Monday, March 19

 

10:00 – 11:00 a.m.     

Registration

 

11:00 – 12:00 p.m.     

Opening Remarks and Initiative Overview

• Rachel Wick, Senior Program Officer, Blue Shield of California Foundation - slides

• Julie Slay, Head of Evaluation Services, Arabella Advisors

 

12:00 – 1:15 p.m.       

Lunch

 

1:15 – 2:45 p.m.         

Lifting up Promising Innovations, Celebrating Successes and Reflecting on Lessons Learned - session notes

 

2:45 – 3:00 p.m.         

Break

 

3:00 – 4:30 p.m.         

Creating Value Propositions to Sustain Behavioral Health Integration

• Jeremy Cantor, Senior Consultant, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. - slides and notes

 

4:30 – 5:00 p.m.         

Break

 

5:00 – 6:00 p.m.         

Reception

 

 

Tuesday, March 20

 

8:00 – 9:00 a.m.         

Breakfast

 

9:00 – 9:15 a.m.         

Overview of Day 2: Policy as a Tool for Transformation

• Rachel Wick, Senior Program Officer, Blue Shield of California Foundation - slides

 

9:15 – 10:30 a.m.       

Strategies to Promote Collaboration between Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans and County Mental Health Plans

• Kimberly Lewis, Managing Attorney, National Health Law Program (NHeLP) - slides and report

 

10:30 – 10:45 a.m.     

Break

 

10:45 – 12:00 p.m.     

Strategies to Promote Collaboration between Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans and County Mental Health Plans (cont.)

• Katrina Connolly, Public Policy Consultant, Blue Sky Consulting Group - slides

• Matthew Newman, Partner, Blue Sky Consulting Group

 

12:00 – 1:10 p.m.       

Lunch

 

1:10 – 1:40 p.m.         

Implementing the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System Waiver in California

• Marlies Perez, Division Chief, Substance Use Disorder Compliance Division, California Department of Health Care Services - slides

 

1:40 – 2:50 p.m.         

Panel: Implementing the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System Waiver in California

• Allie Budenz, Associate Director of Quality Improvement, California Primary Care Association (CPCA) - slides

• Elizabeth Stanley-Salazar, Project Manager, California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions (CIBHS) - slides

• Kiran Savage-Sangwan, Health Integration Policy Director, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN) - slides

 

2:50 – 3:15 p.m.         

Looking Forward: The Future of the Field of Behavioral Health Integration

 

3:15 – 3:30 p.m.         

Evaluation and Adjourn

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