New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies

View from the Top: Putting the Big Picture into Focus in Everyday Operations

April 24-25, 2013 at The Pines Manor in Edison, NJ

See the highlights below and register online through the Conferences section of www.njamhaa.org!

DAY ONE - April 24, 2013

Keynote - Housing and Healthcare in a Managed Care Environment - Kevin Martone, MSW, Director, Behavioral Health, Technical Assistance Collaborative

Workshop Topics:

* Performance Based Outcomes Measurement

* Trauma Informed Care: An Evidence-Based Model that Uses a Cognitive Behavioral Approach

* Policy in NJ and DC

* Children's Workshop: Bullying, Violence & Suicide

Lunchtime Keynote - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (invited)

Plenary Presentation: Health financing that integrates physical and behavioral health in light of Medicaid waivers, state plan amendments and managed care approaches - Suzanne Fields MSW, LICSW, Senior Advisor, Health Financing, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Interactive Plenary Session: A Discussion on Readiness for Moving to the Administrative Services Organization (ASO): What can you do to prepare as we move to the ASO and fee for service model? Lynn Kovich, MEd, Assistant Commissioner, NJ Division of Mental Health & Addiction Services, and several NJAMHAA Members

Courage & Compassion Awards Reception

DAY TWO - April 25, 2013

Keynote: DSM-5 - How Diagnosis will Change for Addictions and Mental Health - Charles O'Brien MD, PhD; Kenneth E. Appel Professor of Psychiatry University of Pennsylvania Treatment Research Center

Workshop Topics:

* Business and Finance Re-Engineering

* Social Determinants: A Wellness Approach to Mental Health Recovery

* Essential Health Benefits and Parity

* Helping the Foster Child Overcome Ambiguous Loss

Lunchtime Keynote: Addressing the challenges and opportunities for behavioral health on the federal level, how far we have come, how far we have to go and how providers should strategize - Linda Rosenberg, MSW, President & CEO, National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare

Afternoon Plenary Presentation: A View from the Payers Perspectives: Strategies providers need to know -, Sandra Forquer, PhD, Senior Vice President, State Government Programs, and Rhonda Robinson Beale, MD, Chief Medical Officer, OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions (invited)

Interactive Plenary Session: Financial Issues: How it all adds up in achieving recovery oriented integrated care: In order to provide a full array of services and supports to achieve recovery-oriented integrated care for all those with mental health and addiction needs, as well as those with intellectual and developmental disabilities and co-occurring disorders, under an ASO model, rates have to cover costs to ensure access and capacity. - Moderator: Cheryl Young, CFO, Easter Seals New Jersey, and Co-Chair of NJAMHAA's Rate Setting Workgroup and CFO Committee

Sponsorships, exhibitor spaces and ads are also available!

Visit the Conferences section of www.njamhaa.org for all the details and to register online by tomorrow, March 8th, to get the Early Bird attendee registration rates!