Registration Open for WHA Mental Health and Addiction Care Conference on Oct. 18
WHA members and their partners invited to hear innovations in WI and other states
Registration is open for the WHA Mental Health and Addiction Care Conference on Wednesday, Oct. 18, in Wisconsin Dells.
This in-person only conference provides an opportunity for WHA members and their invited community partners, such as local crisis service agencies, local county human service departments, local law enforcement and others, to gather together to hear and discuss mental health care delivery opportunities and innovations occurring in Wisconsin and in other states that could serve as models in Wisconsin’s diverse communities.
Presentations will include:
- Development of the new Milwaukee Mental Health Emergency Center serving as a dedicated psychiatric emergency department,
- Health Partners’ telehealth crisis service serving western Wisconsin hospitals and their post-acute crisis beds operating in eastern Minnesota,
- Opportunities to expand access to buprenorphine treatment in emergency departments and other settings,
- Review of Wisconsin’s emergency detention, crisis services, and mental health and substance used disorder reimbursement statutes and rules to help set a foundation for identifying opportunities for local service delivery innovation,
- Experiences from Missouri’s regional community mental health system which includes 28 contracted regions providing comprehensive community behavioral health services utilizing a retrospective cost-based Medicaid reimbursement funding model, and
- A discussion of opportunities for reshaping Wisconsin’s mental health system at a local and statewide level.
Additionally, there are sponsoring and exhibiting opportunities available for WHA members. If you would like more information, contact WHA’s Vice President Education and Marketing
Leigh Ann Larson.
For additional information about the conference, including the current agenda and registration, click
here.
