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Annual Community Health Institute

• AGENDA

TUESDAY, MAY 7 (Pre-CHI Session: Correctional Health Care - Re-entry Best Practices)

• Correctional Health Session Agenda
• Community Reentry - Warren Ferguson, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School
• ACA, Jails and CHCs - Bradley Brockmann, Executive Director, The Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights, Miriam Hospital/Brown University Medical School
• Jail Diversion & Behavioral Health - Amanda Gilman, Director for Policy & Research, Association for Behavioral Healthcare
• Comprehensive listing of services/program and Information available through the Mass Behavioral Health Partnership
• List of Emergency Service Programs Statewide
• Boston Reentry Initiative - Frederica Williams, President & CEO, Whittier Street Health Center & True-See Allah, Director for Policy & Research, Association for Behavioral Healthcare
• Whittier Post-Prison Release Program
• Men's Health Post-Prison Release Intake Form
• Women's Health Post-Prison Release Intake Form

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8

• ACA & Medicaid: What's Next?
  • Dan Hawkins, Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Research, National Association of Community Health Centers

• The Larger Picture: Defining the Environment
  • Sarah Nolan, Senior Policy Analyst, Massachusetts Budget & Policy Center
  • Jacqueline Leifer, Senior Partner, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell, LLC
  • Nancy Turnbull, Associate Dean for Educational Programs & Senior Lecturer in Health Policy, Harvard School of Public Health

• Putting Oral Health in the Patient-Centered Health Home
  • Martin Lieberman, DDS, Dental Director, Neighborcare Health, Seattle, WA

• Medicaid Strategic Planning Update
  • Carolyn Langer, MD, Clinical Affairs Office Director, MassHealth, Executive Office of Health & Human Services

• Evaluating a Polit Patient Communication Program in a Healtlh Center Setting
  • Leah Picardi Gallivan, MSW, MS, Chief Operating Officer, Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center
  • Deborah Gurewich, PhD, Associate Director, Research & Evaluation, UMass Medical School
  • Susan West Levine, MPH, Managing Director, UHealthSolutions, Inc

• If You Don't Know Where You Are Going, Any Road Will Get You There
  • Terry Glasscock, Senior Project Consultant, Capital Link

• Full League Board of Directors' Meeting
  • James W. Hunt, Jr, PhD, President & CEO, Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers

THURSDAY, MAY 9

• Preparing for Global Payment: What You Should Be Doing Right Now
  • Peter Epp, CPA, Managing Director, Healthcare Industry Practice Leader, CohnReznick

• Public Health in a Changing Health System
  • Lauren Smith, MD, MPH, Interim Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

• Social Determinants of Health
  • Tom Kieffer, Executive Director, Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center
  • Abigail Ortiz, Director of Community Programs, Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center

• Primary Care Providers Initiatives - Review & Results
  • Alison Marshall, RN, MSN, FNP-C, South Boston Community Health Center, SBCHC Medical Home Pilot Project
  • Marie Meckel, PA, Baystate Mason Square Neighborhood Health Center, Q2A ? Cue to Action!!
  • Joseph Panerio-Langer, MD, Brockton Neighborhood Health Center, Adult Primary Care Practice Redesign Initiative
  • Liliana Rosselli-Risal, MD, Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center, Comunidad en Accion
  • Frank Schiano, DMD, Fenway Community Health Center, Inc., Improving Oral Health Outcomes for LGBT & HIV Populations

• Connecting for Coordinated Care & Better Outcomes
  • Sean Kennedy, Health Information Exchange Director, Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI)of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC)
  • Tarsha Weaver, Medicaid Operations Director, Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI) of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC)

FRIDAY, MAY 10

• Federal and State Roundtable Discussion: Challenges and Opportunities from Beacon Hill to Capitol Hill
  • Michael A. Curry, Legislative Affairs Director & Senior Counsel, Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
  • Patricia T. Edraos, Health Resources/Policy Director, Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
  • James W. Hunt, Jr, President & CEO, Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
  • James Luisi, Chief Executive Officer, North End Waterfront Health & Speaker of the House, National Association of Community Health Centers

• Serving the Homeless
  • Heidi Nelson, CEO, Duffy Health Center

• At the Bar with Jacki Leifer
  • Jacqueline Leifer, Senior Partner, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell, LLP

• ICD-10 Readiness: An Opportunity
  • Ellen Hafer, Executive Vice President & COO, Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
  • Mary Ellen O'Driscoll, Technical Services and Special Populations Director, Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers