RIDING THE ROLLER COASTER OF CHANGE:

Behavioral Health in Transition

 

January 20, 2012
New York City

 

Conference Highlights:

 Speaker Biographies »

 

«  Our keynote speaker, Chuck Ingoglia, Vice President, Public Policy at the National Council talked about the federal environment.

 Chuck Ingoglia's Presentation »

 

Our State representative Gregory Allen, Director, Division of Financial Planning and Policy, New York State Department of Health talked about State initiatives.  »

  Greg Allen's Presentation »

 

 

«  William Fishbein, Executive Director of OptumHealth the NYC Behavioral Health Organization discussed BHO implementation plans.

 William Fishbein's Presentation »

 

Facilitator and Moderator for the Day:

 

Our facilitator and moderator for the day was Arthur Webb, a longtime former healthcare official, both in government and the private sector. He is the founder of ArthurWebbGroup, offering public policy and strategic advice, management services, and operational improvements to health care providers primarily in New York State.

 

 

 

Our afternoon presenters included a Health Plan panel represented by:

 

Maura Bluestone, President and CEO - Affinity Health Plan and Tom Early, CEO and Exec. Dir. - Health Plus

 

 

Christopher Wang, MD, MPH, Medical Director, VP Clinic Services and Behavioral Heatlh - Fidelis Care and Doug Wirth, CEO - AmidaCare

 

 

A Health Homes panel represented by:

 

Peter Campanelli, PysD, President and CEO, Institute for Community Living / Coordinated Behavioral Care, Inc.

 

 

 

Catherine M. Abate, President and CEO, Community Healthcare Network

 

 

 

Madeline Rivera, VP Care Management, Maimonides Medical Center

 

 

 

Samual Shutman, VP Managed Care and Business Development, Bronx Lebanon

 

 

 

Amy Dorin, LCSW, Senior VP Behavioral Health for F.E.G.S. / Coordinated Behavioral Care, Inc.

 

 

 

Henry Chung, M.D., VP and Chief Medical Officer, Care Management Company, Montefiore Medical Center

 

 

 

 

 

Neil Pessin, VP Community Mental Health, Visiting Nurse Service of NY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumers Response to all these changes.

 

Carton Whitmore, Assistant Director, NYC DOHMH Office of Consumer Affairs

 

 

 

 

Angela Hebner, Project Coordinator, Health Homes Educational Initiative, Baltic Street AEH, Inc.

 

 

 

 

Patricia Feinberg, M.S., Peer Educator, The Coalition of Behavioral Heatlh Agencies

 

 

 

Pamela Solomon, Family to Family, Peer to Peer Coordinator, NAMI-NYC Metro