Limited Seats Remain For The 2024 OPEN MINDS Performance Management Institute!

Gettysburg, Pa. (December 17, 2023) —The 2024 OPEN MINDS Performance Management Institute is selling out quickly with only 50 remaining on-site registrations. 400 health and human services leaders will gather for this event in Clearwater Beach, Florida from February 13-15 for a comprehensive look at strategies to optimize performance in organizations serving consumers with complex needs.

The institute will offer attendees three-days of learning and networking opportunities where industry leaders from top provider organizations and health plans will present in more than 25+ engaging sessions. Speakers will share new approaches for improving hybrid service delivery, cultivating payer relations, creating interoperability, developing service line sustainability, and more.

Executive attendees will have the opportunity to learn from other industry leaders who have successfully created innovative, metrics-based approaches to improving outcomes and organizational performance.

On Tuesday, February 13, the institute will kick-off with two best-practice seminars:

• Getting To The Right Scale: The OPEN MINDS Executive Seminar On Growth Through Mergers, Acquisitions & Affiliations
• How To Build (& Succeed With) Value-Based Payer Partnerships: An OPEN MINDS Executive Seminar On Best Practices In Marketing, Negotiating & Contracting With Health Plans

The seminars will be followed by the grand opening of the exhibit hall which will feature beverages with hors d’oeuvres from 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm ET.

Wednesday, February 14, will begin with David Guth, Chief Executive Officer, Centerstone for his keynote presentation The Challenges Of & Opportunities For National Multi-State Non-Profit Specialty Provider Organizations: The C-Suite Perspective.

In addition to the institute agenda, Wednesday will also feature The 2024 OPEN MINDS CFO Summit, featuring leaders from Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County, Cenikor Foundation, Citrus Health Network, Inc., Hillsides, Mainstay Life Services, and Victor. This summit will provide expert insights through presentations and case studies of CFOs who are creating solutions to some of the most challenging issues facing provider organizations.

Then on Thursday February 16, the day starts with keynote speakers Denise Heybrock, LCPC, Assistant Vice President, AON Hewitt; Stuart L. Lustig, M.D., MPH, National Medical Executive For Provider Partnerships, at Evernorth; Debra Nussbaum, Ph.D., LCSW, Senior Director Of Behavioral Health & National SUD Strategy Lead, Optum; and Robert Poznanovich, Chief Growth Officer, at Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation for their panel presentation Becoming A Center Of Excellence: Navigating Challenges, Embracing Opportunities & Collaborating With Health Plans.

 Additional featured sessions at The 2024 OPEN MINDS Performance Management Institute:

• Best Practices For Enhancing Home & Community-Based Service Delivery For Seamless Operations
  Featuring Jodina Hicks, J.D., President, at Volunteers Of America Of Pennsylvania; Gwen Koenig, Director Of Strategic Growth, The Omni Family Of Services
• Roadmap For Implementing Value-Based Payments
  Featuring Bruce Eddy, Ph.D., Executive Director, and Theresa Reyes-Cummings, MPA, GPC, Deputy Director, The Community Mental Health Fund
• Bridging The Behavioral/Physical Health Gap: Leveraging Whole Person Care Models For Improved Care
  Featuring Shar Najafi-Piper, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, Copa Health; Gagan Singh, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, and Blythe FitzHarris, Ph.D., LSCW, Chief Clinical Officer, at Mercy Care AZ.
• From Medicaid Dependency To A Thriving Commercial Book Of Business – Revenue Diversification For Growing Organizations
  Featuring Rachel Jackson, Chief Operating Officer, Recovery Unplugged
• Autism Treatment:  A Payer Perspective Discussion Session, sponsored by Applied ABC
  Featuring Stuart Buttlaire, Ph.D., MBA, Regional Director Of Behavioral Health & Addiction Medicine, Kaiser Permanente; Tiffany Hodges, Associate VP, ABA/Autism, Optum Behavioral Health Solutions, Yagnesh Vadgma, President & COO, HAI-CA & MHS of CA, VP, Clinical Care Services Autism, Magellan Health

Limited onsite registrations are still available at openminds.com/register-now-pmi2/. Select sessions will also be available for virtual attendees.

In addition to learning opportunities, the institute will also feature a variety of networking opportunities including an exclusive Chief Executive Officer Luncheon, and Chief Financial Officer Networking Lunch on Thursday.

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

Institute Exhibitors:

5e Analytics, Alera Health (Formerly Blaze Advisors), Altruix Pharmacy, CapGrow, CCNY, ContinuumCloud, Core Solutions, Inc., Evernorth, Genoa Healthcare, Health Information Management Systems (HiMS), i3 Healthcare Solutions, iCentrix, Netsmart, NextGen Healthcare, Qualifacts Behavioral Health, QiFolio, Streamline Healthcare Solutions, Therapy Brands, ZMark Health

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, Cantata Health Solutions, Carelon Behavioral Health, CCNY Inc., Eleos Health, Evernorth, eVero, 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.