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Department of Psychiatry

Cancelled Tenth Annual Community Psychiatrists Leadership Symposium

Symposium Cancelled.

Mark your Calendar for April 18, 2020 for the Tenth Annual NC Community Psychiatrists’  Leadership Symposium at the UNC William and Ida Friday Center

As North Carolina transitions to Medicaid managed care, 2020 will be an important year for behavioral health care. Our annual leadership symposium will continue to assist psychiatrists and other physicians in their leadership/management roles as they adapt to change, including the whole person approach, a new payment system, and a delayed budget approval: Session topics will include the latest update of the State’s Medicaid transformation plan plus a look at the Healthy Opportunities pilots, which will evaluate the inclusion of non-medical services in healthcare delivery. Another related discussion will include a look outcomes and lessons from the first decade of the Affordable Care Act, Our popular leadership/management session will feature an interactive presentation on negotiation and collaboration.

Audience 

The program is designed specifically for community psychiatrists and other physicians who are involved in behavioral care. Limited registrations available for psychiatry residents.

 

 

Speakers:

Carrie Brown, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer for Behavioral Health & IDD for North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services

 

 

 

 

Amanda Van Vleet, MPH, Sr. Program Analyst ,Division of Health Benefits, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

 

 

 

 

 

Jonathan Oberlander, PhD, MPH, Department Chair, UNC Social Medicine, Professor, Health Policy & Management and Adjunct Professor, Political Science

 

 

 

 

 

Jessica Christian, PhD, Associate Professor, UNC Kenan Flagler Business School

 

 

 

 

 

John Gilmore MD,  Director, UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health, Eure Professor and Vice Chair, Research and Scientific Affairs, Department of Psychiatry

John Gilmore, MD
John Gilmore, MD

 

 

 

 

Registration Available Soon

 

 

The Symposium is a collaboration with NC AHEC: Other Parnters NCPA and NCHHS

Registration fees funded by NC AHEC

If you have a question or would like to add your name to our mailing list, please email alice_lockhart@med.unc.edu.