Implement and Sustain the CCBHC Model
Rebecca Farley David, MPH – National Council for Behavioral Health; Dorn Schuffman – Missouri Department of Mental Health; Julie Pearson, MSW, LISW – Minnesota Department of Human Services; Jolene Rasmussen, MS – Texas Council of Community Centers
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
MLunch3 - Leveraging Technology as a CCBHC
Vera Sansone, LCSW – CPC Behavioral Healthcare; Larry Smith, CPRSS – Grand Lake Mental Health Center, Inc.; Charles Danley, MS – Grand Lake Mental Health Center, Inc.
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B1 - Moving the Needle on Hospitalization: Strategies for Building Partnerships, Improving Care Transitions and Reducing Readmissions
Rebecca Farley David, MPH – National Council for Behavioral Health; Rachelle Glavin – Missouri Coalition for Community Behavioral Healthcare; Lisa Patton, PhD – IBM Watson Health; Julie Gutowski, LMHC, MA in MHC – Spectrum Health and Human Services
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C1 - Ensuring Fiscal Health for CCBHCs in a PPS World: Strategies and Considerations for Year 2
Peter R. Epp, CPA – CohnReznick LLP; Gil Bernhard, CPA – CohnReznick LLP; Kate Davidson – National Council for Behavioral Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
TLunch4 - Decreasing Recidivism & Increasing Access: Insights From CCBHCs Supporting Law Enforcement
Rebecca Farley David, MPH – National Council for Behavioral Health; Kristina M. Hannon, MSW – Family Guidance Center for Behavioral Health; Stanley Gilbert, LPC, LMFT – Klamath Basin Behavioral Health; Elizabeth L. Mauro, LCSWR – Endeavor Health Services, Inc
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D1 - A Model of Success: CCBHCs Are Bringing Service Delivery into the Future
Rebecca Farley David, MPH – National Council for Behavioral Health; Shauna Reitmeier, MSW – Northwestern Mental Health Center; Raymond Wolfe, JD – Pittsburgh Mercy; Jackie Shipp, LPC – Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B9 - What Is Your Value Proposition to Your Payers?
Steve Ramsland, EdD – Catalyst Health Resources; Steven Ronik, EdD – Henderson Behavioral Health, Inc.
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C10 - Five Insights for Reaching Veterans in Local Communities
Anthony M. Hassan, EdD, LCSW – Cohen Veterans Network; Travis Pearson – Endeavors; Jonathan Hill – The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Metrocare; Benjamin Miranda, Jr., MEd – The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Family Endeavors, Inc.
Addictions and Co-Occurring Disorders
Sunday, Apr 22
9:00 am
FD5 - Cannabis Conundrums: Perspectives on Practice in a Shifting Landscape (Ticket Required)
John F. Kelly, PhD – Harvard Medical School Center for Addiction Medicine; Susan R.B Weiss, PhD – National Institute on Drug Abuse; Traci Fowler, MSW, CPS – New Hampshire Charitable Foundation; Linda J. Frazier, MA, RN, MCHES – Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.; Eric Haram, LADC – Haram Consulting LLC; Kate Frey – New Futures, Inc.
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
110 - An Evidence-based Approach to Maintaining Recovery and Reducing Recidivism Through a Technology Safety Net
Mimi Tarrasch, MS – Family & Children's Services; Christopher Wilkins, Sr., MHA – CHESS Health
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
MLunch2 - The SBIRT Evolution: A National Change Package for Adolescent Substance Use Prevention Practice Transformation
Teresa M. Halliday, MA – National Council for Behavioral Health; Ariel Peterson, MPH – Venice Family Clinic
Monday, Apr 23
12:30 pm
201 - Integrating SBIRT in the Mental Health Intake
Anna Cavanaugh, BA – Valley Cities Behavioral Health Care
Monday, Apr 23
12:30 pm
205 - Medication-Assisted Treatment and Innovative Programs in Criminal Justice
Michael C. C. White, MCJ – Community Medical Services
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B2 - Impacting the Addiction Continuum: Case Studies in Advancing a Prevention Agenda to Improve Outcomes Within and Beyond the Clinic Walls
Vincent Lafronza, EdD, MS – National Network of Public Health Institutes; Karen A. Reitan, MSW – Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago; Steven Ridini, EdD – Health Resources in Action; Maya Pack, MS, MPA – South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health; Amy Max, MPH – Center for Health Leadership and Practice, Public Health Institute; Katy Shea, MPH, CPS – John Snow Research & Training Institute, Inc.
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B3 - Innovations in Substance Use Treatment
Mark Stringer, MA, LPC – Missouri Department of Mental Health; Monica Bharel, MD, MPH – Massachusetts Department of Public Health; Brad Finegood, MA, LMHC – King County Behavioral Health and Recovery Division; Tom Hill, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C2 - State of the Science in Addiction Treatment
Marc Fishman, MD – Maryland Treatment Centers; Harold Kudler, MD – Veterans Health Administration; J. David Stiffler, MD – Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine; Frank Shelp, MD, MPH – Envolve Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
308 - Addressing Opioid Prescription and Addiction Treatment: Southcentral Foundation’s Relationship-based Approach
Shane Coleman, MD, MPH – Southcentral Foundation; Brian A. McCutcheon – Southcentral Foundation
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
310 - Zero Overdose: Applying the Zero Suicide Model to Address Risk of Overdose
Thomas McCarry, LMHC – The Institute for Family Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
311 - Can State Medicaid Policies Impact the Opioid Epidemic? A Tale of Two States
Mark Fuller, MD – Beacon Health Options of Pennsylvania; Lisa Kugler, PsyD – Beacon Health Options of Maryland
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
TLunch5 - Robust Recovery Supports in the Fight Against Opioid Overdose Deaths
Rebecca Starr, MBA, MSW – Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.; David Uhl, MPA – Recovery Café Network; Malory Shaughnessy, MPPM – Alliance for Addiction and Mental Health Services
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:30 pm
405 - Using PAX Good Behavior Game to Combat the Opiate Epidemic in Ohio
Angela Patchen, LISW – Wood County Educational Service Center
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:30 pm
413 - Behavioral Health Workforce Challenges in Medication-Assisted Treatment
Megan Dormond – National Council for Behavioral Health; Jeremy Attermann, LGSW – National Council for Behavioral Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D2 - A Conversation with the Giants in Addiction Treatment
Sara Howe – Illinois Association for Behavioral Health; Douglas Tieman – Caron Treatment Centers; Raymond V. Tamasi, MEd, LADC, LCSW – Gosnold on Cape Cod -- The Innovation Center
Tuesday, Apr 24
3:45 pm
TTED1 - What Really Matters With Psychoactive Drugs
Lloyd Sederer, MD – New York State Office of Mental Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
3:45 pm
TTL2 - If Addiction is a Disease, What Kind of Disease is it?
Sally Satel, MD – Yale University School of Medicine
Tuesday, Apr 24
3:45 pm
TTL3 - Alcohol: The Forgotten Killer
Omar Manejwala, MD, DFAPA, FASAM – Catasys
Wednesday, Apr 25
9:00 am
WTL1 - Now What? An Insider's Guide to Addiction and Recovery
William C. Moyers, BA – Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation; Alison Knopf – Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E3 - Opioid Epidemic: Little Talked About, Little Understood Topics that Can Save Lives
Patrick Gauthier – Advocates for Human Potential, Inc; Linda J. Frazier, MA, RN, MCHES – Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A2 - How States are Making Medicaid Work for SUD
Robert Kent, JD – New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS); Chuck Ingoglia, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health; Scott E. Taberner – Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services; Trisha R. Schell-Guy, JD – New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C19 - Clinical and Economic Considerations for a Medication-Assisted Treatment Option
Jeffrey A. Berman, MD – Medical Director, Department of Addiction Psychiatry, SOBA College Recovery; Raymond V. Tamasi, MEd, LADC, LCSW – Gosnold on Cape Cod -- The Innovation Center; Dwight C. Vaughter, LMSW, ACSW, CAADC, CCS-M – SHAR Inc.
Monday, Apr 23
4:15 pm
MTED2 - Safe Injection: The Idea that Doesn't Make Sense Makes Perfect Sense
Brad Finegood, MA, LMHC – King County Behavioral Health and Recovery Division
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
309 - Shared Decision-making Tool for Opioid Use
Cheryl Gagne, ScD – Center for Social Innovation
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C3 - Recovery Housing: A Place to Live that Supports Recovery
Matt Boggs, PR – Recovery Point West Virginia; David Sheridan – National Alliance for Recovery Residences; Vatreisha Nyemba, MPA – Cuyahoga Land Bank; Michael K. Doud, MSUS, MSSA – Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County; Tom Hill, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D3 - Advancing Parity: State-level Strategies for Supporting Parity Implementation
David de Voursney – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Norah Mulvaney-Day, PhD – Truven Health Analytics, an IBM company; John Garrett, MS – State of Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner; Molly Lynch, Esq – New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E1 - Workplace Learning: Using Technology to Improve Clinical Supervision
Beth A. Rutkowski, MPH – University of California, Los Angeles, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs; Nancy A. Roget, MS, MFT, LADC – University of Nevada, Reno, Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies, National Frontier and Rural Telehealth Education Center, Mountain Plains ATTC; Michael J. Chaple, PhD – National Development & Research Institutes, Inc.; Lela Hairston, MA, MSW – State of Delaware, Division of Developmental Disability Services
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C6 - Practical Strategies to Inspire and Manage Implementation of MAT
Kenneth Minkoff, MD – ZiaPartners, Inc.; Christie Cline, MD – ZiaPartners, Inc.
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C7 - Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health: Partners Addressing the Opioid Crisis
Valerie Westhead, MD – MTM Services, LLC; David Swann, MA, LCAS, CCS, NCC, LPC – MTM Services, LLC; Annie Jensen, LCSW – MTM Services, LLC
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D7 - Co-occurring in the Criminal Justice Population: Real World Solutions (Part One)
Christie Cline, MD – ZiaPartners, Inc.; Kenneth Minkoff, MD – ZiaPartners, Inc.
