Nelson Smith

Kristina Turner


Meredith Eads

Sue Klaas

Laura Reed





Heidi Smith

Laura Reed, LCSW (Behavioral Health Senior Program Advisor, Division of Behavioral Health, DMAS)
Sue Klaas, LCSW (Mental Health Senior Policy Specialist for the Behavioral Health Division, DMAS)

-- They will discuss the history and current regulatory and payment framework for ABA services,
followed by a Roundtable Discussion lead by:

Kristina Turner, MSEd, BCBA, LBA (Director of ABA and Behavior Supports, Intercept Health)
Heidi Smith (State Director for ABA, Family Insight)
Meredith Eads (Director of Developmental Services, Dominion Care)

-- They will discuss how ABA services are typically delivered, to whom and in what settings, and how they can complement other Medicaid services. How the new rate structures effective 12/1/2021 have enabled increased quality of care through increased supervision of behavior technicians. This session will be educational and informative to ABA providers and non-ABA providers alike.

Emily Griffey

Will Egen

Featuring Dr. Alyssa Ward (Behavioral Health Clinical Director, DMAS)
Emily Griffey (Chief Policy Advisor, Voices for Virginia’s Children)
The Honorable Emily Brewer (Virginia House of Delegates, Chair, Virginia Commission on Youth)
Will Egen (Virginia Commission on Youth)

-- Overview of recent CMS guidance on children’s and school-based services, including guidance on improving prevention, early intervention and engagement in treatment, increasing access to screenings and services, expanded provider capacity, increased integration of behavioral health and primary care, “free care” for school-based services, using telehealth in the schools to deliver Medicaid services, and reassessing rates for services
-- Recent trends in children and adolescent mental health
-- Status of Virginia’s school-based integration pilot
--Virginia’s nationally recognized evidence-based service collection

The Honorable
Emily Brewer

Alyssa Ward

Speakers: Rhonda Thissen Larson, MSW (Senior Policy and Planning Analyst, Division of Integrated Care, DMAS)
Katie Vatalaro Hill, MPH, CHES (Health Plan Analyst, Integrated Care, DMAS)

This session will offer an overview on the Medallion and CCC Plus contracts between DMAS and the Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs), how providers can better understand what is in the contracts and what is not, where there’s flexibility for MCO discretion and where all MCOs must operate in a consistent manner, how DMAS enforces the contracts and what tools are available when an MCO is out of compliance, and how understanding the performance improvement and success measures in the contracts may help providers to better collaborate with the MCOs by helping to support their goals.

Katie Hill

Laura Reed

Rebekah Cimino

Ashley Harrell

Laura Reed, LCSW (Behavioral Health Senior Program Advisor, Division of Behavioral Health, DMAS)
Rebekah Cimino (Adult SMI Services Coordinator, Office of Adult Community Behavioral Health, DBHDS) and Ashley Harrell, LCSW (ARTS Senior Program Advisor, DMAS) will discuss:

-- Importance of well-integrated, long-term supports for adults with SMI, SUD and co-occurring conditions
-- Behavioral Health/Substance Use Disorder treatment approaches – similarities and differences
-- Opportunities to further integrate ARTS with Project BRAVO services
-- Strategies to break down silos in our system
-- The critical role of peers in delivering supports and how to better leverage peers in our system

Jae Benz

Emily Bowles

Susan Puglisi

Veronica Davis

This session will feature:

Jae Benz, Director of the Office of Licensing including a report on the licensing regulation overhaul and how that will impact your agencies,
Susan Puglisi, Esq., Regulatory Research Specialist, Office of Regulatory Affairs, DBHDS
Emily Bowles, Esq., Associate Director, Licensing, Regulatory Compliance and Training
Veronica Davis, LCSW, Associate Director, State of Operations for the Office of Licensing

 -- Report on the licensing regulation overhaul and how that will impact your agencies
 -- Regional break-out sessions where providers can hear from the licensing specialists that cover the region where they operate.

Region 1- Rhonda Angel- Regional Manager
Region 2- Tina Whitfield-Johnson- Regional Manager
Region 3- Dwayne Lynch- Regional Manager
Region 4- Rebekah Greenfield- Acting Regional Manager
Region 4- Mackenzie Glassco-Associate Director of Quality & Compliance
Region 4.5- Christine Morris- Acting Regional Manager
Region 5- Elaine Moser- Regional Manager

Region 1
Rhonda
Angel

Region 2
Tina
Whitfield-Johnson

Region 3
Dwayne
Lynch

Region 4
Rebekah
Greenfield

Region 4
Mackenzie
Glassco

Region 4.5
Christine
Morris 

Region 5
Elain
Moser