Thoughtleaders From Ochsner Health System, Northwell Health Solutions & Northwestern University Headline 2016 OPEN MINDS Strategy & Innovation Institute
Gettysburg, PA (April 10, 2016) — OPEN MINDS has confirmed that executives from Northwell Health and Ochsner Health System will lead a team of innovative faculty at the upcoming 2016 OPEN MINDS Strategy & Innovation Institute. The institute will be held on June 8-9, 2016 at The Sheraton (French Quarter), New Orleans, Louisiana. The 2016 OPEN MINDS Strategy & Innovation Institute is a two-day event focused on helping executives leverage emerging innovations to gain the strategic advantage and build adaptable organizations. This year’s meeting is focused on helping organizations serving complex consumers link emerging innovations to strategy – and develop a sustainable position in a disruptive market.
To lead the institute agenda, OPEN MINDS has assembled members of its expert consulting team and innovative industry thought leaders who are who will share their experiences with exciting innovations that are shaping the health & human service market.
The institute will open with a keynote presentation, “The Strategic Path To Health System Sustainability: Lessons From Northwell Health” delivered by Kristopher L. Smith, M.D., MPP, Vice President & Medical Director, Northwell Health Solutions. In his keynote address, Dr. Smith will discuss the Northwell roadmap to sustainability – from starting their own insurance operation, to building a care management organization, to developing their own population health management tools.
Philip Oravetz, M.D., Medical Director, Accountable Care, Ochsner Health System, will deliver the keynote presentation, “Taking Risks, Finding Rewards: The Ochsner Accountable Care Organization Strategy” to open the second day of the institute. Dr. Oravetz will discuss Ochsner’s current population health management initiatives, where they are headed in the future, and how community-based provider organizations fit into that picture.
In addition, the institute will be led by a prestigious team of faculty, including:
- Paul R. Beatrice, President & CEO, Bluegrass.org
- Mitchell Berdie, Psy.D., Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
- Alyssa Brown, Health Policy Analyst, Office of Health Services, Behavioral Health Division, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Kathleen Clay, Health Home Director, Hudson River Healthcare, Inc.
- David E. Cook, MSW, LICSW, Chief Executive Officer, Zumbro Valley Health Center
- Peggy DeCarlis, MSSA, LCSW-C, Senior Vice President & Chief Innovation Officer, New Directions Behavioral Health
- Grace Dempster, Executive Vice President, Pennsylvania IDD Division, Resources for Human Development
- Jean Drees, Executive Director, Marketing & Community Affairs, Harbor Behavioral Health
- Amy Gallagher, Psy.D., Vice President, Whole Health, LLC, a subsidiary of Mind Springs Health, Inc.
- Marco Giordano, Chief Financial Officer, Resources for Human Development
- Linda Grove-Paul, LCSW, Vice President of Recovery and Innovation, Centerstone
- Deborah L. Heggie, Ph.D., Chief Clinical Officer, Magellan Healthcare
- Sharon Hicks, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
- Robert Q. Kreider, President & CEO, Devereux
- Ben Marsh, Board Member, Monarch & Friends of Club Horizon
- Deceil Moore, LCSW, NADD-CC, Director of Connxxions, Meridian Health Services
- Joseph P. Naughton-Travers, Ed.M., Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
- Melissa Odorzynski, PharmD, MPH, Vice President, Marketing & Strategy, Genoa, a QoL Healthcare Company
- Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS
- Jessie J. Peters, MSN, FNP-BC, Director of Medical Integration, Spectrum Healthcare Group, Inc.
- Steve Ramsland, Ed.D., Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
- Dyann Roth, MS, Chief Executive Officer, Resources for Human Development
- Tom Sebastian, MS, MPA, President & CEO, Compass Health
- Timothy Snyder, Jr., Vice President, Marketing, OPEN MINDS
- James Stewart, Chief Administrative Officer, Grafton Integrated Health Network, & Advisory Board Member, OPEN MINDS
- Peggy Terhune, Ph.D., President & CEO, Monarch
- Andrew F. Vitullo, Executive Director, BioCare Recovery
- Kenneth R. Weingardt, Ph.D., Scientific Director, Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies & Professor, Northwestern University
More information on The 2016 OPEN MINDS Strategy & Innovation Institute, including faculty biographies, a complete institute agenda, and information about sponsors, exhibitors and attending organizations can be found online at: https://strategy.openminds.com/.
Online registration for the 2016 OPEN MINDS Strategy and Innovation Institute is now available to executives of health and human service organizations at https://strategy.openminds.com/register/.
OPEN MINDS is a national strategic advisory firm specializing in the sectors of the health and human service industry serving individuals with complex support needs: mental health; addiction treatment; children and family services; intellectual and developmental disabilities; chronic disease management; long term care; social services; correctional health care, reentry and diversion; and juvenile justice.
Founded in 1987 and based in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the 75+ associates believe by providing the latest market intelligence and management best practices to organizations serving the health and social support needs of the most vulnerable consumers, those organizations will be better able to provide efficient and effective services. Learn more at www.openminds.com.
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