This shift away from traditional fee-for-service reimbursement models to value-based reimbursement (VBR) has turned “business as usual” on its head for many specialty provider organizations. It has forced executive teams to continue their current operations, while simultaneously implementing new services, technology, and data-driven systems that are necessary for VBR success. New or redesigned services linked to quality outcomes need to be built, negotiated and piloted. Technology that drives outcomes and creates operational efficiencies needs to be identified, funded, and implemented. And a culture of using data to ensure standardized, results-oriented outcomes across the organization must be built. Provider organizations need to move from an understanding of the key competencies required in the VBR model to tactical initiatives for implementing the talent, technology, and systems that deliver quality and value. This executive seminar is designed to help organizations across the country implement the competencies and tactics for value-based contracts. In the seminar, executive teams of provider organizations will:

• Confirm that the foundational components of infrastructure needed for VBR are in place
• Identify how to move from service value concepts linked to VBR to discussions with payers and implementation of new VBR services
• Implement approaches to realigning their service model to ensure success in a value-driven market

Provider organizations serving children with complex support needs and youth in underserved communities are seeking to develop innovative programs and models of care that integrate behavioral health support services with educational needs. However, these young people often end up in a no-win situation in which either treatment or education is put first to the detriment of the other.

With the current focus on social determinants of health, how are provider organizations keeping pace with the changing market to ensure the focus on education and the focus on treatment sit side-by-side? Join us for discussions about the opportunities and ongoing challenges facing the children’s services market in this summit.

Executives will discuss innovations in school-based service delivery, the intersection between education and health care funding, and evolving payment models that could systemically address these challenges in the future.

 

Agenda:

• 10:00am – 10:30am: Introduction and Overview: Whose Money Is It Anyway? The Intersection Of Education & Health Care Funding
  • Speaker: Sharon Hicks, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
• 10:30am – 11:15am: Funding For School Based Children’s Health Services: The New York Approach
  • Speaker: Andrea Smyth, Executive Director, NYS Coalition For Children’s Behavioral Health
• 11:15am – 12:30pm: Intensive Behavioral Services In A School Setting: Innovations With An MCO County/Private Partnerships
  • Speakers:
    • Tamra Williams, Ph.D., Deputy Chief Clinical Officer Of Children’s Services, Community Behavioral Health (CBH)
    • Olga Price,Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Prevention & Community Health at George Washington University and Director of the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
    • Katy Stinchfield, MS, LPC, Senior Program Manager, School-Based Health Alliance
• 12:30pm – 1:00pm: Lunch on your own
• 1:00pm – 1:45pm: Public Private Partnerships-Funding The Behavioral Health Needs Of Children
  • Speaker: Derek S. Allen, MA ACTP- Executive VP COO-Starr Commonwealth
• 1:45pm – 2:45pm: “There Is No Box”: Creating An Innovative Approach To Bridging The Gap Between Academic, Behavioral Mental Health Services For Children
  • Speakers:
    • Jeremy D. Butler, Director of Community Initiatives, ICAN
    • Kristen Rasmussen, Chief Operating Officer, ICAN
    • Steven Bulger, CEO / Executive Director, ICAN
• 2:45pm – 3:00pm: Break
• 3:00pm – 4:00pm: School-Based Services: Forecasting The Future
  • Executive Roundtable featuring all presenters

In the current environment of changing consumer expectations and new financial models, one essential skill that all executives need to master is the ability to evaluate and modify current services as well as to develop new services to meet the challenges in the changing market including being more financially viable and relevant to consumers. In this exciting session, we will review everything you need to know about developing a new service line starting with analyzing your current service lines to determine strategic options for diversification. Executive attendees will learn how to:

• Create a structured approach for selecting new services for your organization while ensuring they are financially sustainable
• Develop a costing model for launching new services
• Create a structured service line feasibility analysis and development process