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Location:
Riverside Convention Center, Upper Concourse, Exhibit Hall A
3637 5th Street
Riverside, CA 92501
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 9:15 a.m. | Opening Comments
Matthew Chang, Director, Riverside University Health-Systems-Behavioral Health
Kirsten Barlow, Vice President, Policy, California Hospital Association
9:15 – 10:15 a.m. | Keynote Session | The Other Healing: Trauma and Mental Recovery After COVID-19
John Moe, Writer and Radio Personality
The disruption COVID-19 caused us (whether we got it or not) could manifest as depression, anxiety, or despair. John Moe explains how to understand our individual and collective suffering and what can be done about it. Drawing from his experiences and conversations around simple and complex trauma, Mr. Moe tries to understand what it means in the short term, the long term, and how to address it.
10:15 – 11:00 a.m. | General Session | Update on EmPATH: Expanding an Effective ED Boarding Solution
Scott Zeller, MD, Vice President, Acute Psychiatry, Vituity; Tom Orrock, MA, LMFT, Stakeholder Engagement and Grants, Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
EmPATH units (Emergency Psychiatry Assessment, Treatment and Healing units) are evidence-based, innovative, patient-centric hospital-based behavioral health crisis units. They dramatically reduce ED boarding, while stabilizing the great majority of 5150 patients in hours, without the need for inpatient hospitalizations or coercive interventions. California’s Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission’s $20 million grant program is specifically for hospitals to build new EmPATH units. The deadline for applying for grants will be in early 2023. Along with a brief description of the EmPATH fundamentals and recent peer-reviewed published studies of their outcomes, Dr. Zeller will discuss the basics of the grant program and its goals for applying hospitals.
11:00 – 11:15 a.m. | Break
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | General Session | The Latest Data Resources and Measures for Hospitals
Chris Krawcyzk, PhD, Chief Analytics Officer, Health Care Analytics Branch, Department of Health Care Access and Information
Dr. Krawczyk will present an overview of new HCAI programs, and current HCAI data and analytics capacities and products. He will discuss forthcoming strategies, analytics and products that are resulting from direct engagement with hospitals and partners, including incorporating social drivers of health and cost data into future HCAI products.
12:15 – 1:15 p.m. | Hosted Lunch
1:15 – 2:15 p.m. | General Session | Neurostimulation, Ketamine, and Other Breakthrough Treatments for Psychiatric Disorders
Nolan Williams, MD, Assistant Professor, Director, Interventional Psychiatry Clinical Research; Director, Brain Stimulation Laboratory; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Stanford University Medical Center; Brandon Bentzley, MD, PhD, Chief Science Officer and Co-Founder, Magnus Medical
Dr. Williams will discuss the Stanford developed, FDA cleared, personalized, accelerated neurostimulation approach known as Stanford Accelerated Intelligent Neuromodulation Therapy (SAINT). The SAINT approach merges advanced neuroimaging-based targeting coupled with higher-dose, temporally optimized intermittent theta-burst stimulation to treat severe, treatment-resistant unipolar depression. He will also share information on the pilot trials in bipolar depression.
2:15 – 2:45 p.m. | Break and Vendor Visits
2:45 – 3:45 p.m. | General Session | Holding Payors Accountable: Behavior Health Delivery in California
Michelle Baass, Director, Department of Health Care Services; Mary Watanabe, Director, Department of Managed Health Care
Presenters will provide participants with an understanding of their respective state agency’s roles and initiatives related to oversight of behavioral health care delivery in California. Ms. Baass will focus on delivery of services by Medi-Cal managed care plans and counties, while Ms. Watanabe will focus on how the state enforces parity requirements and the process available to providers for resolving payment disputes.
3:45 – 4:45 p.m. | General Session | Building Public Behavior Health Infrastructure in California
Stephanie Welch, Deputy Director of Behavioral Health, California Health and Human Services
This presentation will provide an overview of the behavioral health transformation priorities being led by California Health and Human Services Agency with a specific focus on investments to build needed capacity for services across the care continuum. Ms. Welch will also provide a status update about efforts underway to build facilities, create access to more community residential placements and housing, and what California is doing to address the current workforce crisis as well as plan to resolve workforce shortfalls for the future behavioral health care delivery system in California.
