Only 50 Seats Remain For The 2024 OPEN MINDS Strategy & Innovation Institute

Gettysburg, Pa. (April 28, 2024) —The 2024 OPEN MINDS Strategy & Innovation Institute is selling out quickly with only 50 remaining on-site registrations.

The three-day institute, taking place June 18-20 in New Orleans, will host over 400 health and human services leaders for a comprehensive look at new approaches for translating strategic vision into integrated, market-driven service portfolios.

Attendees will be immersed in three-days of networking and executive learning where industry leaders from top provider organizations and health plans will share proven methods of strategic analysis, new approaches to maximizing health plan partnerships, insights on the development of crisis systems and services, plus innovative ways to transform current service lines.

Featured keynote presentations include:

• The Future Of Private Equity In The Behavioral Health, Children’s Services & I/DD Market Space, featuring Eric Strickland, Chairman & Founder, 3LS Ventures; Steven Mason, Managing Partner, Empactful Capital; and Ben Ross, Director, Growth & Partnerships, Seven Hills Capital.
• Next Generation Whole-Person Care: Behavioral Health As Primary Care featuring Dawn Zieger, MPH, Vice President, Department Of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, Geisinger.
• Taking New Ideas To Scale: The Key To Success Is Innovation featuring Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS

The institute will also feature two half-day seminars, two full-day executive summits, and the all-new OPEN MINDS Investment Pitch Day:

• Creating Growth Strategies To Maximize Revenue & Scale: The 2024 OPEN MINDS Best Practice Marketing Seminar, featuring Nicole Garris, Executive Vice President and Christy Dye, MPH, Senior Associate at OPEN MINDS.
• Building A Stronger Brand & Reputation – Best Practice Brand Management: The 2024 OPEN MINDS Seminar, featuring Nicole Garris, Executive Vice President and Rob Hickernell, Executive Vice President, OPEN MINDS.
• The 2024 OPEN MINDS MA&A Summit, featuring leaders from Avondale Partners, CareSource, Easterseals UCP North Carolina & Virginia, Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center, Stone Street Capital, and VersiCare Group.
• The 2024 OPEN MINDS Children’s Services Executive Summit, featuring Array Behavioral Care, Jewish Family & Children’s Services, LifeSkills, Inc., and Mental Health America.
• The 2024 OPEN MINDS Investment Pitch Day will feature variety of unique solutions to the high-needs consumer marketplace. Each of which is looking to accelerate their growth through strategic investments and partnerships. The event will be hosted by Jonathan Evans, Operating Partner at Empactful Capital, Senior Associate at OPEN MINDS, and former Chief Executive Officer of innovaTel Telepsychiatry.

Featured institute sessions include:

• Finding Health Plan Opportunities In A Crowded Market: Best Practice Market Research, featuring Sean Schreiber, Chief Operating Officer, Alliance Health Plan; Kathie Green, Vice President, Payer Growth & Strategy, Lifestance Health, Inc.; and Mike O’Connor, Director Of Business Development, New Hope Treatment Centers, Inc.
• Stay Ahead: 2024 Payer Insights & Trends Uncovered, featuring Manuel Arisso, President, Direct Care Services, Carelon Behavioral Health.
• Housing As Health Care – Addressing The Housing & Homelessness Crisis Through Braided Funding & Housing Supports, featuring Dr. Michael Franczak, Director Of Population Health Services, Copa Health; Rob Rogers, Chief Executive Officer & President, Volunteers Of America Southeast; Tiffany Villines, MPA, Director, Carelon Behavioral Health.
• Getting The Value From Value-Based Care – Moving From Data To Action, featuring Jamie Pothast, Vice President Of Crisis Services, Community Bridges, Inc.
• Strategically Positioning Your Organization For Financial Sustainability & Growth, featuring Deb Steinke, Chief Financial Officer, Volunteers Of America Minnesota & Wisconsin; Traci Brown, Chief Financial Officer, Metropolitan Human Services District.

View the full agenda of events at https://strategy.openminds.com/agenda/

Limited onsite registrations are still available at https://openminds.regfox.com/the-2024-open-minds-strategy-innovation-institute. Select sessions will also be livestreamed for virtual attendees.

In addition to learning opportunities, the institute will also feature a variety of networking opportunities including the exclusive Chief Executive Officer Luncheon, and Chief Marketing, Business Development & Strategy Officer Networking Luncheon on Thursday, June 20th, for OPEN MINDS Circle Market Intelligence Service Members.

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 edeppen@openminds.com.

Institute Exhibitors:

Alera Health (Formerly Blaze Advisors), Armory IT, Cantata Health Solutions, CapGrow Partners, Carelon Behavioral Health, ContinuumCloud, Core Solutions, Inc., Exym, Genoa Healthcare, AxiomEHR, i3 Healthcare Solutions, Inovalon, Limbic, Netsmart, NextGen Healthcare, Qualifacts Behavioral Health, SimiTree, Streamline Healthcare Solutions, ZMark Technology

Institute Partners:

• Premier Partners:  Core Solutions, NephU, Netsmart, PsychU, Qualifacts
• Gold Partners: Alera Health (Formerly Blaze Advisors), Easterseals Midwest, Easterseals UCP – North Carolina & Virginia, LifeSkills, Project HOME, Volunteers Of America
• Partners: 5e Analytics, Altruix Pharmacy, Augintel, Brightside Health, Cantata Health Solutions, Carelon Behavioral Health, CCNY Inc., Continuum Cloud, Eleos Health, Evernorth, Exym, Five Points Technology Group, Genoa Healthcare, Hartman Executive Advisiors, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, Aviom powered by Health Information Management Systems, i3 Healthcare Solutions, iCareManager, iCentrix Analytics, Inovalon, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Mend, NextGen Healthcare, Optum, Owl, SimiTree, Streamline Healthcare Solutions, The BI Collaborative, Therapy Brands, Vista Care, 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.