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E5 - Integrated Co-occurring MH/SUD and Criminal Involvement: Practical Steps for Implementation (Part Two)
Kenneth Minkoff, MD – ZiaPartners, Inc.; Christie Cline, MD – ZiaPartners, Inc.; Steve Leifman, JD – Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida
Monday, Apr 23
4:15 pm
Warning: This Drug May Kill You (Full Screening)
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
The Glass Castle Movie Panel Discussion
Joddi Jacobson, BA – Community Partners Integrated Healthcare; Jamie Green – Community Partners Integrated Healthcare
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
Heroin(e) (Full Screening)
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
Beyond the Silence (Full Screening)
Tuesday, Apr 24
5:00 pm
The Glass Castle (Full Screening)
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A11 - Connecting the Dots: Trauma and Addiction
Karen Johnson, MSW, LCSW – National Council for Behavioral Health; Nick Szubiak, MSW, LCSW – National Council for Behavioral Health; Cheryl Sharp, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health
Financing and Alternative Payment Models
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B9 - What Is Your Value Proposition to Your Payers?
Steve Ramsland, EdD – Catalyst Health Resources; Steven Ronik, EdD – Henderson Behavioral Health, Inc.
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A2 - How States are Making Medicaid Work for SUD
Robert Kent, JD – New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS); Chuck Ingoglia, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health; Scott E. Taberner – Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services; Trisha R. Schell-Guy, JD – New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C19 - Clinical and Economic Considerations for a Medication-Assisted Treatment Option
Jeffrey A. Berman, MD – Medical Director, Department of Addiction Psychiatry, SOBA College Recovery; Raymond V. Tamasi, MEd, LADC, LCSW – Gosnold on Cape Cod -- The Innovation Center; Dwight C. Vaughter, LMSW, ACSW, CAADC, CCS-M – SHAR Inc.
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
TLunch1 - Are You Leaving Money on the Table? How the APA Registry (PsychPRO) Can Help
Philip Wang, MD, DrPH – American Psychiatric Association; Yoshie Davison, MSW – American Psychiatric Association; Eileen S. Carlson, RN, JD – American Psychiatric Association; Saul M. Levin, MD, MPA – American Psychiatric Association
Sunday, Apr 22
9:00 am
FD2 - Be a VBP VIP (Ticket Required)
Kate Davidson – National Council for Behavioral Health; Nina Marshall, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health; Adam Falcone, JD, MPH – Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A9 - No Money, No Mission: Making VBP Work for You
Josh Rubin – Health Management Associates
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
MLunch5 - Alternative Payment Models: Pay For Success and Social Impact Bonds
Kate Davidson – National Council for Behavioral Health; Gail Lapidus – Oklahoma Family & Children's Services; Faith Richie, MBA – Telecare Corporation; Shannon Mong, PsyD – Telecare Corporation
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B8 - Medicaid MCO Contracting
Adam Falcone, JD, MPH – Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B18 - From Volume to Value: The Path to a Future
Raymond Wolfe, JD – Pittsburgh Mercy
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B19 - Contracting with Payers: New Opportunities
Kate Davidson – National Council for Behavioral Health; Lou Dierking, MA, LP – Optum; Matt Miller – Magellan Health; Joel Axler, MD – Anthem; Brian Wheelan – Beacon Health Options; Francis Terway – Envolve PeopleCare
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B20 - Medicaid Directors Talk: You Ask Questions
Joe Parks, MD – National Council for Behavioral Health; MaryAnne Lindeblad, BSN, MPH – Washington State Health Care Authority; Thomas J. Betlach – Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System; Kate McEvoy, JD – Connecticut Department of Social Services; Gretchen Hammer, MPH – Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Monday, Apr 23
4:15 pm
MTL5 - An American Sickness: How Health Care Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
Elisabeth Rosenthal, MD – Kaiser Health News
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C9 - Mastering the Value of Care Equation: Real Examples from Providers Who Have Made the Change
Scott Lloyd – MTM Services, LLC
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C20 - When Opportunity Knocks: A Partnership Case Study
Jeffrey Walter, MHSA – JLW Associates LLC; Robert Budsock, MS, LCADC – Integrity House; Joseph Masciandaro, MC – CarePlus New Jersey, Inc.; Aaron Hajart, MS, ATC – Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
TLunch8 - Your Integration Grant Is Over, Now What?
Brie Reimann, MPA – National Council for Behavioral Health; Bethany C. Pace-Danley, BSW, MA – Peer Assistance Services, Inc.; Jennifer Craig, MA, MS, LCPC, SPHR, SHRM-SCP – Centerstone of Illinois; Mandi Ryan, MSN – Centerstone; Jim Baxter, LCSW, CASAC – Astor Services for Children & Families; Renee Boak, MPH, CADCI – Cascadia BHC; Angela Manns – Centerstone
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:30 pm
404 - Enrolling, Engaging and Retaining Members in Care Management
Jessica DeFlumer-Trapp, MA, LPC – Behavioral Health Network Inc.; Tinamarie Fioroni, MEd, LMHC – Behavioral Health Network Inc.
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D8 - From Pay-for-Volume to Pay-for-Value: From Fee-for-Service to Bundled and Capitated Rates
Michael D. Flora, MBA, MAEd – MTM Services, LLC
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D15 - The Community Behavioral Health Merger Playbook
David C. Guth, Jr. – Centerstone
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D16 - Health Homes: How are They Doing?
Kate Davidson – National Council for Behavioral Health; Natalie Fornelli-Cook, MS – Missouri Department of Mental Health; Mandi Ryan, MSN – Centerstone; Robert Siegmann, LCSW, MBA – Centerstone; Jennifer Craig, MA, MS, LCPC, SPHR, SHRM-SCP – Centerstone of Illinois; Scott B. Hesseltine, MA, MBA, LCADC – Centerstone
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D17 - Provider Led Networks: IPAs, CCOs and Other Accountable Entities
Meggan Schilkie, MBA – Health Management Associates; David M. Johnson, EdD, LMHC – Navos; Boris Vilgorin, MPA – New York University; Richard S. Edley, PhD – Rehabilitation and Community Providers Association
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E2 - Changes Afoot with CMMI
David Muhelstein, PhD – Leavitt Partners; Kate Davidson – National Council for Behavioral Health
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E6 - Parity: Fact or Fiction?
Raymond V. Tamasi, MEd, LADC, LCSW – Gosnold on Cape Cod -- The Innovation Center; Chuck Ingoglia, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health; Kelly J. Epperson, JD – Rosecrance Health Network
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A10 - Effective Partnership Strategies to Address the Social Determinants of Health
Heidi Arthur, LMSW – Health Management Associates; Lynn Dierker; Dianne L. Clarke, PhD – Operation PAR, Inc.; Gloria Wilder, MD, MPH – VP, Innovation and Preventive Health, Centene Corporation; Sharon Raggio, LPC, LMFT, MBA – Mind Springs Health; Catherine K. Anderson, MPA – UnitedHealthcare Community & State
Prevention, Peers and Recovery
Monday, Apr 23
4:15 pm
MTED2 - Safe Injection: The Idea that Doesn't Make Sense Makes Perfect Sense
Brad Finegood, MA, LMHC – King County Behavioral Health and Recovery Division
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
309 - Shared Decision-making Tool for Opioid Use
Cheryl Gagne, ScD – Center for Social Innovation
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C3 - Recovery Housing: A Place to Live that Supports Recovery
Matt Boggs, PR – Recovery Point West Virginia; David Sheridan – National Alliance for Recovery Residences; Vatreisha Nyemba, MPA – Cuyahoga Land Bank; Michael K. Doud, MSUS, MSSA – Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County; Tom Hill, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B11 - Successful Peer Service Strategies for People at Risk for Crisis, Homelessness and Incarceration
Keris Jan Myrick, MBA, MS – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Harvey Rosenthal – New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, Inc.; Ellen M. Healion, MA – Hands Across Long Island
Wednesday, Apr 25
9:00 am
WTL3 - Believe in Second Chances!
Kevin Hines – The Kevin & Margaret Hines Foundation
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
MLunch7 - A Successful Collaboration for Family Involvement Utilizing the PSA Peer Driven Respite Model
Barbara DiClemente, BHT, CFSS – PSA Behavioral Health Agency
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
IGS3 - Taking Notes: Making Sense of Life Through Music
Eugene Fertelmeyster – Be the Change Revolutions
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
306 - Recovery 2.0: Power, Privilege and Liberation
Stephanie Barnett Jamison, MSW – Mental Health Partnerships; Clarice Bailey, PhD – Mental Health Partnerships
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
TLunch3 - Employment as a Pathway to Recovery
Carson Ojamaa, LCSW – Family Preservation Services of North Carolina, Inc.; Matt Diehl, MSW – University of North Carolina Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health/Institute for Best Practices
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
TLunch10 - Making Permanent Supportive Housing Work in Your Community
Andrew Sperling, MA, JD – National Alliance on Mental Illness
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:30 pm
402 - Engaging Individuals in Self-Directing Their Recovery Through Payer-County-Peer Provider Partnerships
Kim L. MacDonald-Wilson, ScD, CRC, CPRP – Community Care Behavioral Health Organization; Shari L. Hutchison, MS, PMP – Community Care Behavioral Health Organization
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:30 pm
408 - Recovery Housing and Its Impact on Combating Addictions and the Opioid Epidemic
Sharon Fitzgerald, BS, QMHA, CRM – Central City Concern; Rachel Solotaroff, MD, MCR – Central City Concern
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
IGS3 - Taking Notes: Making Sense of Life Through Music
Eugene Fertelmeyster – Be the Change Revolutions
Tuesday, Apr 24
3:45 pm
TTED3 - Healing with Hip Hop: Music as a Model for Emotional Wellness Education
Byron Young, MD – ThriveNYC Mental Health Service Corps
Wednesday, Apr 25
9:00 am
WTED1 - Insane Consequences: How the Mental Health Industry Fails the Mentally Ill
DJ Jaffe, MBA – Mental Illness Policy Org.
Wednesday, Apr 25
9:00 am
WTED2 - Confessions of a Drug Dealer: How to Get Me Out of Your Medicine Cabinet
Christian J. Moher, MD – Community Partners Integrated Healthcare; Joddi Jacobson, BA – Community Partners Integrated Healthcare
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E8 - Supervising Peer Support Workers: What Supervisors Need to Know
Cheryl Gagne, ScD – Center for Social Innovation; Tom Hill, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health
Wednesday, Apr 25
9:00 am
WTL4 - Hard Lessons Learned: A Father's Mission to Rescue His Son and How That Journey Saved Them Both
Pete Earley – Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee, Corporation for Supportive Housing Board, Pete Earley Inc.
