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Monday May 2, 2005
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7:15 am
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11:30 am - 12:15 pm
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
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12:30 pm - 12:35 pm
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| Chair, Day One: Opening Remarks |
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Irvin L. Muszynski J.D.
Director,
Office of Healthcare Systems & Financing American Psychiatric Association
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12:35 pm
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- Discuss the costs of behavioral health to the nation
- Demonstrate the use of evidence based behavioral health
- What are some best prevention and best practice behavioral health initiatives?
- How do we create incentives that drive cost-effective mental health services?
- How does wellness and health promotion fit into the agenda?
- Examine how to optimize preparedeness, planned behaviors, resiliency and mitigate adverse mental health responses in the workplace
- How does government shape direction for economic research in behavioral health?
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| Moderator |
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Ronald Leopold M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H.
Vice President, National Medical Director
MetLife Disability
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| Panelists |
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Sandra Foote
Senior Advisor
Chronic Care Improvement, Center for Medicare Management
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Junius Gonzales M.D.
Acting Director, Division of Services & Interventional Research
National Institute of Mental Health
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Alisa Morris
Legislative Aide Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
Office of Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA)
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Jonathan B. Perlin M.D., Ph.D.
Acting Under Secretary for Health,Department of Veterans Affairs
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1:30 pm
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- What are current barriers to adopting costeffective mental health practices?
- Discuss ways to address these barriers
- Screen medical populations for behavioral health conditions that have gone undetected
- Demonstrate how purchasers can improve mental health outcomes
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2:30 pm
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3:00 pm
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- Define what is "evidence-based behavioral health"
- Determine how behavioral health interventions are measured for effectiveness
- Measure the gaps between evidence-based behavioral health, benefit design, and behavioral health care currently delivered--What’s known, what’s covered, and what’s delivered
- Discuss how health care services and benefits can be designed to create systems that close gaps between the research base and practice
- What "drivers" or "incentives" can be used to encourage healthcare purchasers and healthcare providers to embrace and implement the delivery of cost-effective behavioral services?
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Robert M. Kaplan Ph.D.
Editor-in-Chief Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Chair
Department of Health Services
University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health
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| Panelists |
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Howard H. Goldman M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Director of Mental Health Policy Studies
University of Maryland
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Alex Rodriguez MD
Chief Medical Officer
Magellan Behavioral Health Services
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Bonnie Spring Ph.D., ABPP
Professor of Psychology
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chair, Evidence Based Behavioral Medicine
Society of Behavioral Medicine
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4:00 pm
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- Evaluate the return on investment potential of properly designed behavioral health programs
Examine the return on investment potential of properly designed pharmacy benefits
- Demonstrate the importance of having a welldesigned, comprehensive behavioral health strategy that integrates health and behavioral health benefits, pharmacy benefits, EAP programs, disability and wellness components
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Lloyd Sederer M.D.
Executive Deputy Commissioner for Mental Hygiene, The City of New York
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| Panelists |
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Alan Axelson M.D.
Medical Director, Behavioral Health
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
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Thomas Carli M.D.
Medical Director,
Partnership Health,
Professor of Psychiatry,
University of Michigan
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Kathryn M. Rost PhD
Professor
Department of Family Medicine
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center at Fitzsimons
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Steven Sharfstein M.D., M.P.A.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Sheppard Pratt Health System
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5:00 pm
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5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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