AGENDA OVERVIEW

Integrating behavioral health and primary care

Presented by: HealthLeaders
Sponsored by: Amwell
10:00 - 11:05 AM EST


About the Session:

This session will focus on how to integrate behavioral health into primary care practices. Discussion topics could include training and supporting primary care physicians to provide behavioral health services, behavioral health screening in primary care practices, co-location of behavioral health clinicians in primary care practices, and how primary care practices can manage referrals of patients to behavioral health specialists.

Panelists:
Gena Carney, Director, Virtual Care - Ambulatory Services, Indiana University Health Gateway Plaza
Angela Kypriotis, MSW, LCSW, Director, Extended Care Teams, Allegheny Health Network
Jennifer Thomas, MD, Medical Director of Integrated Behavioral Health, Morris Hospital
Luke Raymond, Head of Strategic Business Unit, Health Systems, Amwell
Chris Cheney (Moderator), Senior Clinical Editor, HealthLeaders


Operating outpatient behavioral health programs

Presented by: HealthLeaders
11:10 - 12:10 PM EST

About the Session:

This session will focus on the keys to success in operating outpatient behavioral health programs. Discussion topics could include financing outpatient behavioral health programs, meeting staffing challenges, selecting services for programs, and operating partial hospitalization programs.

Panelists:

Tendai Masiriri, PhD, MS, MPA, LICSW, Director, Behavioral Health, South Puget Sound | Providence St. Peter & Centralia Hospitals
Doug Henry, PhD, Vice President, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Institute, Allegheny Health Network
Chris Cheney (Moderator), Senior Clinical Editor, HealthLeaders


Keys to success in operating inpatient behavioral health programs

Presented by: HealthLeaders
12:15 - 1:15 PM EST


About the Session:

This session will focus on the keys to success in operating inpatient behavioral health programs. Discussion topics could include financing inpatient behavioral health programs, meeting staffing challenges, selecting services for programs, and managing child versus adult patients.

Panelists:

Kelsey Smith, MBA, LICSW, Senior Director Case Management and Behavioral Health, Acute Care, Central Puget Sound
Sabrina Diffendaffer, MSN, RN, Manager Behavioral Health Unit, Swedish Ballard
Aaron McHone, Behavioral Health Service Line Operations Director, UnityPoint
Chris Cheney (Moderator), Senior Clinical Editor, HealthLeaders