Monday, Apr 23
4:15 pm
MTED3 - This Is How It Feels: A Memoir - Attempting Suicide and Finding Life
Craig A. Miller
Criminal Justice
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C3 - Recovery Housing: A Place to Live that Supports Recovery
Matt Boggs, PR – Recovery Point West Virginia; David Sheridan – National Alliance for Recovery Residences; Vatreisha Nyemba, MPA – Cuyahoga Land Bank; Michael K. Doud, MSUS, MSSA – Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County; Tom Hill, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A8 - Have We Moved the Dial on Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health?
Sherry Blyth, LCSW – Integral Care; Pete Earley – Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee, Corporation for Supportive Housing Board, Pete Earley Inc.; Richard Cho, PhD – Council of State Governments Justice Center; Stacey A. Kincaid – Fairfax County Sheriff
Monday, Apr 23
1:15 pm
MGS3 - General Session: Doing Time in Education: The School-to-Prison Pipeline
Anna Deavere Smith
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B7 - From Incarcerated Adolescent to Productive Adult
Valerie Westhead, MD – MTM Services, LLC; Katherine Schroeder, LMHC, MCAP – Aspire Health Partners; Erin Martin, LMHC, MCAP – Aspire Health Partners
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B21 - Fireside Chat with Anna Deavere Smith
Anna Deavere Smith; Gail P. Hutchings, MPA – Behavioral Health Policy Collaborative
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
301 - Forensic Assertive Community Treatment: From Starving for Help to Starving to Help
Julie Wonsowicz-Moore – Community Bridges, Inc.; Alisa Randall, MEd – Mercy Maricopa Integrated Care
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
312 - Colorado Second Chance Housing and Re-entry Program: Insights from the Experiences and Outcomes of the Expansion Cohort
Monika Witt, MSW – Mental Health Center of Denver
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:30 pm
410 - The Mental Health Center of Denver Co-responder Program: A Partnership with Denver Police Department
Monika Witt, MSW – Mental Health Center of Denver
Wednesday, Apr 25
9:00 am
WTL2 - Ending the Criminalization of Mental Illness: Constructing an Effective Criminal Justice/Mental Health System
Steve Leifman, JD – Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C6 - Practical Strategies to Inspire and Manage Implementation of MAT
Kenneth Minkoff, MD – ZiaPartners, Inc.; Christie Cline, MD – ZiaPartners, Inc.
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C7 - Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health: Partners Addressing the Opioid Crisis
Valerie Westhead, MD – MTM Services, LLC; David Swann, MA, LCAS, CCS, NCC, LPC – MTM Services, LLC; Annie Jensen, LCSW – MTM Services, LLC
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D7 - Co-occurring in the Criminal Justice Population: Real World Solutions (Part One)
Christie Cline, MD – ZiaPartners, Inc.; Kenneth Minkoff, MD – ZiaPartners, Inc.
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E5 - Integrated Co-occurring MH/SUD and Criminal Involvement: Practical Steps for Implementation (Part Two)
Kenneth Minkoff, MD – ZiaPartners, Inc.; Christie Cline, MD – ZiaPartners, Inc.; Steve Leifman, JD – Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B11 - Successful Peer Service Strategies for People at Risk for Crisis, Homelessness and Incarceration
Keris Jan Myrick, MBA, MS – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Harvey Rosenthal – New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, Inc.; Ellen M. Healion, MA – Hands Across Long Island
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E13 - Mental Health First Aid and First Responders: Partners in the Fire, EMS and Law Enforcement Communities
Margie Balfour, MD, PhD – ConnectionsAZ, Inc.; Michael J. Allora, MAS, EFO, CFO – Clifton Fire Department; Bryan V. Gibb, MBA – National Council for Behavioral Health; James L. Cleek – Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
Wednesday, Apr 25
9:00 am
WTL4 - Hard Lessons Learned: A Father's Mission to Rescue His Son and How That Journey Saved Them Both
Pete Earley – Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee, Corporation for Supportive Housing Board, Pete Earley Inc.
Public Policy
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D3 - Advancing Parity: State-level Strategies for Supporting Parity Implementation
David de Voursney – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Norah Mulvaney-Day, PhD – Truven Health Analytics, an IBM company; John Garrett, MS – State of Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner; Molly Lynch, Esq – New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C18 - Hill Day Talking Points Review
Rebecca Farley David, MPH – National Council for Behavioral Health; Chuck Ingoglia, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health; Michael Petruzzelli, MPA – National Council for Behavioral Health
Monday, Apr 23
4:15 pm
MTL1 - Town Hall with the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use
Elinore F. McCance-Katz, MD, PhD – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Wednesday, Apr 25
11:45 am
WGS1 - Insights on American Politics: What’s Ahead
Chuck Todd
Wednesday, Apr 25
12:30 pm
WGS2 - Closing General Session
Sunday, Apr 22
1:00 pm
HD5 - Hill Day Policy Institute - FREE
Michael Petruzzelli, MPA – National Council for Behavioral Health; Alfonso Guida, Jr., JD – Guide Consulting Services, Inc.; Rebecca Farley David, MPH – National Council for Behavioral Health
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B16 - Advocacy 101: A Beginner's Guide to Meetings with Lawmakers
Alfonso Guida, Jr., JD – Guide Consulting Services, Inc.; Michael Petruzzelli, MPA – National Council for Behavioral Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D14 - Advanced Advocacy: Building Bipartisan Coalitions to Advance Policy
Catherine Finley – Thorn Run Partners; Michael Petruzzelli, MPA – National Council for Behavioral Health
Technology
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E1 - Workplace Learning: Using Technology to Improve Clinical Supervision
Beth A. Rutkowski, MPH – University of California, Los Angeles, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs; Nancy A. Roget, MS, MFT, LADC – University of Nevada, Reno, Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies, National Frontier and Rural Telehealth Education Center, Mountain Plains ATTC; Michael J. Chaple, PhD – National Development & Research Institutes, Inc.; Lela Hairston, MA, MSW – State of Delaware, Division of Developmental Disability Services
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E16 - Using Multiple Technologies to Engage People in Crisis
John Draper, PhD – National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Mental Health Association of New York City; Patricia S. Speelman, MA, LMFT – Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services; Heather Rae, MA, LLP – Common Ground; Anitha Iyer, PhD – Mental Health Association of New York City
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:30 pm
406 - Virtual Behavioral Health Integration: Improving Outcomes Through the Implementation of SMART Goals and Health Coaching for Patients Within Primary Care
Kate Rising, LPC – Atrium Health; Crystal Shirley, LCSW – Atrium Health
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A4 - Building a Culture of Information Technology Security from the Top Down
Charlie Grantham – MTM Services, LLC
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A13 - Integrating Face-to-Face and Digital Care to Maximize Behavioral Health Access and Impact
Chuck Tepper – myStrength, Inc.; Corey Cantrell, BA – The Center for Mental Health
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
103 - Leveraging Technology in Enhancing Opioid Care: How a New York City Contact Center Is Providing Vital Connections, Engagement and Support
Kelly Clarke, PostGradDip Psych – Mental Health Association of New York City
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
MLunch9 - Missouri's Journey Using Big Data to Improve Care
Rachelle Glavin – Missouri Coalition for Community Behavioral Healthcare; Natalie Fornelli-Cook, MS – Missouri Department of Mental Health; Brent McGinty, BA, MPA – Missouri Coalition for Community Behavioral Healthcare
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B14 - Technology Innovations in Behavioral Health
Graeme Moffat, PhD – Muse; Charlie Hartwell – Bridge Builders Collaborative; Brian Hill – Edovo; Scott R. Cousino, MBA – myStrength, Inc.; Laurie Zaugg, MEq, LP – Happify
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
TLunch11 - The Rise of Digital Technology in Behavioral Health: Strategy Implications for Treatment Organizations
Paul A. Curtis – California Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies; Steve Ramsland, EdD – Catalyst Health Resources
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:30 pm
412 - Innovative Approaches to Telehealth
Megan Dormond – National Council for Behavioral Health; Julia Schreiber – National Council for Behavioral Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D12 - A Glimpse Into the Future: How New Technologies are Poised to Reshape Behavioral Health
Mimi McFaul, PsyD – National Mental Health Innovation Center; John H. Cammack, MBA – Cammack Associates, LLC; Ed Wiley, PhD – PenLink, Ltd.; Jay C. Buckey, MD – The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth; Michael Aratow, MD – Ellipsis Health
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
MLunch10 - Changing Your EHR: Best Practices for Picking and Transitioning to a New EHR
Jordan Oshlag, LICSW – Solutions in Behavioral Healthcare, LLC; Zachary L. Skelly – Solutions in Behavioral Healthcare, LLC
Board Governance
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B4 - The New Leadership Competencies Required by Today's Nonprofit Boards
Dennis C. Miller – The Nonprofit Search Group
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E17 - Role of the Chair in Great Governance
Les Wallace, PhD – Signature Resources Inc.
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A20 - Launching a New Era of Collaboration and Collective Action on Youth Mental Health in US Cities
Helen E. Herrman, Hon DMedSc, MD, MBBS, BMedSc, FRANZCP, FAFPHM, FFPH – World Psychiatric Association; Moitreyee Sinha, PhD – citiesRISE; Jim Vollendroff, MPA – King County Behavioral Health and Recovery Division; Maureen Hackett – Hackett Family Foundation; Tyler Norris, MDiv – Well Being Trust; John Boyd, PsyD, MHA – Sutter Center for Psychiatry
Population Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C10 - Five Insights for Reaching Veterans in Local Communities
Anthony M. Hassan, EdD, LCSW – Cohen Veterans Network; Travis Pearson – Endeavors; Jonathan Hill – The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Metrocare; Benjamin Miranda, Jr., MEd – The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Family Endeavors, Inc.
