Medicaid, Digital Medicine, & Integration Top The Agenda At Sold-Out OPEN MINDS 2015 Strategy & Innovation Institute In New Orleans

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (June 28, 2015) — OPEN MINDS, a leading health and human service market intelligence and management support firm, concluded the highly anticipated 2015 OPEN MINDS Strategy and Innovation Institute last week. Hundreds of the industry’s leading executives gathered in New Orleans, Louisiana for the sold-out event focused on the emerging financing models, service delivery methods, and technological innovations shaping the health and human service system.

Jeff Myers, President & CEO of Medicaid Health Plans of America, opened the institute with his presentation, “The Innovations In Medicaid Managed Care Shaping The Current & Future Market.” In the session, Mr. Myers provided a view of the Medicaid landscape, the changing role of health plans, and why risk sharing is the logical conclusion. For OPEN MINDS Circle coverage of this presentation, see Risk Sharing Is The Next New Thing.

The second day of the institute opened with a panel presentation, “Digital Medicine In U.S. Health Care: Payers Who Are Making It Work.” Panel members included Elizabeth Holden, Program Director, Commercial Products at UPMC Health Plan, Terri Cox Glassen, Director, Clinical Program Development at Cigna, and Mike Manocchia, Ph.D., Director & Senior Scientist at Cigna. The panel members discussed how their organizations are using consumer technologies and how these technologies have changed their relationships with consumers and provider organizations. For OPEN MINDS Circle coverage of this presentation, see Digital Medicine From The Payer Perspective.

The final day of the institute opened with a panel presentation by Daniel Fishbein, Ph.D., Vice President, Corporate Business Development at Jefferson Center for Mental Health, and Dennis Freeman, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer at Cherokee Health Systems. In their presentation, “What Makes Integrated Care Work? Perspectives From Organizations With A Successful Track Record,” the executives discussed their organizations’ paths to integration, the service delivery models they have created, how they work with payers under this model, and their advice for other providers considering how to expand their practice into primary care.

Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS closed the event with her plenary session, “Taking Innovation From Concept To Reality.” Ms. Oss addressed the importance of innovation to strategy, the challenges (both external and internal) in the innovation adoption cycle, and the key elements to make adoption and rapid implementation possible in your market and in your organization. For OPEN MINDS Circle coverage of this presentation, see From Strategy To Action.

In addition to the plenary speakers, the institute was led by executives from innovative provider organizations, influential payers and policymakers, and industry experts, including:

• Katie Arjes, MS, LBSW, CADC, Integrated Health Home (IHH) Supervisor, Black Hawk-Grundy Mental Health Center
• Jackie Fedash Beck, MS, LPCS, NCC, LCASPA, Medicaid Contract Manager, East Carolina Behavioral Health
• Claire R. Bohmann, M.Ed., Coordinator, Center for Clinical Excellence, Centerstone Research Institute
• William Bonfield, M.D., MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Optum Behavioral Solutions
• April D. Bragg, Ph.D., Vice President of Research Advancement, Centerstone Research Institute
• Jason Cagle, HIT Manager, Monarch
• Dimitrios Cavathas, LCSW-C, Vice President of Integrated Care and Development, People Encouraging People
• Dan Chateau, PhD, Research Scientist & Assistant Professor, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba
• Morgan Cole, Lead Health Policy Analyst, Behavioral Health Division, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
• Bruce Condit RN, BSN, CCM, Head of Behavioral Health Program Development, Aetna
• Andy Cooper, MSE, LPCC-s, Assistant Vice President, Community Counseling, OhioGuidestone
• Luke Crabtree, Chief Executive Officer, Project Transition
• Marta Durkin, MSW, Vice President, Behavioral Health, Liberty Resources, Inc.
• Cheryl Fisher, M.Ed., LPC, Sr. Director, Foster Care and Child Welfare, Cenpatico
• Chriss Flynn, Marketing Director, Mind Springs Health
• Elizabeth Gaynes, Executive Director, The Osborne Association
• Betsy Hardwick, LMSW, Chief Operating Officer & Program Administrator, ReEntry Project for Offenders with Special Needs, Professional Consulting Services
• Cal Hedigan, Deputy CEO, Community Access
• Jennifer S. Hibbard, LPC, Chief Executive Officer, View Point Health
• Rick Hoffmeister, BSN, RN, Health Homes Manager, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Division of Health Care Finance
• Tyler Jaeckel, Government Innovations Fellow, Denver Department of Finance, Office of the Deputy Mayor
• Lisa Kay, MSW, Clinical Operations Manager, Cigna
• Suzanne Kieltyka, RD, CDE, Health Education Manager, Summit Strategic Solutions
• Jeff Kirschner, MHSA, Executive Vice President, Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services
• Todd A. Landry, Executive Director, Lena Pope
• Peggy Lavin, LCSW, ACSW, DCSW, Senior Associate Director, The Joint Commission
• Pam Lester, RN, BSN, NCQA, PCMH, CCE, Clinical Project Manager, Iowa Medicaid Enterprise
• John S. Lyons, Ph.D., Senior Policy Fellow, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
• Bob Mann, RN, LSW, Administrator Of Mental Health Operations, Oklahoma Department of Corrections
• Aaron McHone, MBA, Executive Director, Unity Point Health – Berryhill Center
• Dale Meyer, President & CEO, People Encouraging People
• Charmaine Nalty, Chief Executive Officer, Therapeutic Living for Families
• Joseph P. Naughton-Travers, Ed.M., Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
• Bruce C. Nisbet, LMSW, DFNAP, President & CEO, Spectrum Human Services
• Cynthia Odom, Vice President, Marketing & Communications, Skyland Trail
• Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS
• Laureen Pagel, Ph.D., MS, CAP, Chief Executive Officer, Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare
• Lisa Palmer, M.P.H., Account Manager, Behavioral Health/Child and Youth Services, CARF, International
• Alysia Pascaris, Deputy CEO, Community Access
• William E. Reay, Ph.D., President & Chief Executive, OMNI Behavioral Health
• Brad Schlough, M.S., Director of Community Services, Journey Mental Health Center
• Sharon Sidell, Ph.D., Executive Director, Be Well Partners in Health, LLC
• John F. Talbot, Ph.D., Vice President of Integration Development, Jefferson Center for Mental Health, & Advisory Board Member, OPEN MINDS
• Edgar K. Wiggins, MHS, Executive Director, Baltimore Crisis Response, Inc.

