The 2024 OPEN MINDS Performance Management Institute To Feature Keynote Presenters From Evernorth, Hazelden Betty Ford, & Optum

GETTYSBURG, PA (December 3, 2023)— February 13-15, 400+ health and human services executives will gather in Clearwater Beach, Florida for The 2024 OPEN MINDS Performance Management Institute, a premier event dedicated to performance optimization for organizations serving consumers with complex needs.

The institute will feature thought leaders throughout more than 25 sessions, two half-day best practice seminars, and a full-day executive summit. Attendees will learn practical and proven strategies for improving hybrid service delivery, cultivating payer relations, creating interoperability, developing service line sustainability, and more.

Featured presenters include:

• Keynote Presentation:  Becoming A Center Of Excellence: Navigating Challenges, Embracing Opportunities & Collaborating With Health Plans on Thursday, February 15^th. Featuring Robert Poznanovich, Chief Growth Officer, at Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation; Debra Nussbaum, Ph.D., LCSW, Senior Director Of Behavioral Health & National SUD Strategy Lead, at Optum; and Stuart L. Lustig, M.D., MPH National Medical Executive For Provider Partnerships, at Evernorth

Featured sessions include:

(view the full agenda at https://performance.openminds.com/agenda/

• Primary Care Evolution: Exploring The FQHC Model For Expansion; Featuring Pamela Tripp, Chief Executive Officer, at CommWell Health.
• Roadmap For Implementing Value-Based Payments; Featuring Bruce Eddy, Ph.D., Executive Director, and Theresa Reyes-Cummings, MPA, GPC, Deputy Director, at Jackson County Community Mental Health Fund.
• Best Practices For Enhancing Home & Community-Based Service Delivery For Seamless Operations; Featuring Jodina Hicks, J.D., President, at Volunteers Of America Of Pennsylvania, and Gwen Koenig, Director Of Strategic Growth, at The Omni Family Of Services.
• From Medicaid Dependency To A Thriving Commercial Book Of Business – Revenue Diversification For Growing Organizations; Featuring Rachel Jackson Chief Operating Officer, at Recovery Unplugged.
• Autism Treatment:  A Payer Perspective Discussion Session; Sponsored By Applied ABC.

The institute will also offer two best practice seminars on Wednesday, February 13:

• Getting To The Right Scale: The OPEN MINDS Executive Seminar On Growth Through Mergers, Acquisitions & Affiliations led by Ken Carr, Senior Associate, at OPEN MINDS.
• How To Build (& Succeed With) Value-Based Payer Partnerships: An OPEN MINDS Executive Seminar On Best Practices In Marketing, Negotiating & Contracting With Health Plans led by Christy Dye, MPH, Senior Associate, at OPEN MINDS.

Plus, the all-day The 2024 OPEN MINDS CFO Summit on February 14^th, 2024 featuring leaders from Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County, Cenikor Foundation, Citrus Health Network, Hillsides, Mainstay Life Services, and Victor.

Registration is now open for this premier summit at https://openminds.com/register-now-pmi2/.

Institute and Summit registration is an included benefit for partners and OPEN MINDS Circle Elite members. For more information on registration, sponsorship opportunities, or media inquiries, contact the Executive Education & Events team at 717-334-1329 or events@openminds.com.

Institute Partners:

• Premier Partners:  NephU, Netsmart, NextGen Healthcare, PsychU, Qualifacts
• Gold Partners: Alera Health (Formerly Blaze Advisors), ContinuumCloud, Core Solutions, Inc., Easterseals Midwest, Easterseals UCP – North Carolina & Virginia, LifeSkills, Otsuka Market Access, Project HOME, Streamline Healthcare Solutions, Volunteers Of America
• Affiliate Education Sponsors: 5e Analytics, Altruix Pharmacy, Augintel, Brightside Health, Carelon, Cantata Health Solutions, Carelon Behavioral Health, CCNY Inc., Eleos Health, eVero, Evernorth, Exym, Five Points technology Group, Genoa Healthcare, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, Health Information Management Systems (HiMS), Humana Healthy Horizons, i3 Healthcare Solutions, Inovalon, Integrative, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Millin Associates, Sigmund Software, The Bi Collaborative, Therapy Brands, Waypoint Interactive, ZMark Health

About OPEN MINDS

OPEN MINDS is a national market intelligence, management consulting, and marketing services firm specializing exclusively in the markets of the health and human service field that serve consumers with chronic conditions and complex support needs. OPEN MINDS mission is to provide payers, service provider organizations, and technology and scientific firms that serve these consumers with the market and management knowledge needed to improve their organizational efficiency and effectiveness.