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A20 - Launching a New Era of Collaboration and Collective Action on Youth Mental Health in US Cities
Helen E. Herrman, Hon DMedSc, MD, MBBS, BMedSc, FRANZCP, FAFPHM, FFPH – World Psychiatric Association; Moitreyee Sinha, PhD – citiesRISE; Jim Vollendroff, MPA – King County Behavioral Health and Recovery Division; Maureen Hackett – Hackett Family Foundation; Tyler Norris, MDiv – Well Being Trust; John Boyd, PsyD, MHA – Sutter Center for Psychiatry
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A10 - Effective Partnership Strategies to Address the Social Determinants of Health
Heidi Arthur, LMSW – Health Management Associates; Lynn Dierker; Dianne L. Clarke, PhD – Operation PAR, Inc.; Gloria Wilder, MD, MPH – VP, Innovation and Preventive Health, Centene Corporation; Sharon Raggio, LPC, LMFT, MBA – Mind Springs Health; Catherine K. Anderson, MPA – UnitedHealthcare Community & State
Monday, Apr 23
9:15 am
MGS2 - Life with a Beat with Storyteller Glynn Washington
Glynn Washington – Snap Judgment
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A3 - Is the Smoke Finally Lifting: The Future of Smoking Cessation and Behavioral Health
Corinne Graffunder, DrPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office on Smoking and Health; Catherine Saucedo – Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, University of California San Francisco; Doug Tipperman, MSW – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Taslim van Hattum, LCSW, MPH – National Council for Behavioral Health
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
MLunch6 - Is Your Job Making You MORE Healthy?
Joan Kenerson King, RN, MSN – National Council for Behavioral Health; Kristin Lupfer, MSW – Policy Research Associates, Inc.; Melodie J. Pazolt – Washington State Department of Social and Health Services - Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery
Monday, Apr 23
12:30 pm
207 - Implementing Tobacco-free Workplace Programs - Changing Norms, Improving Care, Saving Lives
Bryce A. Kyburz, MA – Integral Care; Shelley Smith, LMSW, CMFSW – West Texas Centers
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C16 - Wicked Problems: Using Population Health Tools to Solve Our Most Complicated Behavioral Health Cases
Julia T. Kyle, MSW, MBA – Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority; Chad A. June – Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
IGS2 - The Secret Sauce to Improved Health
David J. Woodlock, MS – Institute for Community Living
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
IGS2 - The Secret Sauce to Improved Health
David J. Woodlock, MS – Institute for Community Living
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E7 - Behavioral Screenings in HIV Care Settings: A Critical Need but Significantly Underused
Indira Harris, LCSW, BCD – Health Resources and Services Administration; Elise Young, LICSW, DCSW – Health Resources and Services Administration HIV/AIDS Bureau
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E14 - Music, Meditation and Movement as Medicine
Byron Young, MD – ThriveNYC Mental Health Service Corps; Melissa Robinson Graves, MS, LMFT – CHRIS 180; Jacki Hillios, PhD – The Phoenix National Office; Shelina D. Foderingham, MPH, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:30 pm
406 - Virtual Behavioral Health Integration: Improving Outcomes Through the Implementation of SMART Goals and Health Coaching for Patients Within Primary Care
Kate Rising, LPC – Atrium Health; Crystal Shirley, LCSW – Atrium Health
Children and Youth
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A20 - Launching a New Era of Collaboration and Collective Action on Youth Mental Health in US Cities
Helen E. Herrman, Hon DMedSc, MD, MBBS, BMedSc, FRANZCP, FAFPHM, FFPH – World Psychiatric Association; Moitreyee Sinha, PhD – citiesRISE; Jim Vollendroff, MPA – King County Behavioral Health and Recovery Division; Maureen Hackett – Hackett Family Foundation; Tyler Norris, MDiv – Well Being Trust; John Boyd, PsyD, MHA – Sutter Center for Psychiatry
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A14 - Scaling and Adapting Evidence-based School Mental Health Support for Students
David Anderson, PhD – Child Mind Institute
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
102 - Building a Community System of Care: From Fragmentation to Integration
Hattie Tracy, LISW-S, LCDCIII, MPA – Child Guidance & Family Solutions; Douglas Straight, MEd, LPCC-S – Akron Children's Hospital; Georgette Constantineau, PhD – Akron Children's Hospital
Monday, Apr 23
12:30 pm
210 - Exploring Key Trends in Serving Justice Involved Youth
Marcia Gonzalez Monroe, MBA, MSW – Central Florida Behavioral Health Network, Inc.; Doris Griggs Nardelli, MPA – Central Florida Behavioral Health Network, Inc.
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C15 - Teen Connect: The Power of Relationships
Jody Levison-Johnson, LCSW-C – National Council for Behavioral Health; Evette Jackson, MHA – Annie E. Casey Foundation; Vicky Kelly, PsyD, MHA, MSW – Annie E. Casey Foundation; Kellie Hans Reid, MA, LCPC – KVC Kansas; Mark R. Groner, MSSA, LISW-S – Beech Brook
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
302 - Prevention and Innovation: The 100 Schools Project
Marilyn Jacob, PhD, LCSW – The Jewish Board; Joaniko Kohchi, MPhil, LCSW, IMHE (IV-C) – The Jewish Board
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:30 pm
403 - Addressing Crisis in a Community Setting: Using Telepsychiatry to Provide Crisis Stabilization Services for Vulnerable Children and Adolescents
Craig Hedley – St. Joseph's Villa; Aaron Lawler – InSight Telepsychiatry
Tuesday, Apr 24
3:45 pm
TTL4 - Hard Kids, New Ideas: Collaborative Problem Solving
J. Stuart Ablon, PhD – Harvard Medical School
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E12 - Rethinking Challenging Kids
J. Stuart Ablon, PhD – Harvard Medical School; Alisha Pollastri, PhD – Think:Kids, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Naomi Kling, MA – Think:Kids Massachusetts General Hospital
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E19 - Ending Stigma: Increasing Help-seeking Behavior Through Public Education and Outreach
Harold S. Koplewicz, MD – Child Mind Institute
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
The Glass Castle Movie Panel Discussion
Joddi Jacobson, BA – Community Partners Integrated Healthcare; Jamie Green – Community Partners Integrated Healthcare
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
Heroin(e) (Full Screening)
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
Beyond the Silence (Full Screening)
Tuesday, Apr 24
5:00 pm
The Glass Castle (Full Screening)
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
Resilience | The Biology of Stress & the Science of Hope(Full Screening)
Clinical Practices
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A5 - Architecting the Future of Integration
Neftali Serrano, PsyD – Collaborative Family Healthcare Association; Jeff Reiter, PhD, ABPP – Arizona State University; Lisa K. Kearney, PhD, ABPP – VA Center for Integrated Healthcare; Jeffrey C. Eisen, MD, MBA – Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare; Josh Cantwell, LCSW – Grand Lake Mental Health Center, Inc.; Andrew Philip, PhD – National Council for Behavioral Health
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A6 - Transcendental Meditation: Evidence-based Path to Reducing Effects of Trauma, Stress and Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions
Jeanne Supin, MA – Watauga Consulting; Jeffrey Friedman, MA – CN Guidance and Counseling Services; Stuart Rothenberg, MD – TM Health Professionals Association
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A7 - First Episode Psychosis: On the Ground Lessons Learned
Lisa B. Dixon, MD – Columbia University Medical Center, New York State Psychiatric Institute; Catherine Adams, MSW – ETCH: Early Treatment and Cognitive Health; Mary F. Brunette, MD – Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth; Raquel Carrera, LCPC, NCC – Family Services, Inc., OnTrack Maryland
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A17 - New Evidence, New Delivery Methods, New Opportunities for Engaging Patients
Georgia L. Stevens, PhD, APRN, PMHCNS-BC – P.A.L. Associates: Partners in Aging & Long-term Caregiving
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
MLunch4 - Using the DLA-20 for Better Outcomes
Annie Jensen, LCSW – MTM Services, LLC; Sheila K. Rapa, PsyD – Chrysalis Health, Inc.; Ralph M. May, Jr., PsyD – Community Guidance Center
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B5 - They Say Prove It? You Have the DLA-20!
Michael D. Flora, MBA, MAEd – MTM Services, LLC; Willa S. Presmanes, MEd, MA – MTM Services, LLC
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B6 - The Elephant in the Exam Room: Can Integrated Primary Care be Efficient?
April Rhodes, LAMFT – Spectrum Healthcare Group; Jessie Peters, FNP-BC – Spectrum Healthcare Group; Donald W. Bechtold, MD – Jefferson Center for Mental Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C4 - Whose Fault is it Anyway? Why Are We Still Talking About Adherence?
Patrick Runnels, MD – The Center for Families and Children; Jeffrey A. Lieberman, MD – Columbia University; Paula Panzer, MD; Melissa Odorzynski, PharmD, MPH – Genoa Healthcare; Gail Lapidus – Oklahoma Family & Children's Services
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C5 - Psych Services Says and You Can Do!
Lisa B. Dixon, MD – Columbia University Medical Center, New York State Psychiatric Institute; Ramin Mojtabai, MD, PhD, MPH – Johns Hopkins University; Shahrzad Mavandadi, PhD – University of Pennsylvania; William C. Torrey, MD – Dartmouth College, Geisel School of Medicine
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
305 - Treating First-episode Psychosis Using the Coordinated Specialty Care NAVIGATE Recovery Model
Jeffery Stone, MS, LMHC – Life Management Center of Northwest Florida Inc.; Suzelle Guinart, LMHC – Henderson Behavioral Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
TLunch6 - Intimacy, Self-love and the Therapeutic Importance of Touch Among Individuals with Mental Illness
David Kamnitzer, LCSW-R – ICL; Jose Cotto, LMSW – ICL
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
TLunch7 - The 21st Century Psychiatric Nurse: Essential Roles from Integrated Care to Medication-Assisted Treatment
Howard Liu, MD – Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska; Anne Shields, MHA, RN – Advancing Integrated Mental Health Solutions (AIMS) Center; Sara Jones, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D5 - Mobilizing a Person’s Circle of Support to Promote Health and Recovery
Anthony Salerno, PhD – National Council for Behavioral Health; Linda Ligenza, LCSW – National Council for Behavioral Health; Barbara DiClemente, BHT, CFSS – PSA Behavioral Health Agency
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D6 - Form vs. Function: What Guides Innovation, Quality and Efficiency in Clinics?