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. | Reception
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 8:45 a.m. | Opening Comments
Kirsten Barlow, Vice President, Policy, California Hospital Association
8:45 – 9:45 a.m. | Keynote Session | California Bridge Program: Every ER Should Have a Tommie
Tommie Trevino, Supervisor, Substance Abuse Navigator Team, University of California, Davis; Aimee Moulin, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Division Chief of Addiction Medication, University of California, Davis
Tommie sharing how addiction snuck up on him and the journey he took with the California Bridge Program to get where he is today. Dr. Moulin will describe the impact of the California Bridge Program and the importance of substance use navigators.
9:45 – 10:45 a.m. | General Session | A Look to the Future of Californians’ Health with Dr. Ramos, California’s Surgeon General
Diana Ramos, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG, California Surgeon General
In the midst of compounding public health crises — including climate change, pandemics, mental health challenges and more, state leaders have a critical role to play to serve and protect the health of all Californians. This session will highlight ongoing and new efforts to help all Californians thrive.
10:45 – 11:15 a.m. | Break and Vendor Visits
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | General Session | Wrapping up the 2022 Legislative Season: New Behavioral Health Laws for Hospitals
Kirsten Barlow, Vice President, Policy, California Hospital Association
12:15 – 1:00 p.m. | Hosted Lunch
1:00 – 2:15 p.m. | General Session | Hope for Treating Methamphetamine Use Disorder
Roneet Lev, MD, FACEP, Director of Operations, Scripps Mercy Emergency Department; Shekar Shetty, CEO, Clear Scientific; Winston Henderson, General Counsel, Clear Scientific; Ivan Bhardwaj, Chief, Medi-Cal Behavioral Health Division, California Department of Health Care Services; Spike Steffenhagen, Lived Experience, Independent Writer
- Recovery Incentives: California’s Contingency Management Program
- Recovery Incentives Program Behavioral Health Information Notice
2:15 – 2:45 p.m. | Break and Vendor Raffle
2:45 – 3:45 p.m. | General Session | After the Ball Drops, Will You be Ready? Changes to California’s Mental Health Law in the New Year
Linda Garrett, Esq, Partner, Garrett Law LLP; Alicia Macklin, Esq, Partner, Hooper Lundy & Bookman, PC; Mike Phillips, Esq, Senior Director, Patient Advocacy and Housing Services, Jewish Family Service
This session will include a review of the new steps required for the protection of those on a 5150 hold under certain circumstances, including notification of the Patients’ Rights Advocate when a second 72-hour hold is written, the right to certification review hearings if additional holds are deemed necessary, as well as a review of the intersection of EMTALA and 5150 laws during the involuntary hold process.
3:45 – 4:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks
Kirsten Barlow, Vice President, Policy, California Hospital Association
Michelle Baass
Director
California Department of Health Care Services
Michelle Baass became the Director of the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) in 2021. The Department supports the health of over 13 million Californians. Prior to that, she served as both the Undersecretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency (Agency) and Deputy Secretary of the Office of Program and Fiscal Affairs at Agency. Ms. Baass has also worked for the California Legislature for 13 years, including in positions at the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, and Senate Office of Research.
Kirsten Barlow
Vice President, Policy
California Hospital Association
Kirsten Barlow joined the California Hospital Association as Vice President, Policy in December 2021, where she manages behavioral health policy issues. Prior to that, she established an independent consulting practice providing policy, finance, and strategic expertise to clients, including: Aurrera Health Group; the National Alliance of Mental Illness – California; California Public Administrators, Public Guardians, and Public Conservators Association; California Hospital Association; Hospital Association of Southern California; and Hospital Council of Northern and Central California.
Brandon Bentzley, MD, PhD
Chief Science Officer and Co-Founder
Magnus Medical
Dr. Bentzley started his career investigating plasma physics then transitioned his investigations to neuroscience after developing a deep fascination with the complexity of the brain and the direct human impact of emerging treatments for neuropsychiatric disorders. In parallel, he trained in the use of brain stimulation to treat neuropsychiatric disorders, and at the intersection of these two fields was the potential for engineered, personalized neuromodulation treatments. Dr. Bentzley collaborated with Dr. Nolan Williams to develop an engineered treatment for depression, SAINT. After three clinical trials, the unprecedented and rapid efficacy of SAINT was realized, and broadly published.
