Gettysburg, PA, Dec. 29, 2017 -- OPEN MINDS has released its initial list of partners and exhibitors for the 2018 OPEN MINDS Performance Management Institute – a highly anticipated two-day executive education event taking place February 14-16, 2018 at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in Clearwater Beach, Florida. This list of leading contributors and underwriters solidifies OPEN MINDS’ choice to focus this year’s program around negotiating sustainable contracts with payers and health plans, building your organizational infrastructure for new business models, and realigning your management, financial, and clinical operations to optimize performance and success.
Committed partners and exhibitors are as follows:
- Credible Behavioral Health Software
- Frameworks in Health & Quality Program Sponsored By Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.
- Genoa, a QoL Healthcare Company
- Welligent
- ODH, Inc. Group
- DATIS HR Cloud
- Valant
- Streamline Healthcare Solutions
- Relias Learning
- Topaz
- CapGrow Partners
- InnovaTel Telepsychiatry
- Mediware – Alpha Solutions
- PharmBlue LLC
- TenEleven Group
The main program will kick off on February 15, 2018 with a keynote address from Gus Giraldo, President, Commercial Markets, Magellan Healthcare, as he provides a plenary address on “Building Commercial Health Plan Partnerships: Magellan’s Model For Mental Health Management.” Day two of the institute will open with featured speaker Carole A. Matyas, M.S.W., Vice President, Behavioral Health Operations, Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.
Chief Executive Officer of OPEN MINDS, Monica E. Oss will close day two of the event with her plenary address titled “The Transition To Value: Addressing The Challenges of Performance Measurement, Talent, & Capital.” Additional sessions planned throughout the two-day event include:
- A Thoughtleader Discussion Session With Gus Giraldo, President, Commercial Markets, Magellan Healthcare
- How To Develop A Value Based Reimbursement Agreement: The Centerstone/Passport Health Case Study
- Building The Human Talent You Need To Succeed With Value-Based Reimbursement
- Developing A Value-Based Partnership: The Optum Case Study
- Using KPI To Manage To Improve Performance & Manage To The Market
- Non-Profit Organizations & Community Benefit: A Guide To Tax-Exempt Status, Charity Care & Community Benefit
- What Are Payers Looking For In Value-Based Partnerships? A Town Hall Discussion On What Payers Need From Provider Organization Partners
- Building Successful Value-Based Partnerships: How To Align Financial & Clinical Performance Goals
- Building A Sustainable Organization In A Value-Based Market – A Guide To Moving Your Organization From FFS To Capitation
- Metrics-Based Management For Value-Based Reimbursement
Along with the main event, OPEN MINDS has two seminars and one summit available before and after its annual OPEN MINDS Performance Management Institute. These “deep-dive” workshops are designed to provide executives of health and human services organizations the knowledge, insights, and best practices to shift their reimbursement market, as well as how to manage unit costs in the shifting landscape to accommodate the market rate, while improving quality and increasing sales. To learn more about these new Executive Workshops, visit https://performance.openminds.com/pre-institute/.
For the institute’s full agenda, including session descriptions, please visit: https://performance.openminds.com/agenda/. A full list of speakers and faculty is also available at https://performance.openminds.com/faculty/.
OPEN MINDS is an award-winning information source, executive education provider, and business solutions firm specializing in the behavioral health and human service field. For thirty years, we’ve been pioneers for change – helping organizations implement the transformational business practices they need to succeed in an evolving market with new policies and regulations. Learn more at www.openminds.com.
For additional questions and inquiries, please contact Tim Snyder, Executive Vice President, OPEN MINDS at 717-334-1329 or [email protected].
Tim Snyder OPEN MINDS 7173341329 [email protected]


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