Ken C. Hopper, MD, MBA – The Hopper Group; Brian Allender, MD – Valley Cities Behavioral Health Care
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E4 - Emotional Dimensions of Health Care
David J. Woodlock, MS – Institute for Community Living
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
TLunch1 - Are You Leaving Money on the Table? How the APA Registry (PsychPRO) Can Help
Philip Wang, MD, DrPH – American Psychiatric Association; Yoshie Davison, MSW – American Psychiatric Association; Eileen S. Carlson, RN, JD – American Psychiatric Association; Saul M. Levin, MD, MPA – American Psychiatric Association
Sunday, Apr 22
8:00 am
HD1 - A Path to Value in a Value-based World (Ticket Required)
Kristin M. Woodlock, RN, MPA – Woodlock & Associates, LLC; Christine Zazzaro, MEd, LPC – Atrium Health; Wayne Sparks, MD – Atrium Health; Damara Gutnick, MD – Montefiore Hudson Valley Collaborative Performing Provider System
Film Festival
Monday, Apr 23
5:30 pm
Far from the Tree (Full Screening)
Tuesday, Apr 24
12:45 pm
Far from the Tree Documentary Panel Discussion
Monday, Apr 23
4:15 pm
Warning: This Drug May Kill You (Full Screening)
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
The Glass Castle Movie Panel Discussion
Joddi Jacobson, BA – Community Partners Integrated Healthcare; Jamie Green – Community Partners Integrated Healthcare
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
Heroin(e) (Full Screening)
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
Beyond the Silence (Full Screening)
Tuesday, Apr 24
5:00 pm
The Glass Castle (Full Screening)
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
Resilience | The Biology of Stress & the Science of Hope(Full Screening)
Sunday, Apr 22
5:00 pm
Suicide: The Ripple Effect (Full Screening)
Monday, Apr 23
12:15 pm
Suicide: The Ripple Effect Documentary Panel Discussion
Kevin Hines – The Kevin & Margaret Hines Foundation; Greg Dicharry – Suicide The Ripple Effect - Documentary; David W. Covington, LPC, MBA – RI International Behavioral Health Link CrisisTech 360; Greg Van Borssum – GVB Mind Worriors; Matt Runnalls – Mindfull AUS
Wednesday, Apr 25
8:30 am
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide (Full Screening)
Hill Day
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C18 - Hill Day Talking Points Review
Rebecca Farley David, MPH – National Council for Behavioral Health; Chuck Ingoglia, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health; Michael Petruzzelli, MPA – National Council for Behavioral Health
Sunday, Apr 22
1:00 pm
HD5 - Hill Day Policy Institute - FREE
Michael Petruzzelli, MPA – National Council for Behavioral Health; Alfonso Guida, Jr., JD – Guide Consulting Services, Inc.; Rebecca Farley David, MPH – National Council for Behavioral Health
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B16 - Advocacy 101: A Beginner's Guide to Meetings with Lawmakers
Alfonso Guida, Jr., JD – Guide Consulting Services, Inc.; Michael Petruzzelli, MPA – National Council for Behavioral Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D14 - Advanced Advocacy: Building Bipartisan Coalitions to Advance Policy
Catherine Finley – Thorn Run Partners; Michael Petruzzelli, MPA – National Council for Behavioral Health
Measurement, Outcomes and Quality
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
107 - 99 Percent Perspiration, 1 Percent Inspiration: Successful Measurement-based Care Launch
Mark Potter, MBA – Mirah; Joshua McKeever – Tri-City Health Center
Medical Team Summit
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
MTS1 - Improving Prescribing Practices: Florida’s Strategies and Outcomes
Bhagirathy Sahasranaman, MD – Henderson Behavioral Health
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
MTS2 - New Emerging Treatments: Are They Real Breakthroughs Are Just Another Fad?
Sandeep Kapoor, MD – Northwell Health; Sara Coffey, DO – University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine; Brian Allender, MD – Valley Cities Behavioral Health Care; Chuck Tepper – myStrength, Inc.; Carolyn Rekerdres, MD – East Texas Behavioral Health Network, North East Region; Ken C. Hopper, MD, MBA – The Hopper Group; Joseph Bona, MD. MBA – DeKalb Community Service Board
Monday, Apr 23
1:15 pm
MTS3 - Data with a Soul: Crisis Utilization as an Engine for System-wide Quality Improvement
Margie Balfour, MD, PhD – ConnectionsAZ, Inc.; Karena Cason
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
MTS4 - National Leaders Talk About Medical Leadership
Elinore F. McCance-Katz, MD, PhD – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Sally Satel, MD – Yale University School of Medicine
Monday, Apr 23
4:15 pm
MTS5 - Clinicians Engagement and a Healthy Organization: How to Recruit and Retain Psychiatrists
Patrick Runnels, MD – The Centers for Families and Children; Brian Allender, MD – Valley Cities Behavioral Health Care
Mental Health First Aid
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A15 - Mental Health First Aid for Health Care: Bring Mental Health First Aid to a Health System Near You
Mary A. Ditri, DHA, MA, CHCC – New Jersey Hospital Association; Karen Franchino, MSW, MPH – Kaiser Permanente; Betsy Schwartz – National Council for Behavioral Health; Bayley A. Raiz, MBA, LCSW, CPHQ – Providence Saint Joseph Health
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B15 - Accelerating the Impact of Population Approaches to Mental Health First Aid
Arthur C. Evans, Jr., PhD – American Psychological Association; Tramaine EL-Amin, MA – National Council for Behavioral Health; Sushma Sharma, PhD – Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation; Meagan van Harte, MA, MPA – NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
TLunch9 - Addressing the Opioid Crisis and Beyond: How Mental Health First Aid Can Help
Joe Parks, MD – National Council for Behavioral Health; Tom Hill, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health; Jennifer Cox, MA – Montgomery County Ohio Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services
Tuesday, Apr 24
3:45 pm
TTED2 - Uncovering The Human Equation: We are ALL 1 in 4
Michi Marshall – PROJECT 375, Inc.
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E13 - Mental Health First Aid and First Responders: Partners in the Fire, EMS and Law Enforcement Communities
Margie Balfour, MD, PhD – ConnectionsAZ, Inc.; Michael J. Allora, MAS, EFO, CFO – Clifton Fire Department; Bryan V. Gibb, MBA – National Council for Behavioral Health; James L. Cleek – Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
Organizational Excellence
Sunday, Apr 22
9:00 am
FD1 - Give the Presentation of Your Life! (SOLD OUT)
Gerry Sandusky – The Sandusky Group
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A18 - End Organizational Dysfunction
Scott Lloyd – MTM Services, LLC
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
111 - Increasing Client Engagement through the Use of Interactive and Mobile Technology
Matt Chamberlain – Welligent
Monday, Apr 23
12:30 pm
204 - Ready, Set, Activate! Why YOU Should Give a Darn About Person-centered Recovery Planning!
Amanda Saake, LMSW, CPRP – The Coalition for Behavioral Health, Inc.
Monday, Apr 23
12:30 pm
209 - Using Technology and Strategy to Impact Care for the Behavioral Health Patient in the Medical Emergency Department
Narkeya W. Byrd, LCSW – Atrium Health
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B10 - Innovation in Behavioral Health: Meet the Scattergood Innovation Award Finalists
Joe Pyle, MA – Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation; Meagan Corrado, DSW, LCSW – Storiez Trauma Narratives; Crystal Wyatt, LE – Ride and Rebuild, LLC; Linda Stalters, MSN – Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America; Kristina Saffran – Project HEAL; Jaime Mendoza-Williams, MSW, EdD – MindRight, Inc.
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B13 - Resistance Is Futile: Same Day Access Is Here to Stay!
Joy Fruth, MSW – MTM Services, LLC; Beratta Gomillion, MS – Center for Human Services
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C13 - How to Get Your Story in the Media
Aaron Cohen – Aaron Cohen PR LLC; Jayne O'Donnell – USA Today; Alison Kodjak, MS in Journalism – NPR News; German Lopez – Vox Media
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
304 - Communicating Value by Promoting Quality Improvement: Certification as a Vermont Care Partner Center of Excellence
Catherine E. Burns, PhD – Vermont Care Network; Simone Rueschemeyer, MS – Vermont Care Network
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
313 - Lessons Learned from Integrating Primary Care into a Behavioral Health Care Clinic 2012-2017
David Flomenhaft, LCSW, PhD – Mercy Medical Center's Behavioral Health Services
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:30 pm
414 - An Organization’s Incremental Journey Toward Whole Person Care: Practice Improvement in Real Life
Shannon Mong, PsyD – Telecare Corporation; Kent Eller, MD – Telecare Corporation
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D4 - Predictive Analytics: Big Data’s Arrival in Behavioral Health
Nina Marshall, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health; Gregory Gale, MD – Centene; Carol Duncan Clayton, PhD – Relias; Andrew Bertagnolli, PhD – Optum
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D11 - Social Media for Executives
Joy Burwell – National Council for Behavioral Health; Alicia Collin Aebersold – American Psychological Association
Sunday, Apr 22
8:00 am
HD1 - A Path to Value in a Value-based World (Ticket Required)
Kristin M. Woodlock, RN, MPA – Woodlock & Associates, LLC; Christine Zazzaro, MEd, LPC – Atrium Health; Wayne Sparks, MD – Atrium Health; Damara Gutnick, MD – Montefiore Hudson Valley Collaborative Performing Provider System
Practice Improvement
Sunday, Apr 22
9:00 am
FD1 - Give the Presentation of Your Life! (SOLD OUT)
Gerry Sandusky – The Sandusky Group
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A18 - End Organizational Dysfunction
Scott Lloyd – MTM Services, LLC
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
111 - Increasing Client Engagement through the Use of Interactive and Mobile Technology
Matt Chamberlain – Welligent
Monday, Apr 23
12:30 pm
204 - Ready, Set, Activate! Why YOU Should Give a Darn About Person-centered Recovery Planning!
Amanda Saake, LMSW, CPRP – The Coalition for Behavioral Health, Inc.
