OPEN MINDS CEO, Monica E. Oss, Kicks Off ASAP Annual Conference September 11
Gettysburg, Pa. (September 5, 2023) — Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer for OPEN MINDS, will open the 24th Annual Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers of New York State (ASAP) Conference on September 11, with her session, “New Challenges Demand New Approaches: Reimaging Our Responses to Ensure that Our Organizations and Services Get Stronger”, focused on new market drivers, sustainability challenges, and growth opportunities in the coming years. The session will be followed by an executive workshop, “The Leadership Challenge – Reimaging Our Organizations in a Changing Health & Human Service Landscape” covering key leadership challenges and the competencies to develop leadership success.
“The market has changed. Consumer expectations, competitors, payer expectations, a workforce crisis, and emerging technologies are all challenging service providers. A plan for the future of our service infrastructure must be developed to ensure stability and sustainability. Ms. Oss will set the tone for the conference by helping us to reimagine our business and service strategies—using innovation as a catalyst for change,” said John J. Coppola, Executive Director for ASAP.
OPEN MINDS Senior Associate, Dee DeWitt will be leading two, preconference sessions – “New Workforce Challenges Demand New Approaches: Reimagining Our Responses to Strengthen Our Workforce” and “New Business & Program Challenges Demand New Approaches: Reimagining Our Responses to Build Organizational Sustainability”. Mr. DeWitt will also deliver two workshops on Monday, September 11, as next steps on these topics for conference attendees.
“Executive teams for organizations need to be ready to lead their teams with a focused strategy centered on sustainability,” said Ms. Oss. “Sustainability strategies require organizations to address service lines, health plan partnerships, workforce challenges, and technology plans that focus on the strengths and opportunities. We hope to instill in the conference attendees the need to address these areas now to be prepared for the future.”
The 24th Annual ASAP Conference will take place September 11 through the 13, with a preconference institute on September 10. The conference is designed for persons interested in effective substance use disorder and problem gambling prevention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction services. ASAP conference attendees are a mix of program administrators and directors, clinical staff and other professionals from local, state and federal organizations.
Monica E. Oss, M.S. is the founder of OPEN MINDS and serves as its chief executive officer, executive editor of its publications and web sites, and executive lead of its consulting engagements. For the past three decades, Ms. Oss has led the OPEN MINDS team and its research on health and human service market trends and its national consulting practice. She is well known for her numerous books and articles focused on the strategic and marketing implications of the evolving health and human service field – and its focus on the verticals of the field serving consumers with chronic conditions and complex support needs.
Dee DeWitt has extensive experience as a consultant and corporate leader in the healthcare field. Mr. DeWitt brings over 28 years of experience in healthcare finance and operations, M&A, use of technology, strategic planning, and change management in healthcare organizations to OPEN MINDS as a Senior Associate.
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.
About ASAP
ASAP represents the interests of the largest substance use disorders service delivery system in the United States. Through advocacy at the state and federal levels, ASAP champions the urgent message that addiction is a public health issue that, with adequate resources, can be effectively addressed. ASAP offers professional development, program development, technical assistance, and community education to strengthen and increase access to prevention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction services. ASAP serves as a catalyst for cross systems collaboration with public health, mental health, criminal justice, juvenile justice, child welfare, and social services, policy makers and service providers. We represent the field on numerous policy development and implementation work groups with a regional, statewide and national focus.