Ivan Bhardwaj
Acting Chief
Medi-Cal Behavioral Health Division
California Department of Health Care Services Mr. Bhardwaj’s team oversees program and policy, compliance, and network adequacy of California’s Drug Medi-Cal and Specialty Mental Health Services programs. Prior to that, he served as Chief of the Federal Grants Branch in DHCS, where his team administered most of the Department’s federal behavioral health grants, including the State Opioid Response grants, Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant, and Community Mental Health Services Block Grant.
Linda Garrett, Esq.
Partner
Garrett Law LLP
Linda Garrett has worked with health care providers for over thirty-five years. She is experienced both as a medical malpractice defense attorney and as a risk management and loss prevention consultant. Among other things, she helps providers with credentialing, medical consent, medical confidentiality, defensive documentation, and incident response.
Winston Henderson, JD
General Counsel
Clear Scientific
Mr. Henderson has over 25 years of experience in intellectual property/corporate law and working in technology startups. He is an active member of Board of Trustees at Boston Children’s Hospital. Prior to Clear Scientific, he was at Kenyon & Kenyon, Anderson Consulting, and Surface Logix.
Chris Krawcyzk, PhD
Chief Analytics Officer, Information Services Division
Department of Health Care Access and Information
Dr. Krawczyk oversees strategic direction for analyses of healthcare quality, outcomes, utilization, and cost. He also oversees data services and facilitates stakeholder engagement to increase the usefulness and impact of HCAI data products.
Roneet Lev, MD, FACEP
Director of Operations
Scripps Mercy Emergency Department
As the Director of Operations for Scripps Mercy Emergency Department, Dr. Lev chairs the Emergency Medicine Oversight Commission. She was the first Chief Medical Officer of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy from 2018-2020. She is the founder and President of Independent Emergency Physicians Consortium, an organization providing collaboration to independent emergency departments in California.
Alicia Macklin, Esq.
Partner
Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, PC
Alicia Macklin is a Partner at Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC where she advises hospitals and health systems on a broad range of compliance, reimbursement, and operational issues, including those involving behavioral health treatment. She specializes in EMTALA compliance, and her work with hospitals in this space involves reviewing and revising EMTALA policies, providing in-service education, managing investigations and surveys, and advising on EMTALA’s intersection with state laws, including state involuntary civil commitment laws. Alicia also serves as the co-chair of the firm’s Health Equity Task Force.
John Moe
Writer and Radio Personality
John Moe is a writer and radio personality who asks a lot of questions, writes about things that fascinate him, and speaks into microphones.
He is the host and creator of the podcast Depresh Mode and of the award-winning hit podcast, The Hilarious World of Depression and the author of the book of the same name. His writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, McSweeney’s, The Seattle Times. He’s written plays that have been performed on three continents.
John has hosted nationally distributed public radio programs such as Wits, Weekend America, and Marketplace Tech and his radio work has been featured on numerous national radio programs.
Aimee Moulin, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine
UC Davis
Dr. Moulin is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Division Chief of Addiction Medicine at UC Davis. She is co-Founder of the CA Bridge program a effort dedicated to expanding access to addiction treatment in California hospitals.
Tom Orrock, MA, LMFT
Stakeholder Engagement and Grants
Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
Mr. Orrock and his team manage the implementation of the Commission’s Mental Health Wellness Act grants, the Mental Health Student Services Act, the Early Psychosis Intervention Plus program, the allcove Youth Drop-In Center grants, and the mental health statewide advocacy contracts. Tom began his mental health profession working with youth in the foster care and juvenile justice systems.
Mike Phillips, Esq.
Senior Director of Patient Advocacy and Housing Services
Jewish Family Service of San Diego
Mr. Phillips provides instruction and training for the behavioral health community, including providing information on due process rights for individuals receiving behavioral health treatment throughout the County of San Diego. He is currently consulting at the state level on behavioral health reform, including participation in the statewide Behavioral Health Action Coalition, and provides both local and statewide law enforcement training on behavioral health issues.
Diana Ramos, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG
California Surgeon General
Dr. Ramos is a well-recognized public health leader dedicated to improving health care quality and equity. Her areas of expertise include health disparities, social determinants of health, preconception/interconception health, preterm birth, contraception and quality improvement in health. She has written and contributed numerous articles to the obstetrics and gynecology and public health literature and has lectured in Spanish and English, locally, nationally and internationally.