Monday, Apr 23
12:30 pm
209 - Using Technology and Strategy to Impact Care for the Behavioral Health Patient in the Medical Emergency Department
Narkeya W. Byrd, LCSW – Atrium Health
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B10 - Innovation in Behavioral Health: Meet the Scattergood Innovation Award Finalists
Joe Pyle, MA – Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation; Meagan Corrado, DSW, LCSW – Storiez Trauma Narratives; Crystal Wyatt, LE – Ride and Rebuild, LLC; Linda Stalters, MSN – Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America; Kristina Saffran – Project HEAL; Jaime Mendoza-Williams, MSW, EdD – MindRight, Inc.
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B13 - Resistance Is Futile: Same Day Access Is Here to Stay!
Joy Fruth, MSW – MTM Services, LLC; Beratta Gomillion, MS – Center for Human Services
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C13 - How to Get Your Story in the Media
Aaron Cohen – Aaron Cohen PR LLC; Jayne O'Donnell – USA Today; Alison Kodjak, MS in Journalism – NPR News; German Lopez – Vox Media
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
304 - Communicating Value by Promoting Quality Improvement: Certification as a Vermont Care Partner Center of Excellence
Catherine E. Burns, PhD – Vermont Care Network; Simone Rueschemeyer, MS – Vermont Care Network
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
313 - Lessons Learned from Integrating Primary Care into a Behavioral Health Care Clinic 2012-2017
David Flomenhaft, LCSW, PhD – Mercy Medical Center's Behavioral Health Services
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:30 pm
414 - An Organization’s Incremental Journey Toward Whole Person Care: Practice Improvement in Real Life
Shannon Mong, PsyD – Telecare Corporation; Kent Eller, MD – Telecare Corporation
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D4 - Predictive Analytics: Big Data’s Arrival in Behavioral Health
Nina Marshall, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health; Gregory Gale, MD – Centene; Carol Duncan Clayton, PhD – Relias; Andrew Bertagnolli, PhD – Optum
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D11 - Social Media for Executives
Joy Burwell – National Council for Behavioral Health; Alicia Collin Aebersold – American Psychological Association
Sunday, Apr 22
8:00 am
HD1 - A Path to Value in a Value-based World (Ticket Required)
Kristin M. Woodlock, RN, MPA – Woodlock & Associates, LLC; Christine Zazzaro, MEd, LPC – Atrium Health; Wayne Sparks, MD – Atrium Health; Damara Gutnick, MD – Montefiore Hudson Valley Collaborative Performing Provider System
Health Technology
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:30 pm
406 - Virtual Behavioral Health Integration: Improving Outcomes Through the Implementation of SMART Goals and Health Coaching for Patients Within Primary Care
Kate Rising, LPC – Atrium Health; Crystal Shirley, LCSW – Atrium Health
Crisis Response and Suicide Prevention
Sunday, Apr 22
9:00 am
FD4 - Comprehensive Suicide Care to Address Hard-to-Reach Populations (Ticket Required)
David Covington, LPC, MBA – RI International; Julie Goldstein Grumet, PhD – The Zero Suicide Institute, EDC; Mike Hogan, PhD – Hogan Health Solutions; Virna Little, PsyD, LCSW-R, SAP – Center for Innovation in Mental Health, City University of New York, School of Public Health and Health Policy; Richard McKeon, PhD – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Becky Stoll, LCSW – Centerstone; Caitlin Thompson, PhD – Cohen Veterans Network; Rick L. Strait, MS, LPC, CRDAC, CCDP, CGDC – Community Counseling Center
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
104 - ACT Now: Expanding an Assertive Community Treatment Program Using Telebehavioral Health
Dan Khebzou – InSight Telepsychiatry
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
106 - Missouri's Co-responder Approach to Individuals in Behavioral Health Crisis
Tara Crawford, MS – Missouri Coalition for Community Behavioral Healthcare
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C8 - Moving from Risk Assessment to the Person-centered Safety Assessment
Shari Sinwelski, MS/EdS – National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Mental Health Association of New York City; Jennifer J. Armstrong, LPC-MHSP – Centerstone; Bart Andrews, PhD – Behavioral Health Response; Kathryn VanBoskirk, MSW – LivingWorks Education
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
TLunch2 - Survivors of Suicide Attempts Support Group: An Intervention to Address the National Suicide Crisis
Lisa Davis, LCSW, PhD – Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services; Patricia S. Speelman, MA, LMFT – Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services; Melanie A. Hom, MS – Florida State University, Department of Psychology; Thomas E. Joiner, PhD – Florida State University
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
TLunch13 - Defining the Ideal Crisis System
Kenneth Minkoff, MD – ZiaPartners, Inc.; Christie Cline, MD – ZiaPartners, Inc.
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:30 pm
407 - Getting Familiar Faces to New Places: From ER to Treatment
Cindy Davis, RHIA – Missouri Coalition for Community Behavioral Healthcare; Natalie Fornelli-Cook, MS – Missouri Department of Mental Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
3:45 pm
TTL1 - From Columbine to Parkland: A Conversation About School Violence
John Santopietro, MD – Silver Hill Hospital; Harriet Hall, PhD – Jefferson Center for Mental Health; Steven Ronik, EdD – Henderson Behavioral Health, Inc.; Jim Adams, MDiv, TICPI – Geauga County Board of Mental Health and Recovery Services
Wednesday, Apr 25
9:00 am
WTL3 - Believe in Second Chances!
Kevin Hines – The Kevin & Margaret Hines Foundation
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E16 - Using Multiple Technologies to Engage People in Crisis
John Draper, PhD – National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Mental Health Association of New York City; Patricia S. Speelman, MA, LMFT – Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services; Heather Rae, MA, LLP – Common Ground; Anitha Iyer, PhD – Mental Health Association of New York City
Sunday, Apr 22
5:00 pm
Suicide: The Ripple Effect (Full Screening)
Monday, Apr 23
12:15 pm
Suicide: The Ripple Effect Documentary Panel Discussion
Kevin Hines – The Kevin & Margaret Hines Foundation; Greg Dicharry – Suicide The Ripple Effect - Documentary; David W. Covington, LPC, MBA – RI International Behavioral Health Link CrisisTech 360; Greg Van Borssum – GVB Mind Worriors; Matt Runnalls – Mindfull AUS
Wednesday, Apr 25
8:30 am
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide (Full Screening)
Monday, Apr 23
4:15 pm
MTED3 - This Is How It Feels: A Memoir - Attempting Suicide and Finding Life
Craig A. Miller
Public Policy
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D3 - Advancing Parity: State-level Strategies for Supporting Parity Implementation
David de Voursney – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Norah Mulvaney-Day, PhD – Truven Health Analytics, an IBM company; John Garrett, MS – State of Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner; Molly Lynch, Esq – New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C18 - Hill Day Talking Points Review
Rebecca Farley David, MPH – National Council for Behavioral Health; Chuck Ingoglia, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health; Michael Petruzzelli, MPA – National Council for Behavioral Health
Monday, Apr 23
4:15 pm
MTL1 - Town Hall with the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use
Elinore F. McCance-Katz, MD, PhD – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Wednesday, Apr 25
11:45 am
WGS1 - Insights on American Politics: What’s Ahead
Chuck Todd
Wednesday, Apr 25
12:30 pm
WGS2 - Closing General Session
Sunday, Apr 22
1:00 pm
HD5 - Hill Day Policy Institute - FREE
Michael Petruzzelli, MPA – National Council for Behavioral Health; Alfonso Guida, Jr., JD – Guide Consulting Services, Inc.; Rebecca Farley David, MPH – National Council for Behavioral Health
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B16 - Advocacy 101: A Beginner's Guide to Meetings with Lawmakers
Alfonso Guida, Jr., JD – Guide Consulting Services, Inc.; Michael Petruzzelli, MPA – National Council for Behavioral Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D14 - Advanced Advocacy: Building Bipartisan Coalitions to Advance Policy
Catherine Finley – Thorn Run Partners; Michael Petruzzelli, MPA – National Council for Behavioral Health
Special Populations
Sunday, Apr 22
8:00 am
HD3 - Innovative Services for Older Adults with Complex Care Needs (Ticket Required)
Nicole Cadovius, BS, MBA, MSM – National Council for Behavioral Health; Stephen J. Bartels, MD, MS – Dartmouth Centers for Health and Aging; Kenneth Coburn, MD, DrPH, FACP – Health Quality Partners; Diane Lotto, LCSW – CoveCare Center; Jodi McKay, LMSW – Niagara County Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services; Kameko Green, LMSW – Institute for Family Health
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
101 - Complex Members and Innovative Funding Solutions: The Comprehensive Community Health Program
Vicki Helland, MSW – Community Bridges Inc.; Gabriella Guerra, MSW – Community Bridges Inc.
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
108 - Dual Diagnosis Through Another Lens: Recovery Innovations and Challenges for People with Developmental Disabilities
Joe Zweig, PhD – Jawonio, Inc.; Jane Finan Mullin, LCSW-R – Jawonio, Inc.
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
MLunch8 - Mental Health Care for Older Adults: Creative Strategies to Meet a Growing Need
Nancy Harvey, MSW – Service Program for Older People, Inc.; Catherine Thurston, LCSW – Service Program for Older People, Inc.; Nicole Cadovius, BS, MBA, MSM – National Council for Behavioral Health
Monday, Apr 23
12:30 pm
203 - North Carolina Mobile Medication Program
Leigh Martin, MEd, LPC, NCC – Daymark Recovery Services; Kim Currin, MS, LCAS, CCS – Daymark Recovery Services
Monday, Apr 23
12:30 pm
206 - How Cultural and Linguistic Competence Can Help Reduce Disparities in Behavioral Health
Pierluigi Mancini, PhD, MAC, CCS, NCAC II – Multicultural Development Institute, Inc.