The 2015 OPEN MINDS Strategy & Innovation Institute was powered by Askesis Development Group. In addition, the institute was sponsored by leading vendors in the health and human service field focused on serving complex consumers, including:

• AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions
• AlphaCM
• Care Management Technologies
• Centerstone Research Institute
• Cherokee Health Systems
• ClientTell
• Community Care Behavioral Health Organization
• Core Solutions, Inc.
• Credible Behavioral Health Software
• eCenter Research Inc.
• The Echo Group
• First NonProfit Group
• Genoa, a QoL Healthcare Company
• iCentrix
• Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA)
• Neuronetics
• Odyssey Software
• OnceLogix, LLC
• PharmBlue
• ProtoCall Services
• PsychU
• Qualifacts Systems, Inc.
• Relias Learning
• Senior Reach
• U Squared Interactive
• Unemployment Services Trust
• Utila
• Valant Medical Solutions
• Welligent

In addition to the 2015 OPEN MINDS Strategy & Innovation Institute, OPEN MINDS will host three additional institutes throughout the year as part of their executive development program. OPEN MINDS executive institutes have become the “go-to” meetings on business practices for executives of payer and provider organizations serving consumers with chronic conditions and complex support needs, including organizations focused on chronic care management, disability supports and long-term care, mental health services, addiction treatment, social services, intellectual and developmental disability supports, child and family services, juvenile justice, and corrections health care.

The OPEN MINDS annual institutes are intensive educational experiences that offer in-depth information on industry trends, as well as the knowledge required for health and human service executives to successfully manage their organizations. The events feature interactive sessions, case studies, and networking opportunities to ensure that attendees leave with new skills and information that can be readily implemented. The upcoming events remaining on the 2015 schedule include:

• The 2015 OPEN MINDS California Management Best Practices Institute: August 26-27, 2015 – San Diego Marriott Mission Valley, San Diego, California
  Learn more at https://www.openminds.com/california/

• The 2015 OPEN MINDS Executive Leadership Retreat: September 22-25, 2015 – Historic Gettysburg Hotel, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
  Learn more at https://www.openminds.com/leadership/

• The 2015 OPEN MINDS Technology & Informatics Institute: October 27-28, 2015 – Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.
  Learn more at https://www.openminds.com/technology/

The 2016 OPEN MINDS Strategy & Innovation Institute will return to the Sheraton (French Quarter) in New Orleans, Louisiana on June 8-9, 2016.

More information about the 2015 OPEN MINDS Executive Development Program can be found online at https://www.openminds.com/executive-education/.

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OPEN MINDS is the premier market intelligence and management support firm specializing in the sectors of the health and human service field serving consumers with chronic conditions and complex support needs. The mission of OPEN MINDS is to provide health and human service payers and provider organizations – and the organizations that serve them – with the market and management knowledge needed to improve their organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Learn more at www.openminds.com.

For additional questions and inquiries, please contact Tim Snyder, Vice President, Marketing, OPEN MINDS at 717-334-1329 or openminds@openminds.com.