2023 VACBP Annual Meeting and Spring Conference

Hilton Garden Inn, Virginia Beach Oceanfront
3315 Atlantic Avenue | Virginia Beach 23451

AGENDA/SCHEDULE
May 9-10, 2023

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Continental breakfast

9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Welcome

9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. The Who, What, When, Where, How of Evidence-Based Practices

• Kevin Freeman, PHD, LPC, SVP, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, National Counseling Group
• Carl E. Ayers, MSW, Deputy Commissioner, Human Services, Virginia Department of Social Services
• Dan Edwards, PhD, Senior Director, Program Development, Evidence-Based Associates

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. BREAK

10:45 a.m. – 11:30  a.m. MCO Compliance, Medicaid Unwinding and Other DMAS Updates

• Laura Reed, LCSW, Behavioral Health Senior Program Advisor, Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS)

11:30 p.m. – 12:00 p.m.  MCO provider-only session: Virginia Total Care

• Jeremy A. Riddle, LPC, Vice President, Business Development

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. NETWORKING/OPEN LUNCH

1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. MCO provider-only session: Aetna Better Health of Virginia

• Joel Gray, CEO
• Paula Starnes, CFO
• Lauren Bayes, LPC, Director of Behavioral Health

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.  DBHDS Strategic Plan and Vision

• Nelson Smith, Commissioner, DBHDS

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. BREAK

2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.  MCO provider-only session: Molina Healthcare of Virginia

• Geneva Everett, Sr. Specialist, Provider Contracts
• Kim Hudson, Behavioral Health Provider Service Manager
• Lisa Johnson, VP, Healthcare Services
• Theo Appiah Acheampong, Behavioral Health Director, Healthcare Services

3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.  MCO provider-only session: United Healthcare

• Amanda M. Becker, MSW, LCSW, CCM, PsyD, Director of Behavioral Health – Virginia Medicaid
• Lyndi N. Fedele, LPC, Associate Health and Social Services Director

3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. BREAK

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. MCO provider-only session: Humana

• Sam Pacheco, MA, LCAS, LCSW, Director, Behavioral Health Strategy
• Paul Eike, Director, Provider Contracting
  

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.  MCO provider-only session: Anthem

• Alyssa Ward, PhD, LPC, Behavioral Health Director, Carelon
• Kimberly White, MS, LPC, Director of Medicaid Special Programs for the Developmental Disability and Emergency Vulnerable Populations, Anthem Healthkeepers Plus

5:00 p.m. WRAP UP DAY ONE

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. RECEPTION/WINE TASTING

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Continental breakfast

9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Discussion of the future of services for children and families

10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. BREAK 

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Discussion about challenges, opportunities and public-private partnerships

• Sarah Fuller, Norfolk Community Services Board
• Daphne Cunningham, Phd, Hampton Newport News Community Services Board
• Ed Gonzalez, M.Ed., Executive Director, Chesapeake Integrated Behavioral Healthcare
• Stacey O’Toole, Virginia Beach Behavioral Health Director

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. NETWORKING/OPEN LUNCH

1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Solutions discussion on licensing and other regulatory oversight impacting providers

• Dev Nair, PhD, MPH, Assistant Commissioner, Division of Provider Management

2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Panel discussion on the role of hospitals in behavioral health and partnership opportunities to deliver services in the community

• Sean Connaughton, President and CEO, Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association (VHHA)
• Traci Richards, PhD, LPC, NCC, Behavioral Health Services, Chesapeake Regional Healthcare
• Stephanie Osler, LCSW, Director, Mental Health Service Line, Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters (CHKD)
• Jennifer Campbell-Raab, BSN, RN, Behavioral Health Education Coordinator, Riverside Health System
• Nedra Moncrief-Craig, System Director, Sentara Behavioral Health Services

3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. BREAK

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. MCO provider-only session: Optima/Sentara Health Plans

• Lavinia Y. Smith, PhD, MSN, RN-CCM, Strategic Director of Innovations for Behavioral Health
• Malinda Smart, Senior Director, LTSS, Optima Health
• Barbara Stebbins, Network Education Trainer, Network Management Department, Sentara Health Plan

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. MCO provider-only session: Virginia Premier Health Plan

• Scotti Mitchem, Provider Relations Representative
• Sherri Clark, Provider Relations Representative

4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. CONFERENCE WRAP-UP