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:30 pm
409 - Meeting the Behavioral Health Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People
Jane Powers, MSW, LCSW – Fenway Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:30 pm
411 - Connecticut Behavioral Health Homes: Consumer Satisfaction with an Integrated Medical and Behavioral Health Model
Bonni Hopkins, PhD – Beacon Health Options; Kathryn E. Parr, PhD – University of Connecticut, DMHAS Research Division
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E15 - Street Medicine: Comprehensive Street-based Care for Unsheltered Homeless People
Liz Frye, MD, MPH – Mercy Care; Brenda Cibulas, APRN, BC, CGP – Mercy Care; Brett Feldman, PA-C – Lehigh Valley Health Network Street Medicine Program
Workforce, Management and Leadership
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
MLunch10 - Changing Your EHR: Best Practices for Picking and Transitioning to a New EHR
Jordan Oshlag, LICSW – Solutions in Behavioral Healthcare, LLC; Zachary L. Skelly – Solutions in Behavioral Healthcare, LLC
Sunday, Apr 22
9:00 am
FD3 - Work Smarter, Live Better (Ticket Required)
Joe Robinson – Optimal Performance Strategies
Sunday, Apr 22
9:00 am
SL - Seasoned Leaders
John (Jack) F. McCarthy, DBA – Boston University Questrom School of Business
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A16 - Get Your Organization Moving to Value with the Distinctiveness Wheel
Kristin M. Woodlock, RN, MPA – Woodlock & Associates, LLC
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A19 - From Boomers to Millennials: What They Want That We Don't Deliver
Mark Ishaug, MA – Thresholds; Thomas P. Britton, DrPH, CCS, ACS, LPC, LCAS – Gateway Foundation; Virna Little, PsyD, LCSW-R, SAP – Center for Innovation in Mental Health, City University of New York, School of Public Health and Health Policy; Jody Levison-Johnson, LCSW-C – National Council for Behavioral Health
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
109 - Informed, Engaged, Effective: Opportunities and Resources for Building a 21st Century Workforce for Addiction Services
Cynthia Moreno-Tuohy, NCACII, CDCIII, SAP – NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals; Melody Riefer, MSW – Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.
Monday, Apr 23
12:30 pm
202 - From Inception to Program Evaluation: Developing a Peer Response Team for Community Mental Health Center
Kate Fantozzi – Community Reach Center; Loretta Bozeman, MA, LMFT – Community Reach Center
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B17 - HR Trends and Solutions that Work!
Erik Marsh – DATIS HR Cloud; Vera Sansone, LCSW – CPC Behavioral Healthcare; Jerry Vagnier, MSSW – Helen Ross McNabb Center
Monday, Apr 23
4:15 pm
MTED1 - Empathy: Back to Basics to Address Today's Real World
Sandeep Kapoor, MD – Northwell Health
Monday, Apr 23
4:15 pm
MTL2 - Leading for Creativity and Results Under Stress, Uncertainty and Complexity
John (Jack) F. McCarthy, DBA – Boston University Questrom School of Business
Monday, Apr 23
4:15 pm
MTL3 - Mindlessness: The Corruption of Mindfulness in a Culture of Narcissism
Thomas E. Joiner, PhD – Florida State University
Monday, Apr 23
4:15 pm
MTL4 - Work Smarter, Live Better
Joe Robinson – Optimal Performance Strategies
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C11 - Employees Suing Employers: Are You at Risk?
Ronald Zimmet, Sr., JD – Zimmet & Zimmet
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C17 - Transformational Change Requires Transformational Leaders
David R. Lloyd – MTM Services, LLC
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
IGS1 - Spinning into Control: How to Use Personal Passion to Spark Enthusiasm in Your Workplace.
Christopher Coughlin, MHA – Atrium Health, Behavioral Health Service Line
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
TLunch12 - Cracking the Clinical Talent Code: Supervising and Coaching the Millennial Workforce to Improve Outcomes
Darin Carver, LCSW – Weber Human Services
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:30 pm
401 - The Integration of Primary Care and Behavioral Health Services in a Behavioral Health Setting: A PBHCI Model in South Texas
Clarissa Aguilar, PhD – The Center for Health Care Services
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D9 - The Risks of Inadequate Information
Ronald Zimmet, Sr., JD – Zimmet & Zimmet
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
IGS1 - Spinning into Control: How to Use Personal Passion to Spark Enthusiasm in Your Workplace.
Christopher Coughlin, MHA – Atrium Health, Behavioral Health Service Line
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E10 - The Founder: Franchising McDonalds and Recovery
Chuck Browning, MD – RI International; R. Joy Brunson Nsubuga, MA, LMFT, LCAS, CCS – RI International
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E18 - Presentation Transformation: How to change the Way You Approach Presentations and How Your Audience Feels About Them!
Gerry Sandusky – The Sandusky Group
Sunday, Apr 22
8:00 am
HD1 - A Path to Value in a Value-based World (Ticket Required)
Kristin M. Woodlock, RN, MPA – Woodlock & Associates, LLC; Christine Zazzaro, MEd, LPC – Atrium Health; Wayne Sparks, MD – Atrium Health; Damara Gutnick, MD – Montefiore Hudson Valley Collaborative Performing Provider System
Trauma-Informed Care
Sunday, Apr 22
8:00 am
HD2 - From Engagement to Activation Using a Trauma-informed, Wellness Approach (Ticket Required)
Karen Johnson, MSW, LCSW – National Council for Behavioral Health; Jeff Capobianco, PhD, LLP – National Council for Behavioral Health; Linda Henderson-Smith, PhD, LPC – National Council for Behavioral Health; Cheryl Sharp, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health; Joan Kenerson King, RN, MSN – National Council for Behavioral Health
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
MLunch1 - Big Successes in Trauma-informed Care
David J. Woodlock, MS – Institute for Community Living; Cheryl Sharp, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health; JoAnn Toney, LPN, CAC III – Mental Health Center of Denver
Monday, Apr 23
12:30 pm
208 - Organizational Programming Pilots for Vicarious Trauma Resilience in Clinicians
Karmen Thulin, MA – University of Denver, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, Mental Health Center of Denver
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B12 - Community Activation: A Wellness-oriented Trauma-informed Approach
Jeff Capobianco, PhD, LLP – National Council for Behavioral Health; Linda Henderson-Smith, PhD, LPC – National Council for Behavioral Health; Ashley Godwin – Ardmore Behavioral Health Collaborative
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C12 - Combining Best Practices: Trauma-informed Motivational Interviewing
Linda Henderson-Smith, PhD, LPC – National Council for Behavioral Health; Pam Pietruszewski, MA – National Council for Behavioral Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D10 - Building Persistence, Grit and Social Competence in Our Youth
Pamela Black, MA, MA – Trauma Sensitive Education, LLC, and National Council for Behavioral Health; Nicole Tschopp, LCSW-C – Baltimore City Public Schools; Chris Gaither, LCSW-C – Baltimore City Public Schools
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E9 - Understanding Resilience: The Missing Piece in Developing a Comprehensive Trauma-informed Care Approach
Anthony Salerno, PhD – National Council for Behavioral Health
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E11 - Trauma-informed Primary Care: Fostering Resilience and Recovery
Karen Johnson, MSW, LCSW – National Council for Behavioral Health; Winston F. Wong, MD, MS – Kaiser Permanente
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A11 - Connecting the Dots: Trauma and Addiction
Karen Johnson, MSW, LCSW – National Council for Behavioral Health; Nick Szubiak, MSW, LCSW – National Council for Behavioral Health; Cheryl Sharp, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health
Addictions and Co-Occurring Disorders
Sunday, Apr 22
9:00 am
FD5 - Cannabis Conundrums: Perspectives on Practice in a Shifting Landscape (Ticket Required)
John F. Kelly, PhD – Harvard Medical School Center for Addiction Medicine; Susan R.B Weiss, PhD – National Institute on Drug Abuse; Traci Fowler, MSW, CPS – New Hampshire Charitable Foundation; Linda J. Frazier, MA, RN, MCHES – Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.; Eric Haram, LADC – Haram Consulting LLC; Kate Frey – New Futures, Inc.
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
110 - An Evidence-based Approach to Maintaining Recovery and Reducing Recidivism Through a Technology Safety Net
Mimi Tarrasch, MS – Family & Children's Services; Christopher Wilkins, Sr., MHA – CHESS Health
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
MLunch2 - The SBIRT Evolution: A National Change Package for Adolescent Substance Use Prevention Practice Transformation
Teresa M. Halliday, MA – National Council for Behavioral Health; Ariel Peterson, MPH – Venice Family Clinic
Monday, Apr 23
12:30 pm
201 - Integrating SBIRT in the Mental Health Intake
Anna Cavanaugh, BA – Valley Cities Behavioral Health Care
Monday, Apr 23
12:30 pm
205 - Medication-Assisted Treatment and Innovative Programs in Criminal Justice
Michael C. C. White, MCJ – Community Medical Services
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B2 - Impacting the Addiction Continuum: Case Studies in Advancing a Prevention Agenda to Improve Outcomes Within and Beyond the Clinic Walls
Vincent Lafronza, EdD, MS – National Network of Public Health Institutes; Karen A. Reitan, MSW – Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago; Steven Ridini, EdD – Health Resources in Action; Maya Pack, MS, MPA – South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health; Amy Max, MPH – Center for Health Leadership and Practice, Public Health Institute; Katy Shea, MPH, CPS – John Snow Research & Training Institute, Inc.
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B3 - Innovations in Substance Use Treatment
Mark Stringer, MA, LPC – Missouri Department of Mental Health; Monica Bharel, MD, MPH – Massachusetts Department of Public Health; Brad Finegood, MA, LMHC – King County Behavioral Health and Recovery Division; Tom Hill, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C2 - State of the Science in Addiction Treatment
Marc Fishman, MD – Maryland Treatment Centers; Harold Kudler, MD – Veterans Health Administration; J. David Stiffler, MD – Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine; Frank Shelp, MD, MPH – Envolve Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
308 - Addressing Opioid Prescription and Addiction Treatment: Southcentral Foundation’s Relationship-based Approach
Shane Coleman, MD, MPH – Southcentral Foundation; Brian A. McCutcheon – Southcentral Foundation
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
310 - Zero Overdose: Applying the Zero Suicide Model to Address Risk of Overdose
Thomas McCarry, LMHC – The Institute for Family Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
311 - Can State Medicaid Policies Impact the Opioid Epidemic? A Tale of Two States
Mark Fuller, MD – Beacon Health Options of Pennsylvania; Lisa Kugler, PsyD – Beacon Health Options of Maryland
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
TLunch5 - Robust Recovery Supports in the Fight Against Opioid Overdose Deaths
Rebecca Starr, MBA, MSW – Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.; David Uhl, MPA – Recovery Café Network; Malory Shaughnessy, MPPM – Alliance for Addiction and Mental Health Services
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:30 pm
405 - Using PAX Good Behavior Game to Combat the Opiate Epidemic in Ohio
Angela Patchen, LISW – Wood County Educational Service Center
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:30 pm
413 - Behavioral Health Workforce Challenges in Medication-Assisted Treatment
Megan Dormond – National Council for Behavioral Health; Jeremy Attermann, LGSW – National Council for Behavioral Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D2 - A Conversation with the Giants in Addiction Treatment
Sara Howe – Illinois Association for Behavioral Health; Douglas Tieman – Caron Treatment Centers; Raymond V. Tamasi, MEd, LADC, LCSW – Gosnold on Cape Cod -- The Innovation Center
Tuesday, Apr 24
3:45 pm
TTED1 - What Really Matters With Psychoactive Drugs
Lloyd Sederer, MD – New York State Office of Mental Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
3:45 pm
TTL2 - If Addiction is a Disease, What Kind of Disease is it?
