Tampa Conference Webinar Series

Yes, the Tampa Conference was cancelled. However, you can still enjoy selected presentations in our Tampa Conference Webinar Series. Be sure to sign up for our first offering, on June 9th!

WEBINAR:

• Implementing the Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program: From Policy to Practice
• June 9, 2020 2:00 pm ET – 3:00 pm ET –

The webinar is over, but you can download the slide deck below

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PRESENTERS:

• David Keller, MD, Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO (Moderator)
  David M. Keller, MD is Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Strategy and Transformation in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado (CHCO), where he practices pediatrics in an integrated setting in Aurora.  He serves in the leadership team of the Colorado Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation and Access Programs (CoPPCAP) and on the Board of the National Network of Child Psychiatry Access Programs.

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• Madhavi Reddy, MSPH, Division of MCH Workforce Development, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources Services Administration, Rockville, MD
  Madhavi Reddy is Program Director for the Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children grant program and the primary contact for the Healthy Tomorrows cooperative agreement with the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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• Sandra Fritsch, MD, MSEd, DFAACAP, Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
  Sandra L Fritsch, MD is the Medical Director of the Pediatric Mental Health Institute, Children’s Hospital Colorado and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She is the Medical Director and Project Director for the Colorado Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation & Access Program (CoPPCAP) and serves as a Board member for the National Network of Child Psychiatry Access Programs.Started public health career in MCHB and has worked in the Bureau for over 18 years.

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• Susan Griffin, LICSW, CHCQM, Behavioral Health Ireland Center, Children’s Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
  Susan Griffin,  LICSW, is the Director of Alternative Behavioral Health Services for Children’s Hospital of Alabama and is Director of Alabama’s PMHCA Program known as PATHS. She joined Children’s in 2018 after having been the Chief Quality Officer for a managed behavioral health care organization for the previous 12 years. Prior to that she was Director of a physician owned PHP serving both adolescents and adults throughout several cities in Alabama.

• John Straus, MD, Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership, Boston, MA
  John H Straus, MD is the Founding Director of the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project (MCPAP) and President of the National Network of Child Psychiatry Access Programs (NNCPAP).  He is a pediatrician and Medical Director Special Projects for the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership, Beacon Health Options.

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Abstract:
In 2004, Massachusetts initiated the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project to address the lack of access to pediatric mental health care. The project created a peer-to-peer consultation network between primary care providers and child psychiatrists throughout the state, enabling PCPs to manage more complex behavioral problems in primary care without subspecialty referral. Over the next 15 years, many states initiated similar programs using a variety of models.

In 2016, the 21st Century CURES Act was enacted, appropriating $9 million to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to support increasing access to pediatric mental health care. In 2018 and 2019, HRSA funded 21 states to develop or expand programs through the Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) program. This symposium will address the history and evidence currently supporting the model, the process of developing and implementing the model in different states, and the plan for evaluation of the PMHCA program.