The Payer’s Summit on Behavioral Health Management
The Payer's Summit on Behavioral Health Management
Meet Your Co-Chairs:
| Ken Phenow, M.D., M.P.H. Chief Medical Officer Scott and White Health Plan |
| Duke Ruktanonchai, M.D. Behavioral Health Medical Director Scott and White Health Plan |
Faculty Interview
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Peter Currie, PhD Medical Services, Clinical Director of Behavioral Health Inland Empire Health Plan |
| Dr. Peter Currie tells how his plan makes use of population health techniques to identify risk factors and initiate early intervention. | |
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Each year, 1/5 American adults experience mental illness. The statistics supporting the need for improved access to behavioral health services are both staggering and well known. Legislation supporting access to behavioral health services, such as the Parity Act, has been in place now for years. But plans continue to be cited for non-compliance and patient advocates report disappointment in Parity follow through, demonstrating the fact that plans still have a long way to go in the behavioral health space.
In order to truly improve population health and treat the whole patient, behavioral health must be a priority for care teams. Health plans need strategies in place to support access to care for their members and to improve the quality of their behavioral health networks. In its 2nd year, the Payer’s Behavioral Health Management Summit convenes industry leaders to share best practices in achieving the triple aim in their behavioral health programs. Topics of discussion at this year’s program include:
- Understanding the Parity Act, developing strategies to ensure compliance, and increasing member satisfaction
- Building a strong behavioral health network of providers within the confines of limited access to in-network psychiatrists
- Integrating telehealth into behavioral health strategy to improve access to care in acute care and rural settings
- Creating more flexible cost efficient continuums of services while improving outcomes
- Reducing readmissions and treatment costs with team-based care programs
- Implementing an integrated care model to improve quality of care and early identification of behavioral health needs while reducing costs
- Achieving ROI with an integrated program
- Developing quality measures of integration
- Analyzing reimbursement strategies for integrated care
- Exploring carve-in and carve-out models in an integrated world
New This Year!
- Take an in-depth look at Parity regulation and the ACA
- Hear from Intermountain Healthcare about maintaining integration long-term and achieving significant ROI
- See how UPMC Health Plan used community-based care teams to address the needs of members with SMI and reduce readmission rates
- Learn how Inland Empire Health Plan utilizes population health techniques to increase early intervention for members with Autism and Substance Use Disorders
- Examine how Carolinas Health system leverages telepsychiatry to reduce sitter time and costs, and increase access to care in rural communities
Featured Speakers
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