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