VP, Product Development, Public Sector Behavioral & I/DD Services
Optum
Mike has over 30 years of professional experience in public sector health care, serving as a health/ social service policy advisor and speechwriter for two Kansas Governors; 12 years of experience in State government focusing on special needs offenders, Medicaid, behavioral health, foster care, I/DD, and aging. Following his State service, he served as Executive Director of a large behavioral health provider trade association for 13 years, overseeing two subsidiaries as well as a provider-sponsored Medicaid managed care plan. Mike has also served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, providing subject matter expertise to States, providers, and federal contractors for behavioral health services for 15 years.
Sunday, October 13
9:45 AM – 10:45 AM