Shekar Shetty
CEO
Clear Scientific
Mr. Shetty has over 30 years of experience in research and development, marketing and commercializing technology in health care, water, environment, energy, and high-tech. Previously, he held senior management positions at Air Liquide and Nalco.
Spike Steffenhagen
Lived Experience
Independent Writer
Mr. Steffenhagen is a published writer for the San Diego Reader and various comic book companies. He brings 36 years in recovery to the Symposium. Mr. Steffenhagen will share his experiences through his recovery with attendees.
Mary Watanabe
Director
California Department of Managed Health Care
Mary Watanabe is the Director of the California Department of Managed Health Care, the state entity that oversees health plans that provide health care services to more than 28 million Californians. She responsible for protecting consumers’ health care rights and ensuring a stable health care delivery system in accordance with federal and state rules.
Stephanie Welch
Deputy Secretary of Behavioral Health
California Health and Human Services Agency
As the Deputy Secretary, Ms. Welch acts as a senior advisor to the Secretary of CalHHS and other state departments on behavioral health policy. Ms. Welch has over two decades of experience in mental health policy, program administration, evaluation and advocacy at both the state and county level, working at organizations such as the California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA), the County Behavioral Health Directors Association (CBHDA) and the California Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies (CBHA).
Scott Zeller, MD
Vice President for Acute Psychiatry
Vituity
While Dr. Zeller is the Vice President for Acute Psychiatry at Vituity, he is known as the co-inventor of On-Demand Emergency Telepsychiatry and the creator of the EmPATH Unit (Emergency Psychiatry Assessment, Treatment and Healing Unit) model for behavioral health emergency care. He led Project BETA (Best Practices in the Evaluation and Treatment of Agitation), which produced guidelines that have revolutionized the care approach to agitated individuals around the world.
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Vince Zuniga
University Development Counselor
vince.zuniga@gcu.edu
Danielle Gonzalez
University Development Counselor
danielle.gonzalez4@gcu.edu
Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson believes challenging something is the best way to change it. That’s why, in over 150 countries, we bring together the most creative minds and cutting-edge technology to help treat, cure, stop, and prevent some of the most complex diseases of our time. To view more about our company & products please visit: https://www.janssen.com/products/Neuroscience
Venus Ruder
Director of Business Development
venus.ruder@pacificgrovehospital.com
Olu Fasugbe
olu.fasugbe@pacificgrovehospital.com
Amwell is a leading digital care delivery enablement platform in the United States and globally, connecting and enabling providers, insurers, patients, and innovators to deliver greater access to more affordable, higher quality care. The Company offers a single, comprehensive platform to support all digital health needs from urgent to acute and post-acute care, as well as chronic care management and healthy living. For more information, please visit https://business.amwell.com/.
Eric Bottger
Director, Automated Virtual Care
eric.bottger@amwell.com
David Johnson
Executive Director, Provider Solutions
david.johnson@amwell.com
Michael Crane
Director, Behavioral Health Solutions
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Whitehall MFG provides the industry with the products the patient care and safety. Whitehall MFG product expertise also extends to product customization
Ann Yardley
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Milene Koblasa
Nation Sales Manager
milene.koblasa@whitehallmfg.com
BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company utilizing artificial intelligence, or AI, approaches to develop transformative medicines in neuroscience and immuno-oncology.
Dan Howard
Institutional Specialist
dhoward@bioxceltherapeutics.com
CannonDesign has expertise in the field of mental and behavioral healthcare design is not gained overnight. It demands a combination of hands-on practice and curiosity. It demands solutions shaped with empathy crafted in a creative spirit and backed by evidence. For more than 30 years, CannonDesign’s dedicated mental and behavioral practice has embodied this expertise. Merging rigor and research with imagination and intuition, we’ve helped institutions forge new pathways toward mental wellbeing, replacing barriers to healing with hope.
Timothy Rommel
Principal, Mental Health / Behavioral Health
trommel@cannondesign.com
Jennifer Bermudez
Associate Vice President
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Casa Pacifica is a leading provider of adolescent mental health services in California. Though Casa Pacifica has served youth in the foster care and education systems since 1994, in 2015 they opened their doors to clients with private insurance, called Camino a Casa. This program offers Casa Pacifica’s clinical expertise and experience treating adolescents with emotional and behavioral issues to the community a large. Residential treatment, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and In-home behavioral services comprise Camino a Casa’s continuum of care.
