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More Details on March 29-30 NYAPRS Annual Executive Seminar: The Change of a Lifetime

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

NYAPRS Note: We’re very pleased to share with you more presenter and workshop details about our upcoming March 29-30 NYAPRS Annual Executive Seminar, The Change of a Lifetime. The program is packed with opportunities to learn breaking news about the great changes to come in our world and to give input to policy makers and to our broader community. NYAPRS and Crowne Plaza registration materials will be up by mid-week at www.nyaprs.org: stay tuned!

 

The NYAPRS Collective Presents

NYAPRS 8th Annual Executive Seminar on System Transformation

The Change of a Lifetime

 

Crowne Plaza  State and Lodge Streets, Albany, NY

March 29-30th, 2012

 

Program Schedule      Day 1

March 29, 2012

 

8:45am      Opening Remarks:  

Harvey Rosenthal, Executive Director, NYAPRS, Albany, NY

Edye Schwartz, DSW, Director for System Transformation, Carmel, NY    

 

9:00 am    Morning National Keynote Panel

John O’Brien, Senior Advisor for Health Care Financing, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, SAMHSA, Rockville, MD

Ron Manderscheid, Executive Director, National Association of County Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities Directors

Chuck Ingoglia, MSW, Vice President Public Policy, National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare

 

10:30am   Break

 

10:45am - 12noon

State Agency Panel & Q/A         

Michael Hogan, PhD. Commissioner, NYS Office of Mental Health

Courtney Burke, Commissioner, NYS OPWDD (invited)

Jason Helgerson, NYS Medicaid Director

 

12noon -1:15 Lunch

 

1:30pm - 3:15pm Health Homes Update & Panel

Greg Allen, Director, Program Development and Management, Office of Health Insurance Programs, NYS Department of Health, Albany, NY
Robert Myers, PhD., NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY

Jonas Waizer, PhD., Chief Operating Officer, F.E.G.S. Health and Human Services Systems, New York, New York.

Pamela Brier, President and CEO, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Moderator: Edye Schwartz, NYAPRS

 

3:15pm     Break

 

3:30pm      Workshops Round I  

    • Mergers & Acquisitions

Michael Stoltz, Executive Director, Clubhouse of Suffolk, Ronkonkoma, NY (invited)

Alan M. Weinstock, President & CEO, PSCH, Inc, Flushing, NY

Dorothy Cucinelli, PhD., CEO, ClearView Center, Inc., Albany, NY

    • Raising the Bar for Employment

John B. Allen, Jr., special Assistant to the Commissioner, NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY

TBD, NYS Department of Labor

Chacku Mathai, Associate Executive Director, NYAPRS, Rochester, NY

c. Peer Services: Balancing Increased Demand and Integrity

Steve Miccio, Executive Director, PEOPLe, Inc., Poughkeepsie, NY

Isaac Brown, Chief Executive Officer, Baltic Street AEH Inc., Brooklyn, NY

Maura Kelly, Director of Mental Health Peer Connection, Western NY Independent Living, Buffalo, NY

TBD 

 

5:00 pm    Closing

Program Schedule     Day 2

March 30th, 2012

 

8:15 am    Opening Remarks    

 

8:30 am - 9:15 am   Opening Plenary: State Plan Waivers & Options

Bruce Feig, Consultant, Albany, NY

Bruce Darling, Executive Director, Center for Disability Rights, Inc., Rochester, NY

Harvey Rosenthal, Executive Director, NYAPRS, Albany, NY

 

9:20am -   Behavioral Health Organizations Panel and Q&A

James Gavin, President, Community Care, Pittsburgh, PA

Jennifer Tripp, VP Program Innovation, Magellan Health Services

Bill Fishbein, Executive Director, NYC BHO Program, Optum Health

Richard Sheola, President, Public Sector Division, ValueOptions

Adele Gorges, NY Care Coordination

Moderator: Harvey Rosenthal, Executive Director, NYAPRS

 

10:30am   Break

 

10:45am   Managed Care Organizations Panel and Q&A

                   Maura Bluestone, President and CEO, Affinity Health Plan, New York, NY

                   Sanjiv Shah, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Fidelis Care NY (invited)

                   Pat Celli, CEO, United Healthcare Community & State

                   TBD, Emblem Health, New York, NY

                   Moderator: Ilene Margolin (invited)

 

12:00noon Workshops Round2

Increased Roles for Supportive Housing

Antonia Lasicki, J.D., Executive Director, Association for Community Living

Ted Houghton, Executive Director, Supportive Housing Network of NY

Joe Woodward, Executive Director, CASC, Housing Options Made Easy, Inc.

Transforming Current Program Models for Managed Care

Deborah Donahue, Executive Director, Onondaga Case Management Services, Syracuse, NY

Amy Kohn, Chief Executive Officer, MHA Westchester, White Plains, NY

Joyce Wale, Senior Assistant Vice President, NY City Health & Hospitals Corporation, Office of Behavioral Health (invited), New York, NY 

Edye Schwartz, DSW, Director for System Transformation, Carmel, NY, Moderator 

Ensuring and Expanding Rights Protection

Valerie J. Bogart, Director, Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program Selfhelp Community Services, Inc., New York, NY (invited)

Trilby DeJung, Senior Staff Attorney, Public Benefits & Health Unit,  Empire Justice Center, Rochester, NY (invited)

Shena Elrington, Director, Health Justice, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, New York, NY

Harvey Rosenthal, Executive Director, Albany, NY

 

1:15 pm   Thanks and Farewell