With California Market In Transformation, 300+ Health & Human Service Executives Sign-On For August Institute On Organizational Sustainability & Reinvention

OPEN MINDS Expands August’s California Management Best Practices Institute; Additional 100 Seats Now Available

Gettysburg, PA (July 22, 2016) — OPEN MINDS announced an additional 100 registrations are now available on a first come, first serve basis for The 2016 OPEN MINDS California Management Best Practices Institute. This executive-focused event, which will be held in San Diego, California on August 24-25, 2016, is projected to have 300 health and human service processionals in attendance.

Now in its third year, this highly-anticipated event features a brand new program specifically designed to help executives prepare their organizations for the system challenges facing the health and human service market. Two full days of information-packed workshops and discussion sessions aim to give the organizations in attendance all the tools they need to develop a sustainable business model that is built for long-term success in California.

Headlining the agenda is a series of keynote speakers offering insights into innovative models and sustainable strategies for a changing market:

• Learn about innovative strategies to increase consumer access to care with Deb Adler, Senior Vice President, Network Strategy, Optum Behavioral Health in her opening keynote session – “Using Technology To Improve Consumer Access: Optum California’s Investment In Telemental Health Initiatives”
• Learn about emerging treatment technologies with our panel of digital health executives in our town hall panel – “The Future Of Health Care Technology: A Town Hall Discussion With Digital Health Executives” – featuring Eve Phillips, Co-Founder & CEO, Empower Interactive, Inc.; Anupam Khandelwal, Chief Executive Officer, SageSurfer; Corey McCann, M.D., Ph.D., Founder & CEO, Pear Therapeutics; Steve Ramsland, Ed.D., Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
• Learn about successful integrated service delivery models with our panel of provider organization executives in our town hall panel – “How Do You Develop & Manage An Integrated Primary Behavioral Health Practice: Lessons Learned From Executives Who Are Making It Work” – featuring Ken Bachrach, Ph.D., Clinical Director, Tarzana Treatment Centers; Daniel Fishbein, Ph.D., Vice President, Corporate Business Development, Jefferson Center for Mental Health; Dennis Freeman, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, Cherokee Health Systems
• Learn how to incorporate these innovations into a sustainable business model with Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS in her closing keynote, “Building Your Bicycle While Riding It: How To Overcome The Challenges To Innovation In Serving Complex Consumers”

In addition, the information-packed agenda features a variety of sessions designed to give new insight into developing a sustainable business model and the best practices to reinvent organizations for long-term success, including:

• Strategic Planning For Sustainability: A Step-By-Step Model For Executive Teams
• The Changing Landscape Of Children’s Services In California: The Challenges & Opportunities Presented By Katie A. & The Continuum Of Care Reform
• California’s Mental Health System: The Shifting Role Of Counties & Future Of Service Delivery In California
• Navigating The Challenges Of Serving Individuals With Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities: A Discussion Of The Transitioning California Market
• The Health Integration Meeting: A Concrete Example Of Integration Between Behavioral Health & Primary Medical Care
• Diversifying Your Revenue Streams: How To Successfully Launch A New Service Line
• Expanded Coverage For Addiction Treatment: Finding The Opportunities With The Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System
• Optimizing Your Business Development Budget: How To Develop A Focused Plan For New Contracts
• Does Measuring Performance Change Outcomes? Moving To Metrics-Based Management

Industry leaders that will be making Knowledge Partner presentations as part of the institute program agenda include:

• Core Solutions, Inc.
• Welligent
• Valant

The agenda also features several networking events in the event exhibit hall, which will host some of the industry’s leading vendors, including:

• Relias Learning
• U Squared Interactive
• Askesis Development Group
• California Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies
• CapGrow Partners, LLC
• Credible Behavioral Health Software
• Care Management Technologies
• The Echo Group
• InnovaTel Telepsychiatry
• Netsmart
• PharmBlue LLC
• Scioto
• Streamline Healthcare Solutions

More information about The 2016 OPEN MINDS California Management Best Practices Institute, including faculty biographies and a complete institute agenda, can be found online at https://california.openminds.com/. Seating is limited for this event and registrations will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis. To register online or download a registration form, visit https://california.openminds.com/register/.

OPEN MINDS is a national strategic advisory firm specializing in the sectors of the health and human service industry serving individuals with complex support needs: mental health; addiction treatment; children and family services; intellectual and developmental disabilities; chronic disease management; long term care; social services; correctional health care, reentry and diversion; and juvenile justice.

Founded in 1987 and based in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the 75+ associates believe by providing the latest market intelligence and management best practices to organizations serving the health and social support needs of the most vulnerable consumers, those organizations will be better able to provide efficient and effective services. Learn more at www.openminds.com.

For additional questions and inquiries, please contact Angela McDonald, Marketing Manager, OPEN MINDS at 717-334-1329 or info@openminds.com.