NYAPRS Note: This year’s NYAPRS Annual Conference will features over 70 presentations covering a number of timely topic areas or tracks. Here’s our program track on Behavioral Health and Managed Care below.
Registration and Conference materials for NYAPRS 30th Annual Conference are now online! See below or at our website at http://www.nyaprs.org/conferences/annual-conference/index.cfm for full details of our conference program schedule.
Behavioral Health & Managed Care
Wednesday, September19 – 1:15PM-2:30PM
WORKSHOP # 104 Health Homes: What Are They and What Will They Mean to You
Harvey Rosenthal, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
Wednesday, September19 – 2:45PM-4:00PM
WORKSHOP # 114 Managing Outcomes & Efficiencies… and Beyond: The Emerging Role of BHOs
James Gavin, MSW, Community Care Behavioral Health, Pittsburgh, PA
Thomas Lane, Magellan Health Services, Columbia, MD
Bill Fishbein, PhD, MBA, NYC BHO Program, OptumHealth, New York, NY
Richard Sheola, Public Sector Division, ValueOptions, Boston, MA
Clarence Jordan, ValueOptions, Memphis, TN
Adele Gorges, The New York Care Coordination Program, Inc., Rochester, NY (invited)
Moderator: Harvey Rosenthal, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
Thursday, September 20 – 9:00AM-10:15AM
WORKSHOP # 121 New York’s Health Homes: A Progress Report
Greg Allen, MSW, NYS Department of Health, Albany, NY
Robert Myers, PhD, NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY
Edye Schwartz, DSW, NYAPRS, Mahopac, NY
Thursday, September 20 – 11:30AM-12:45PM
WORKSHOP # 130 Managed Care for Behavioral Health: What Lies Ahead
Margaret Leonard, MS, RN-BC, FNP, Hudson Health Plan, Tarrytown, NY
Karen Nelson, MD, Maimonides, New York, NY
Joyce Wale, NYC Health & Hospitals Corp, New York, NY
Jonas Waizer, FEGS, New York, NY
A Representative from Health First (invited)
Thursday, September 20 – 2:30PM-3:45PM
WORKSHOP # 138 Can Behavioral Health Organizations Improve Services?
Harvey Rosenthal, NYAPRS, Albany, NY
Thursday, September 20 – 4:00PM-5:15PM
WORKSHOP # 149 Promoting Community Participation: Peer Support, Self-Determination, and Wellness
Thomas Lane, CRPS, Magellan Health Services, Columbia, MD
Friday, September 21 – 9:00AM – 10:15PM
WORKSHOP # 159 Integrating Physical Health Into Recovery Plans
Lyndra Bills, MD, MBA, Community Care Behavioral Health Organization, Pittsburgh, PA
Conference Announcement &
On-Line Registration http://www.nyaprs.org/conferences/registration/index.cfm
New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services
Proudly presents our
30th Annual Conference
Keeping the Integrity in Integration
At the Hudson Valley Resort & Conference Center
Kerhonkson, NY
September 19-21, 2012
Our Keynote Speakers
Paolo del Vecchio, MSW Acting Director, Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA, Washington, DC
Chris Hansen, BSW, CQSW, NZASW, ELMP, Shery Mead Consulting, Plainview, NH
Michael Hogan, PhD, NYS Office of Mental Health, Albany, NY
Keris Myrick, MBA, PhD.c, Project Return Peer Support Network, Commerce, CA
Additional Speakers:
John Allen, Jr., NYS Office of Mental Health Albany, NY
Ann Rider, MSW, CPRP, Recovery Empowerment Network, Phoenix, AZ
Tom Hill, Faces and Voices of Recovery, Washington, DC
Joe Powell, Association of Persons Affected by Addiction, Dallas, TX
Dennis Romero, SAMHSA Region II Administrator, New York, NY
Dawn Bauman, United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association, McLean, VA
Lauren Spiro, MA, Vanguard Communications, Kensington, MD
Laurie Curtis, MA, CPRP, Advocates for Human Potential, Middlesex, VT
Darby Penney & Cathy Cave, Advocates for Human Potential, Albany, NY
Livia Davis, MSW, CSWM, Center for Social Innovation, Needham, MA
Chyrell Bellamy, PhD, MSW, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Lloyd Sederer, MD Medical Director, NYS Office of Mental Health
New York, NY
A special viewing of the award-winning film
Kings Park: Stories from an American Institution
and discussion led the film’s director and former Kings Park resident Lucy Winer