Upcoming 2017 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute To Feature Molina Healthcare, Inc., New Directions Behavioral Health & Other Industry Thoughtleaders

Join OPEN MINDS in Long Beach, California on August 16-17, 2017 to hear best practices and ‘how to’ management strategies for sustainability

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (July 16, 2017) — OPEN MINDS announced the full faculty list for the upcoming 2017 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute. This year’s institute will feature keynote addresses from Mario San Bartolomé, M.D., M.B.A., M.R.O., FASAM, National Medical Director of Substance Use Disorders at Molina Healthcare, Inc. & Peggy DeCarlis, MSSA, LCSW-C, Senior VP, Chief Operating & Innovation Officer at New Directions Behavioral Health. This executive-focused, two day event will take place on August 16-17, 2017 at The Hilton Long Beach Hotel in Long Beach, California.

This year’s institute will feature two educational tracks on the evolving best practices and ‘how-to’ management tools needed for sustainability in a constantly changing behavioral health and human service market. With over 400 projected attendees, this event provides executives with the strategies and management tools needed to position their organizations for success in the turbulent market.

Mario San Bartolomé, M.D., M.B.A., M.R.O., FASAM, National Medical Director of Substance Use Disorders at Molina Healthcare, Inc. will deliver his opening keynote address to kick-off day one of the event. Dr. San Bartolomé is an Addiction Medicine specialist who is board certified in both Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine. Dr. San Bartolomé has leadership and health delivery experience in multiple levels of care related to substance use disorders including inpatient medical withdrawal management, residential treatment and outpatient treatment both in programs and in medical offices. As the Medical Director for Substance Use Disorders at Molina Healthcare, Inc., Dr. San Bartolomé´s focus is on aligning Molina’s strategy and to improve the organization’s ability to address member needs with all things related to substance use while moving forward initiatives to integrate behavioral health and physical medicine across the multiple vulnerable groups that Molina serves.

Peggy DeCarlis, MSSA, LCSW-C, Senior VP, Chief Operating & Innovation Officer at New Directions Behavioral Health will kick-off day two of the event with her opening keynote address. Ms. DeCarlis joined New Directions in 2010. She is responsible for clinical strategy, operations and innovations, and oversees account management and the Employee Assistance Program. Additionally, Ms. DeCarlis directs the company’s cross-functional Clinical Product and Innovation Steering Committee. Her experience in clinical innovation, national operations, large project implementation, strategic planning, organizational change, accreditation initiatives and account retention shapes her unwavering focus on our clients’ business goals and members’ clinical outcomes. Ms. DeCarlis works closely with various advocacy, professional, regulatory and trade associations on behalf of New Directions.

In addition to the keynote presentations, this year’s institute agenda will feature strategies and management tools executives need to position their organization for success from key health and human services thoughtleaders. Faculty will include OPEN MINDS senior team members, along with:

• Adam Bauer, Senior Manager, Life Sciences and Health Care, Deloitte Consulting LLP
• Carole Matyas, Vice President of Behavioral Health Operations, Wellcare
• Chris Reist, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the University of California, Irvine
• Clayton Chau, Regional Executive Medical Director for the Mental Health Network, St Joseph Hoag Health Providence St Joseph Health Southern CA Region, Orange County/High Desert
• Dawn S. Kingsley, MSHA, Vice President, Payer Contracting & Strategy, Centerstone America
• Dawn Vo-Jutabha, Ph.D., Chief Quality Officer, The Guidance Center
• Grayson Kelso, Data Architect, RCI
• Heather Rudolph, President, RCI
• Heidi Waters, Director of Outcomes Management, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies, U.S.
• Jegan Anandasakaran, Chief Information Officer, HealthRIGHT 360
• Joel Friedman, PhD, Director of Outpatient Services, Center for Family Guidance, PC
• Kristi Daugherty, Chief Executive Officer, Emergence
• Larry Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Grand Lake Mental Health Center, Inc.
• Peggy Chase, President & CEO, Terros
• Ravi Ganesan, President & CEO, Core Solutions, Inc.
• Rene Hurtado, Chief of Staff, Emergence
• Shauna Reitmeiter, MSW, Chief Executive Officer, Northwestern Mental Health Center

“Sustainability – securing sufficient resources to fulfill your organization’s mission without excessive dependence on any single funding source – is a challenge even during the best of times. And in a time of market disruption and new competition, a greater challenge than ever for executive teams,” said Monica E. Oss, chief executive officer of OPEN MINDS. “For executives who have been around the health and human service field for a while, there is surprising agreement that the past few years have the potential to derail provider organizations that have been around for decades, and this year’s election has only increased that potential for the years to come. Our goal is to help executives reinvent their strategies for sustainability to ensure their organizations will survive, and potentially thrive, in the years ahead.”

Part of this year’s expanded program will include a special new event to be held in conjunction with the institute in 2017 – The 2017 OPEN MINDS I/DD Executive Summit. This intellectual and developmental disability (I/DD) focused event will take place the day before the main institute program and will feature practical, cutting-edge ideas for success in today’s turbulent I/DD marketplace.

Early registration for The 2017 OPEN MINDS Management Best Practices Institute is recommended, as seating is limited. To register online or download a registration form, visit https://california.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; 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.

For additional questions and inquiries, please contact Sarah Threnhauser, Executive Vice President, OPEN MINDS at 717-334-1329 or openminds@openminds.com. And don’t forget to follow us on Twitter at @openmindscircle and follow our official institute hashtag #OMBestPractices for live social media coverage of the event.