Mental Health Innovations Conference
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Presentations
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Report MN Health Plan Data on Mental Health Services, Donna Zimmerman, VP Government and Community Relations, HealthPartners, and Glenn Andis, Senior VP Government Programs, Medica Panel 1
Panel 2
Making it Work For Everybody, Sara Rosenbaum, JD, Hirsch Professor and Chair, Dept. of Health Policy, School of Public Health, George Washington University Panel 3
Panel 4
Is the Mental Health System Working: Implementing Best Practices and Evaluation of Outcomes, Monica Oss, M.S., Chief Executive Officer and Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS |
Wednesday, February 6
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Earle Brown Heritage Center
Brooklyn Center, MN
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Registration fee: $135. A limited number of scholarships are available for consumers of mental health services and their family members. Scholarship application is available in the registration form.
In Minnesota, we are making major strides in improving our mental health system as a result of the work of the Minnesota Mental Health Action Group (MMHAG), the Minnesota Department of Human Services, the Minnesota Legislature and many other individuals and organizations. Nearly four years of work have culminated in the enactment in 2006 and 2007 of a comprehensive mental health initiative that includes funding increases, expanded benefits, payment and service delivery reforms, and investments in important mental health service infrastructure.
This conference will include the latest information on the major changes that are occurring in mental health services and funding and how they affect mental health providers and professionals, health plans, counties, consumers and family members.
Guest speakers and panelists will present on innovative mental health projects, national trends, implications of federal cutbacks in case management services, and how broader health care reform proposals coming from the 2008 Minnesota Legislature could affect mental health services.
View conference agenda (updated February 2; subject to change)
Keynote addresses:
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Sara Rosenbaum Hirsch Professor and Chair Department of Health Policy School of Public Health and Health Services George Washington University Monica Oss, M.S. Chief Executive Office and Senior Associate OPEN MINDS |
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There will be special recognition of those who showed leadership in improving Minnesota's mental health system and a national leadership award presented to US Representative Jim Ramstad.
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