Conference Day – Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023
Opening Session
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM Where Do We Go From Here? Envisioning the Future of Health Care in Maine
Facilitated by Carol Kelly
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Plenary I
Recruiting, Retention, and Culture
Amy Brisson, Chief Operating Officer, Community Link Consulting
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Plenary II
Washington Watch: Policy Issues of Importance at the Federal Level
Joe Dunn, Senior Vice President, Public Policy and Research, NACHC
3:30 – 4:45 PM
Breakout I
Suicide Prevention and Management in Healthcare Practice Settings
Resource Materials:
Suicide Ideation Definitions and Prompts
SAFE-T Protocol with C-SSRS (Columbia Risk and Protective Factors) Lifetime/Recent
Sample Safety Plan
Greg Marley, NAMI Maine
Breakout II
Root Cause Analyses (RCAs) for Complex Systems: How to Turn Yours into Valuable Assets that Drive Operational Excellence and High Reliability
Dr. Lee Erikson, Adaptient, LLC
Breakout III
Building Welcoming and Inclusive Medical Practices for Transgender, Non-Binary, and Gender-Expansive Youth
August Sender, OUT Maine
Conference Day – Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023
7:30 AM – 9:00 AM MePCA PSO Breakfast
Dr. Lee Erikson, Adaptient, LLC
9:15 AM – 10:30 AM
Breakout I
Jumping Off the Hamster Wheel: How Value-Based Care can Transform CHCs
Dr. Scott Early, On Belay Health Solutions
Breakout II
Building Maine’s Health Care Workforce
Dr. Kneka Smith, MaineHealth
Jen Gunderman, UNE
Breakout III
Women’s Health
Dr. Rebecca Whiteley-Peeler, Northen Light Health
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Breakout I
New Strategies to Transform Communication & Access for Patients
Karen D’Antonio, Healthcentric Advisors
Breakout II
CHW Operations Excellence
Ben Hummel, MCD Global Health
Darcia Gonzalez, HOMETOWN HealthCare
Breakout III
CHC Oral Health Technical Needs Assessment
Christopher J. Pezzullo, DO & Darcy Shargo, MFA
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch Keynote
Advocacy and Mobilization
Susan Burton, Director, National Grassroots Advocacy, NACHC