Sally Satel, MD – Yale University School of Medicine
Tuesday, Apr 24
3:45 pm
TTL3 - Alcohol: The Forgotten Killer
Omar Manejwala, MD, DFAPA, FASAM – Catasys
Wednesday, Apr 25
9:00 am
WTL1 - Now What? An Insider's Guide to Addiction and Recovery
William C. Moyers, BA – Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation; Alison Knopf – Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E3 - Opioid Epidemic: Little Talked About, Little Understood Topics that Can Save Lives
Patrick Gauthier – Advocates for Human Potential, Inc; Linda J. Frazier, MA, RN, MCHES – Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A2 - How States are Making Medicaid Work for SUD
Robert Kent, JD – New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS); Chuck Ingoglia, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health; Scott E. Taberner – Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services; Trisha R. Schell-Guy, JD – New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C19 - Clinical and Economic Considerations for a Medication-Assisted Treatment Option
Jeffrey A. Berman, MD – Medical Director, Department of Addiction Psychiatry, SOBA College Recovery; Raymond V. Tamasi, MEd, LADC, LCSW – Gosnold on Cape Cod -- The Innovation Center; Dwight C. Vaughter, LMSW, ACSW, CAADC, CCS-M – SHAR Inc.
Monday, Apr 23
4:15 pm
MTED2 - Safe Injection: The Idea that Doesn't Make Sense Makes Perfect Sense
Brad Finegood, MA, LMHC – King County Behavioral Health and Recovery Division
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
309 - Shared Decision-making Tool for Opioid Use
Cheryl Gagne, ScD – Center for Social Innovation
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C3 - Recovery Housing: A Place to Live that Supports Recovery
Matt Boggs, PR – Recovery Point West Virginia; David Sheridan – National Alliance for Recovery Residences; Vatreisha Nyemba, MPA – Cuyahoga Land Bank; Michael K. Doud, MSUS, MSSA – Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County; Tom Hill, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D3 - Advancing Parity: State-level Strategies for Supporting Parity Implementation
David de Voursney – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Norah Mulvaney-Day, PhD – Truven Health Analytics, an IBM company; John Garrett, MS – State of Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner; Molly Lynch, Esq – New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E1 - Workplace Learning: Using Technology to Improve Clinical Supervision
Beth A. Rutkowski, MPH – University of California, Los Angeles, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs; Nancy A. Roget, MS, MFT, LADC – University of Nevada, Reno, Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies, National Frontier and Rural Telehealth Education Center, Mountain Plains ATTC; Michael J. Chaple, PhD – National Development & Research Institutes, Inc.; Lela Hairston, MA, MSW – State of Delaware, Division of Developmental Disability Services
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C6 - Practical Strategies to Inspire and Manage Implementation of MAT
Kenneth Minkoff, MD – ZiaPartners, Inc.; Christie Cline, MD – ZiaPartners, Inc.
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C7 - Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health: Partners Addressing the Opioid Crisis
Valerie Westhead, MD – MTM Services, LLC; David Swann, MA, LCAS, CCS, NCC, LPC – MTM Services, LLC; Annie Jensen, LCSW – MTM Services, LLC
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D7 - Co-occurring in the Criminal Justice Population: Real World Solutions (Part One)
Christie Cline, MD – ZiaPartners, Inc.; Kenneth Minkoff, MD – ZiaPartners, Inc.
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E5 - Integrated Co-occurring MH/SUD and Criminal Involvement: Practical Steps for Implementation (Part Two)
Kenneth Minkoff, MD – ZiaPartners, Inc.; Christie Cline, MD – ZiaPartners, Inc.; Steve Leifman, JD – Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida
Monday, Apr 23
4:15 pm
Warning: This Drug May Kill You (Full Screening)
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
The Glass Castle Movie Panel Discussion
Joddi Jacobson, BA – Community Partners Integrated Healthcare; Jamie Green – Community Partners Integrated Healthcare
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
Heroin(e) (Full Screening)
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
Beyond the Silence (Full Screening)
Tuesday, Apr 24
5:00 pm
The Glass Castle (Full Screening)
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A11 - Connecting the Dots: Trauma and Addiction
Karen Johnson, MSW, LCSW – National Council for Behavioral Health; Nick Szubiak, MSW, LCSW – National Council for Behavioral Health; Cheryl Sharp, MSW – National Council for Behavioral Health
Workforce, Management and Leadership
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
MLunch10 - Changing Your EHR: Best Practices for Picking and Transitioning to a New EHR
Jordan Oshlag, LICSW – Solutions in Behavioral Healthcare, LLC; Zachary L. Skelly – Solutions in Behavioral Healthcare, LLC
Sunday, Apr 22
9:00 am
FD3 - Work Smarter, Live Better (Ticket Required)
Joe Robinson – Optimal Performance Strategies
Sunday, Apr 22
9:00 am
SL - Seasoned Leaders
John (Jack) F. McCarthy, DBA – Boston University Questrom School of Business
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A16 - Get Your Organization Moving to Value with the Distinctiveness Wheel
Kristin M. Woodlock, RN, MPA – Woodlock & Associates, LLC
Monday, Apr 23
10:30 am
A19 - From Boomers to Millennials: What They Want That We Don't Deliver
Mark Ishaug, MA – Thresholds; Thomas P. Britton, DrPH, CCS, ACS, LPC, LCAS – Gateway Foundation; Virna Little, PsyD, LCSW-R, SAP – Center for Innovation in Mental Health, City University of New York, School of Public Health and Health Policy; Jody Levison-Johnson, LCSW-C – National Council for Behavioral Health
Monday, Apr 23
12:00 pm
109 - Informed, Engaged, Effective: Opportunities and Resources for Building a 21st Century Workforce for Addiction Services
Cynthia Moreno-Tuohy, NCACII, CDCIII, SAP – NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals; Melody Riefer, MSW – Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.
Monday, Apr 23
12:30 pm
202 - From Inception to Program Evaluation: Developing a Peer Response Team for Community Mental Health Center
Kate Fantozzi – Community Reach Center; Loretta Bozeman, MA, LMFT – Community Reach Center
Monday, Apr 23
2:45 pm
B17 - HR Trends and Solutions that Work!
Erik Marsh – DATIS HR Cloud; Vera Sansone, LCSW – CPC Behavioral Healthcare; Jerry Vagnier, MSSW – Helen Ross McNabb Center
Monday, Apr 23
4:15 pm
MTED1 - Empathy: Back to Basics to Address Today's Real World
Sandeep Kapoor, MD – Northwell Health
Monday, Apr 23
4:15 pm
MTL2 - Leading for Creativity and Results Under Stress, Uncertainty and Complexity
John (Jack) F. McCarthy, DBA – Boston University Questrom School of Business
Monday, Apr 23
4:15 pm
MTL3 - Mindlessness: The Corruption of Mindfulness in a Culture of Narcissism
Thomas E. Joiner, PhD – Florida State University
Monday, Apr 23
4:15 pm
MTL4 - Work Smarter, Live Better
Joe Robinson – Optimal Performance Strategies
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C11 - Employees Suing Employers: Are You at Risk?
Ronald Zimmet, Sr., JD – Zimmet & Zimmet
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
C17 - Transformational Change Requires Transformational Leaders
David R. Lloyd – MTM Services, LLC
Tuesday, Apr 24
10:00 am
IGS1 - Spinning into Control: How to Use Personal Passion to Spark Enthusiasm in Your Workplace.
Christopher Coughlin, MHA – Atrium Health, Behavioral Health Service Line
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:00 pm
TLunch12 - Cracking the Clinical Talent Code: Supervising and Coaching the Millennial Workforce to Improve Outcomes
Darin Carver, LCSW – Weber Human Services
Tuesday, Apr 24
1:30 pm
401 - The Integration of Primary Care and Behavioral Health Services in a Behavioral Health Setting: A PBHCI Model in South Texas
Clarissa Aguilar, PhD – The Center for Health Care Services
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
D9 - The Risks of Inadequate Information
Ronald Zimmet, Sr., JD – Zimmet & Zimmet
Tuesday, Apr 24
2:15 pm
IGS1 - Spinning into Control: How to Use Personal Passion to Spark Enthusiasm in Your Workplace.
Christopher Coughlin, MHA – Atrium Health, Behavioral Health Service Line
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E10 - The Founder: Franchising McDonalds and Recovery
Chuck Browning, MD – RI International; R. Joy Brunson Nsubuga, MA, LMFT, LCAS, CCS – RI International
Wednesday, Apr 25
10:30 am
E18 - Presentation Transformation: How to change the Way You Approach Presentations and How Your Audience Feels About Them!
Gerry Sandusky – The Sandusky Group
Sunday, Apr 22
8:00 am
HD1 - A Path to Value in a Value-based World (Ticket Required)
Kristin M. Woodlock, RN, MPA – Woodlock & Associates, LLC; Christine Zazzaro, MEd, LPC – Atrium Health; Wayne Sparks, MD – Atrium Health; Damara Gutnick, MD – Montefiore Hudson Valley Collaborative Performing Provider System
Organizational Excellence/Practice Improvement
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