Shannon Calder, LMFT
Clinical Supervisor II
scalder@casapacifica.org
Katie Pfeiffer Psy.D
Senior Program Manager
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Crisis Prevention Institute is the leading provider of de-escalation and crisis prevention training for health care organizations worldwide. Our training gives staff at all levels the confidence to prevent and respond to workplace violence, using evidence-based best practices. We offer customizable training solutions based on each staff members’ level of risk, including Verbal Intervention™, Nonviolent Crisis Intervention® and Advanced Physical Skills programs, in addition to specialized focuses on trauma, mental health, and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Laura Chapman
Account Manager
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Charles Kiel
Account Manager
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Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services has been a national leader in whole-person mental health and crisis care for 80 years. Its first-in-the-nation Suicide Prevention Center operates multiple hotlines, including the 988 crisis line and Teen Line. Didi Hirsch also provides therapy, substance use, and residential treatment services. The agency serves nearly 160,000 children, adults, and families each year through 11 facilities and nearly 100 schools across Los Angeles and Orange counties. Learn more at www.didihirsch.org.
Marika Collins
Director of Public Policy
mcollins@didihirsch.org
Sandra Yi Lopez
Clinical Director
syilopez@didihirsch.org
HillsidesCares offers comprehensive, and trauma-informed mental health treatment for children and adolescents ages 6-17 experiencing mental health challenges and co-occurring disorders. Our full continuum of care provides the exact level of treatment for each youth based on their individual needs, ranging from the most intensive to the least intensive clinical services. HillsidesCares consists of our Residential, Partial Hospitalization Program, and Intensive Outpatient Program and is located on our expansive 17-acre campus in Pasadena, California.
Lucia Garcia
Business Development Manager
lgarcia@hillsides.org
Casey Meinster
Division Chief of Campus Based Services
cmeinster@hillsides.org
Hooper, Lundy & Bookman is the largest law firm in the country dedicated solely to the representation of healthcare providers and suppliers. With offices in Boston, Denver, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., we have a national presence representing clients in all 50 states before federal and state agencies, county authorities, and local health districts.
Alicia Macklin
Partner
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Paul Garcia
Attorney
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HSS Risk Consulting & Training (RCT) is your one-stop shop for compliance, education, and mitigation solutions to keep your organization safe and prepared. Whether it is a focused Behavioral Risk Assessment, Healthcare Specific Workplace Violence Training, or Active Shooter Training & Prevention; HSS’ offerings are fully compliant with CalOSHA, TJC, DNV, CMS, & OSHA.
Seth K. Karnes
Senior Director, RCT
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Seth Karnes Jr.
Inside Sales, RCT
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ObservSMART is a proximity-based patient safety solution designed to validate required observations in behavioral health, substance recovery, and emergency settings. ObservSMART improves quality of care by advancing accountability and creating consistent communication. Real-time reminders and alerts for staff and supervisors help to proactively reduce risks and costs related to adverse patient safety events. ObservSMART offers comprehensive reporting for compliance and supports of best practices, and can integrate into any EHR, or standalone.
Aaron Place
Senior Account Executive
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Ena Sanguinetti
Director of Sales, Pacific
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Oxehealth is a global leader in vision-based patient monitoring and management. We help staff to deliver safer and higher quality care. Our Oxevision system uses a contact-free infrared sensitive camera to deliver insights that enable clinical staff to plan patient care and intervene proactively to help patients. Our Oxehealth Service supports customers to deliver a step change and then year-on-year continuous improvements in safety and quality.
Katrin Engelmann
President, Behavioral Health
katrin.engelmann@oxehealth.com
Tyree Vaughn
Behavioral Health Manager
tyree.vaughn@oxehealth.com
St. Joseph’s Behavioral Health Center is a licensed, not-for-profit facility providing comprehensive services to the Stockton community since 1974. St. Joseph’s Behavioral Health features inpatient and outpatient facilities offering a variety of services for adults and adolescents. Our specially trained staff of board-certified psychiatrists, physicians, and licensed professionals are committed to providing compassionate, quality care, and creating an atmosphere that fosters communication, trust, and personal growth.
Kathy Krebs-Dean
Director, Expansion & Development
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For additional assistance contact CHA’s Education Department at education@calhospital.org.
