OPEN MINDS & Alera Health Announce Webinar On Building Sustainable Value-Based Care Performance In Pediatric Populations
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (September 19, 2026) –OPEN MINDS and Alera Health announced an upcoming webinar, “From Good Intentions To Automatic Action: Value-Based Care Success In Pediatric Populations,” to be held October 22, 2026, focused on the systems, workflows, and accountability structures needed to improve quality performance across clinically integrated provider networks serving pediatric and behavioral health populations.
The webinar will feature Nancy Jo Sutton-McLeod, LCSW, Executive Director of Network Operations at Alera Health, and Trish Smith, MPH, LPN, Executive Director of Network Performance at Alera Health. Sutton-McLeod manages quality and operations for two Arizona-based ONEcare clinically integrated networks, including value-based contracts and strategies to improve HEDIS performance. Smith works with pediatric practices on quality, compliance, workflow redesign, data utilization, and performance improvement.
Together, they will share practical strategies for identifying and closing care gaps, improving HEDIS performance, and creating consistent quality practices across multi-agency networks. Attendees will learn approaches for identifying care gaps before appointments, preparing staff and clinicians to discuss sensitive issues with consumers and families, using data to drive action, and establishing accountability across participating organizations.
The session will also examine how these strategies apply in pediatric and behavioral health settings, including examples from Children First of North Carolina (CFNC). The discussion will address child-focused HEDIS measures and the operational changes needed to make quality improvement sustainable across a network of organizations serving children and families.
“Success with value-based reimbursement depends on an organization’s ability to turn performance expectations into routine operating practices,” said Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer of OPEN MINDS. “That requires the right data, workflows, staff competencies, and accountability. The strategic challenge for executives is building those capabilities so that improving quality is not a separate initiative, but part of how care is delivered every day.”
The webinar comes as Alera Health continues to expand its ONEcare clinically integrated network model. ONEcare networks currently connect more than 100 provider organizations and 25,000 clinicians serving approximately four million health care consumers, including 450,000 individuals diagnosed with serious mental illness. Alera Health is expanding the network model in Indiana and Florida and plans to enter three to four additional states annually.
According to Alera Health, ONEcare network participants reduced inpatient utilization by more than 350,000 bed days and reduced medical expenditures by approximately 10.6% in 2024.
“Value-based care works when providers have the information, infrastructure, and shared accountability to act on opportunities to improve care before they become missed opportunities. Through ONEcare, we have seen what becomes possible when independent organizations align around common measures and use data to drive action across the network. This webinar is an opportunity to share what we have learned about making that approach work in practice.” said Mike Rhoades, Chief Executive Officer of Alera Health.
The webinar will be held October 22, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET. Registration information is available at: From Good Intentions To Automatic Action: Value-Based Care Success In Pediatric Populations.
Providers interested in learning more about Alera Health’s ONEcare network can contact Jessamine Buck, Senior Vice President of Network Development, at jbuck@alerahealth.com.
About Alera Health
Alera Health, a national leader in population health management and integrated care, works closely with healthcare payers, providers, and community partners to operationalize and manage high-performance ONEcare networks delivering comprehensive, inclusive, and informed whole-person care designed to improve health outcomes and reduce costs. Alera Health has extensive operational expertise in developing clinically integrated networks, population health analytics, care coordination technologies, and clinical quality improvement programs. Each ONEcare network is augmented by the Care Optimization Suite, which allows for real-time communication, referrals, and mobile patient engagement. With over 4 million managed lives across the US, ONEcare networks share resources and evidence-based practices to divert over 300,000 inpatient bed days annually while lowering 30-day readmission rates by over 50%. Learn more at www.alerahealth.com
Contact:
Jessamine Buck
Title: Vice President Network Development, Alera Health
Phone: 1-910-983-2191
About OPEN MINDS
OPEN MINDS is a national market intelligence, management consulting, and marketing services firm specializing exclusively in the high-needs consumer market—mental health, addiction treatment, cognitive disabilities, chronic health conditions, elder services, health-related social needs, and adjacent markets within the health and human service field. Its mission is to provide payers, service provider organizations, pharmaceutical, technology, and scientific firms that serve these consumers with the market and management knowledge needed to improve their organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Learn more at openminds.com.