Description:
The financial system for health
and human services is complex and continually evolving. Several changes at
the Federal level are resulting in significant financial impact for
behavioral health and social service providers. In addition, the Deficit
Reduction Act of 2007 brought changes to Medicaid spending and related
rules. For states, systems are evolving in different directions. This
seminar provides an update on the changing Federal funding landscape and
the challenges for leaders in terms of both strategy and operations.
Contact Hours: 6.0
Seminar Learning Objectives:
- Understand the history of the United States
health care financing
- Understand behavioral health care financing
- Public and private sector models
- Typical contracting models
- Profiles of behavioral health care
organizations
- Understand social service funding
- Child welfare
- Juvenile justice
- Disability support
Who should attend?
- Chief executive officers
- Chief financial officers
- Financial and accounting managers
- Clinical program directors
- Members of boards of directors
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Preliminary Event Agenda
Session 1
Trends Impacting
Organizational Strategy & Operations in the Behavioral Health and Social
Services Field
- Public and private payers and sources
of payment for health and human services
- The management organizations and
programs employed by payers to manage their funds
- The consumer service context,
including modalities/locations of care, clinical treatment models,
technology, and support service delivery
Session 2
CMS Policy Changes
Bring New Challenges for Medicare & Medicaid
- Limitations on the use of case
management
- CMS rules redefining rehab services
- Implications of the pending financial
integrity rules
- Preventing audit penalties by meeting
documentation requirements
- Key Deficit Reduction Act provisions
- The status of the implementation of
the Medicare Modernization Act
Session 3
Implications for
Leadership: Implementing These Changes in Your Organization
- Change models
- Managing change
- Unique challenges of change management in
behavioral health and social services
Session 4
Management Tools for
Leaders to Align Organizational Strategy & Operations
- Understanding how people cope with change
- Why organizations fail at change efforts
- What works and does not in implementing change
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Location: 260 South Broad Street, 18th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Host(s): Public Health
Management Corporation
Presenter(s): M. Colleen Elmer, M.S.W.,
M.B.A., LCSW,
Executive Vice President, OPEN MINDS
Registration Fee: $395
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